Jerry E. Straughan’s Passing

Jerry Straughan
Jerry Straughan

With sadness, VCCCDRA, has learned of the passing of Jerry Straughan on May 22, 2022 after a long illness.  Jerry was a professor of political science and urban studies at Moorpark College.  Jerry was elected to the city of Moorpark’s first city council and was as a columnist in the local weekly newspaper, the Moorpark Mirror with a column, “On the Other Hand.”

Per his obituary, there will be no services per Jerry’s request.  Please use this link to read the entire obituary as published in the Ventura County Star.

Recording of the April 27, 2022 VCCCDRA General Meeting Available Here on the Blog

Recording of the April 27, 2022 VCCCDRA General Meeting Available Here on the Blog

In case you missed it and you would like to see old friends, your Executive Board has posted a recording of the April 27, 2022 VCCCDRA General Meeting here on our blog. (See the video link below.)

If you want to view only one portion of the meeting, the recording is broken into segments — our speaker, Greg Barker, talking about how the California Retired Teachers Association protects our benefits at the state level; elections of Susan Bricker as President, Marie Soo Hoo as Secretary and David Magallanes as Treasurer; reports by Executive Board members; and a pre-meeting catch-up with attendees as they log onto Zoom .  On our attorney’s advice, we were required to delete the Legal Team report by Dr. Lyn MacConnaire, as we continue to pursue negotiations with the District over health benefits.

If you would like to streamline your viewing, you may move the circle on the line at the bottom of your screen to forward to various parts of a recorded section.  Many thanks to Rene Rodriguez for recording, editing and posting the general meeting.  We look forward, hopefully, to an in-person general meeting in the Spring of 2023, so we can enjoy more fully socializing with each other.

 Dr. Diane Moore, VCCCDRA President

The videos are available thru this link.

Video Recording of VCCCDRA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Held by Zoom on April 27, 2022

Below you will find the video recording of the 2022 Annual General Meeting divided into five sections.  If after left clicking on a link the recording does not start playing right away, left click on the right arrow icon at the bottom of the screen.


01 GATHERING OF RETIREES BEFOFE THE MEETING
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02 PRESIDENT DIANE MOORE BEGINS THE 2022 VCCCDRA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
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03 KEYNOTE SPEAKER, GREG BARKER, PRESIDENT CALRTA DIV 28 – VENTURA COUNTY
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04 PRESIDENT DIANE MOORE BEGINS BUSINESS PART OF MEETING
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05 PRESIDENT DIANE MOORE BEGINS Q&A – LAST PART OF MEETING
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