Retired Teachers Association of the NSW Teachers Federation

BLOG updated 10th December 2023

The Retired Teachers Association of the NSW Teachers Federation, meets on the second Friday of the month at Federation House, 23/33 Mary St Surry Hills. Just a five minutes walk from the Chalmers Street exit of Central Station. Each month we have a guest speaker at our meeting, except in November when we have our AGM and in December when we have a longer lunch. There is no meeting in January.

The COMMITTEE of the RTA meets at 11.00am and is followed at noon by a catered LUNCH.

At 12.45pm there will be a Guest speaker, details later. (Hybrid mode)

This will be followed at 2.00pm by a General meeting (Hybrid mode).

The meeting will finish before 3.30pm.

All welcome, members and their guests..

ZOOM. To link remotely with our over 5,000 members state wide, our meetings are hybrid ZOOM meetings, now with a new, more reliable computer. REGISTRATION for the Zoom meeting is required. Please apply to the RTA Zoom Coordinator, by email to rtazoom@gmail.com , preferably days before but at least BEFORE 11am on the morning of the meeting.

Minutes for the general meetings may be viewed by following the link when clicking HERE . The previous month's minutes will be available at the meeting and by email to the Zoom participants on the day of the next meeting, and later will be posted here on the Blog.

NEWSLETTER. By clicking on HERE, please find a link to the latest available version of our newsletter. If you know of any members (and, more particularly, their email addresses) who might like to be included in future monthly emailed Newsletter, just let the RTA secretary know at nswrta1919@gmail.com

NOTE, the newsletter is sent out from Federation to some 6,000 members using the last email address for you on their records. If the records are wrong, no newsletter. If this is the case, please contact the NSW Teachers Federation at Surry Hills in Sydney.

To open the Federations website, click HERE or for regular updates on what is happening see the Facebook page by clicking HERE

We have a Social outing each month, generally organised by Max Prince.

Our next outing will be in 2024.

For more information contact Max. maxprince@optusnet.com.au or 0431 473 983

CLUB YORK LUNCH. A casual luncheon for members is held regularly on the Wednesday after the monthly meeting. The next lunch will be at noon on Wednesday 14th February 2024. The venue is at Primi, adjacent to Club York (99 York Street Sydney), not far from the York St exit of the Queen Victoria Building. Some members meet in the downstairs bar of the club for a drink before lunch.

Please contact Chrys (0427 188 126) if you are attending so that an accurate booking can be made.

OCTOGENARIAN Cakes have been a tradition at the RTA for many years. Members who turn 80 during the year are eligible for a Lions' Christmas Cake. Please contact Halina Woelfle for more information. The cakes will be distributed in late November and early December.

At the November meeting, the following positions were confirmed for 2024.

PRESIDENT Gemma Ackroyd

VICE PRESIDENTS Anne-Marie Kestle

MINUTES SECRETARY Peter Cassidy

ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY - unfilled

TREASURER Ian Massingham

HOSPITALITY/ CATERING Margaret De La Garde

RTA BLOG Kerry Regan

SPEAKER ORGANISER Halina Woelfle

NEWSLETTER EDITOR Paul Regan

HYBRID MEETING COORDINATOR unfilled

HYBRID MEETING ASSISTANTS Paul Sowter, Alan Allison

ASSISTANT SECRETARY - unfilled

OCTOGENARIAN CAKE ORGANISER Halina Woelfle

SOCIAL ORGANISER– LUNCHEONS Chrys Marshall

SOCIAL ORGANISER– OUTINGS Max Prince

Retired Teachers Association of the NSW Teachers Federation

The RTA has a new BLOG for 2024

NEXT MEETING - Friday 9th February 2024

November Social Event 2022