Region 10

The WEAC-Retired Annual Meeting will be held as a Zoom Meeting on Thursday, May 28, at 10 a.m.

Click the graphic above for the annual meeting packet.

1) Welcome – President Ginny Bosse
2) Call to Order
3) Approval of the Minutes of the May 9, 2019, WEAC Region 10/Retired Annual Meeting
4) Remarks by WEAC President Ron “Duff” Martin
5) Reports of the WEAC Region 10/Retired Executive Committee (Available at www.region10.weac.org)
a. President, Ginny Bosse
b. Vice President, Tom Zigan
c. Secretary/Treasurer, Carol Krogmann
d. Membership Coordinator, Mary Jarvis
e. At-Large Representative, Marlene Ott
6) Discussion/Information Items
a. Introduction of the WEAC Region 10/Retired Board of Directors
b. Call for donations to the WEAC PAC
c. Introduction of the Retired WEAC Delegates to the 2020 NEA RA
d. Call for donations to the NEA Children’s Fund
7) Action Item
a. 2020 Proposed Amendments to the WEAC Region 10/Retired Constitution and Bylaws
8) Announcements
9) Adjournment

John Stocks addresses the audience at the Joint State Conference in Eau Claire.

Our first Joint state conference with Minnesota occurred at the Best Western Plus Conference Center in Eau Claire on Tuesday, November 19 and it was a big success. Over 70 retired educators from both states attended and participated in multiple lively and engaging sessions.

This unique one-day conference featured John Stocks as our Keynote Speaker. Stocks is the immediate past Executive Director for NEA and now is serving as Special Assistant to the NEA Executive Director focusing his work on the 2020 Presidential Election.

Stocks spoke about the critical importance of Wisconsin in the upcoming presidential election and gave us ideas of how we can help elect a pro-public education president. In addition, he warned the audience how social media is driving the election’s narrative with false and misleading ads and postings.

In addition to John Stocks, NEA-Retired President Sarah Borgman welcomed us and reinforced our power as retired educators. Break-out sessions on Identity Theft, Traveling, a special moderated forum of both states’ leaders, and a special upbeat and fun session by Sarah Borgman were also part of the day.

There was a delicious lunch and time to Mix and Mingle with colleagues and friends from our neighboring state. At the end of the conference there were Door Prizes awarded, also.

Minnesota leadership expressed an interest in hosting a similar conference in their state next year. We look forward to more collaborative work with them!

President Ginny Bosse: gbosse@live.com

Vice President Tom Zigan; tomzigan@aol.com

Secretary/Treasurer Carol Krogmann; ckrogmann@wi.rr.com

Membership Coordinator Mary Jarvis; mejar@aol.com

At-Large Representative Marlene Ott; solidarity.ott@gmail.com

cluster 1: William “Bill” Stuessel, Director; wstuessel@yahoo.com

Janice Kienbaum, Alternate; finetree@charter.net

cluster 2: Karen Lach, Director; krnlach@gmail.com

Lucy Nefstead, Alternate; lvnefstead@gmail.com

cluster 3: Julie Hannon, Director; juliemariehannon@gmail.com

Kim Jordan, Director; skjordan1010@gmail.com

Deb Dassow, Alternate; debdassow@gmail.com

Kathi Taylor, Alternate; kathit1944@gmail.com

cluster 4: Ron Sunne, Director; ronsunne50@gmail.com

Vicki Burke, Alternate; veronicaburke@centurytel.net

cluster 5: Jim Brancel, Director; jbrancel@hotmail.com

cluster 6: Barb Grabow, Director; barbjg2143@gmail.com

Christy Anderson, Alternate; christylanderson15@gmail.com

cluster 7: Carol Bender, Director; no email

Linda Riesen, Director; riesvon@aol.com

Arthur Fiet, Director; arthurf399@aol.com

Joe Hanser, Alternate; joehanser@msn.com

WEAC Governance Liaison Kim Schroeder; SchroederK@weac.org

WCOA Liaison Allen Knop; ajknop@yahoo.com

You are in our thoughts

April 27, 2020

Greetings to All WEAC-Retired Members! During this unprecedented time, the Executive Committee members and I want you to know that you are all in our thoughts. We hope you are safe and healthy and will stay that way. Due to the pandemic, it was necessary for us to cancel our Annual Conference this year. But […]