The following message was emailed to the VCCCD Board of Trustees for the Special Meeting of March 26, 2020, by Rene Rodriguez, President, VCCCDRA
Subject: Message to the Board of Trustees Special Meeting for the March 26, 2020
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 16:06:08 -0700
From: Rene Rodriguez, <vcccdra@gmail.com>
To: diannebmckay@gmail.com, bernardo_perez2@vcccd.edu, lkennedy@vcccd.edu, jchancer@vcccd.edu, gabrielatorres.1118@gmail.com,
boardoftrusteesclerk@vcccd.
At the March 10 Board of Trustees meeting, I made a formal request of the Board that it hold a Special Meeting with the leadership of the Retirees’ Association, to allow it to present to the Board, in detail, the large discrepancies that exist between the CalPERS health plans that the District is proposing, compared to the Anthem/Blue Cross health plans.
The Chancellor, and members of the Board of Trustees, have made remarks to the Retirees’ Association leadership, that you “care” about retirees, and would never do anything to harm them.
I am stating to you now, in writing, on behalf of the Retirees’ Association, that replacing the current health plans with the proposed CalPERS health plans, WOULD BRING GREAT HARM TO TIER I AND TIER II RETIREES.
We are ready to explain to you what this great harm would be if you give us the opportunity. If you do not wish to give us the opportunity, then we demand an explanation. It cannot be that you already understand the differences between CalPERS plans and Anthem plans, as we understand them. Not even CalPERS representatives could answer all of the questions we asked of them at a meeting we had on January 23.
Show us that you do want to understand why we are so opposed to the CalPERS health plans by meeting with us. Otherwise, we will conclude that you do not care to understand how seriously the CalPERS health plans are substandard to the current Anthem plans.
Ventura County Community College District Retirees Association www.vcccdra.org www.blog.vcccdra.org
