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Through their vision, city retirees have proudly become... “A Lifeline for a Lifetime”
Collectively, VBREA members proudly represent THOUSANDS of years of service dedicated to city leadership and to the citizens of the City of Virginia Beach.
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Next General Membership Meeting Wednesday, March 20, 2024 - 12:00 noon Reginella's Italian Ristorante @ Loehmann's Plaza 4000 Virginia Beach Boulevard RSVP is requested. RSVP to Joelle Talbot at email Joelle51@cox.net or call or text her at 757-646-9670. You don’t need to get a confirmation. We are just getting an idea of how many will be attending. We would appreciate the RSVPs by Friday, March 15, 2024. Hope to see you there!!
2023 VBREA Survey Results
VBREA distributed a survey with the 2024 Dues Statements. Thank you to those members who returned the survey. Members have spoken and here are the results. The first page is the tally of the 93 surveys returned. The consecutive pages details comments received, each survey returned was assigned a number 1 to 93. Please know the Board of Directors will keep the results in mind for future planning.
Proposed Amendment to VBREA Bylaws At the VBREA Board Meeting on January 17, 2024, the Board agreed to proposed changes to the VBREA Bylaws. Per the VBREA Bylaws the proposed changes were emailed and posted for the membership for questions or comments at least two weeks prior to the next Board meeting (2/21/2024) where the vote to ratify the proposed changes took place. Thank you to those who discussed and helped facilitate. The Board unanimously voted to accept the proposed amendment. The Bylaws will be amended and posted on the ABOUT US page after the March Board (3/20/2024) meeting when the Board will sign the revised document. (The changes to be made are reflected in red below.)
Amendment to VBREA Bylaws Section 6.2 (January 17, 2024) Nominating Committee (Current text): The Nominating Committee solicit nominations from the membership and submit a slate of qualified candidates for each board director and officer vacancy. The proposed slate of nominees shall be in place no later than the October board meeting of each year. The members of this committee shall be appointed by the President and shall consist of a minimum of 3 members of the Association, including the Vice-President who shall serve as the committee chairperson. Committee meeting minutes shall be sent to the Association Secretary for posting to the general membership.
Nominating Committee (Upcoming text changes): The Nominating Committee solicit nominations from the membership and submit a slate of qualified candidates for each board director and officer vacancy. The proposed slate of nominees shall be in place no later than the October board meeting of each year. The members of this committee shall be appointed by the Vice-President and shall consist of a minimum of 3 active (regular) members of the Association, including the Vice-President who shall serve as the committee chairperson. Committee meeting minutes shall be sent to the Association Secretary for posting to the general membership. If the proposal is accepted, the Duties and Responsibilities section for the Nominating Committee shall be updated to reflect the change. In addition: the Tasks under the Nominating Committee should be updated to include:
The Chair of the Nominating Committee shall present the slate of nominees at the Annual Meeting and preside over the voting process if there are multiple candidates for any office.
The Chair of the Nominating Committee shall announce the election results and ensure all candidates elected to office are notified of the election results and advised of the next Board of Director meeting date, location, and time.
VBREA Facebook Page is Now Active
The VBREA Facebook page is now active. Please search Facebook for VBREA or for Virginia Beach Retired Employees Association. (Or use the Facebook link at the bottom of the page.) This page is private to only active VBREA members. If the page does not ask you to join, then you are not on the correct page. If you have any problems or questions, please email us at vbrea.webmaster@gmail.com.
VRS INFORMATION SECURITY INCIDENT
VBREA was contacted by the City of Virginia Beach Finance Department regarding an information security incident that allowed an unauthorized third party to access or acquire data from servers that included VRS. They have asked us to share this information with our members. This same information has been emailed to all VBREA members who have provided us with a valid email address. The letter CVB received is below detailing the incident. PBI Research Services began mailing letters to those affected by this incident on August 1. VBREA DOES NOT have any more information other than what is detailed below. It appears those affected will receive a letter from PBI. The letter below does state that if you wish to learn more about the issue, please visit the VRS website by clicking on the following link: https://www.varetire.org/web-policy/security-center/pbi/
Some emails sent by VBREA are bouncing back as blocked or invalid. Make sure you are receiving all emails from us by making vbrea.webmaster@gmail.com a "safe sender" in the settings of your email account. If you are not receiving emails from VBREA (approximately 1-2 per month), please email to the address above from your valid email address so your email can be added to or corrected on the mailing list.
VBREA NEEDS YOUR HELP!!! VBREA is in desperate and dire need of volunteers to assist on committees!! This is your organization and without more volunteers VBREA is in danger of folding. See the ABOUT US page for descriptions of VBREA committees then email vbrea.webmaster@gmail.com to volunteer and help keep VBREA afloat!
WANTED: New Locations for General Membership Meetings The VBREA Involvement Committee is researching alternate sites for our General Membership Meetings. Criteria: Must have a separate meeting room that can seat at least 30 people and plenty of parking that is close. If you have any suggestions for the committee to look into, please email vbrea.webmaster@gmail.com
We want to stay in touch with you! Has your email address changed? Or any of your other contact information? Our members are traveling the world and some have relocated to distant places. Members, if you have changes to your personal contact information, please email the Webmaster or send it to our mailing address below.
Mailing Address: VBREA 2405 Courthouse Drive, B68 Virginia Beach, Virginia 23456
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