RAMC NEWSLETTER RETIREES ASSOCIATION OF MOHAWK COLLEGE NEWSLETTER CELEBRATING & HONORING MOHAWK COLLEGE RETIREES July 2015 RAMC LUNCHEON & ANNUAL we use some of the funds received from CURAC to create a specific event for retirees to GENERAL MEETING celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Mohawk College in 2017. RAMC luncheon was held on Tues. June 9, 2015 at Michelangelo’s Banquet Centre. Social Fred Deys was elected as Director. There is time began at 11:30 followed by a hot lunch. still a vacant position. Anyone interested in serving as a Director, contact Liz Aldrey, Liz Aldrey presented “Summer in the Arctic”, a
[email protected] or 905-386-6516. photo journey of a trip she had taken in the summer of 2014. The trip covered 17,000 km, Fred Deys has also been appointed to a vacant travelling from Ontario, across Canada, into the position on the OCRA Board of Directors. Fred Yukon, Alaska, and North West Territories brought greetings from OCRA. He noted that before traveling south to Waterton National the first OCRA meeting took place at Mohawk Park, AB. and Glacier National Park, MT., and College, that RAMC members automatically home via the northern US. It included crossing become OCRA members when the pay time zones 12 times, borders (provincial, state, RAMC’s annual fee, which includes OCRA fee Canada-US) 28 times. Liz noted that the trip and that OCRA’s role is to advocate re issues gave her a great appreciation for the beauty of related to pensions, health benefits, etc. Canada and its vastness. INSIDE THIS ISSSUE A brief business meeting followed.