Federal Employees Association (NARFE)
Protecting the Future for Retired and Current Federal Employees
Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chapter 258
Gordon Brown, President
Last updated May 31, 2010
| Next meeting: | Friday, June 11, 2010, at 12 noon |
| Topic: | "Montgomery County’s 2011 Budget: How It May Impact District 1 Seniors" |
| Speaker: | Roger Berliner Member, Montgomery County Council |
Roger Berliner, Montgomery County Council member representing the Bethesda-Chevy Chase area, will comment on the county’s fiscal year 2011 final budget with emphasis on issues such as transportation, medical services, and energy that may affect District 1 seniors.
Councilmember Berliner was first elected to the Montgomery County Council in November 2006 as the District 1 representative for the Bethesda, Chevy Chase and Potomac areas. He currently serves as lead member for energy and environment on the Council’s Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy, and Environment Committee and as a member of the Public Safety Committee. Mr. Berliner also serves as the Council’s representative to the County’s sustainability working group and green economic task force. Regionally, he serves on the Washington Regional Board of Directors of the Council of Governments where he is an active member of the Climate, Energy, and Environment Policy Committee.
In addition to his work in Montgomery County, Mr. Berliner was the Legislative Director for U.S. Senator Howard Metzenbaum and a Policy Advisor to U.S. Congressman Henry Waxman. As a result of his vast experience, he is an expert on the legislative process.
He has been equally accomplished in his 20-year legal career. Mr. Berliner is considered one of the nation’s foremost energy lawyers, and his views on energy policy are regularly sought by leading newspapers and journals. In addition, he has acted as host of the Montgomery Community Television show “Search for Common Ground in Montgomery County”, a unique award-winning program that constructively brought adversaries closer on issues of great concern to our community.
Note: Because of the favorable response by our members at the December luncheon, the Fox Hill management has invited us to return for our June luncheon. See page 3 of the Buzz newsletter for reservation form.
Where: FOX HILL SENIOR CONDOMINIUM, 8300 BURDETTE ROAD, BETHESDA, MD
Please fill out a reservation form selecting as your luncheon entrée (a) Grilled sesame crusted Halibut with citrus sauce & saffron couscous, (b) Capellini pasta Alfredo with grilled vegetables or (c) Petit beef tenderloin with crimini mushrooms, cioppino onions & basil mashed potatoes.
Included with the entrée are Chef’s daily soup, assorted rolls, coffee, and tea (herbal or iced) and dessert of fresh berries with vanilla yogurt glacé.
Send checks payable to NARFE Chapter 258, Gordon Brown, 7401 Westlake Terr., Unit 806, Bethesda, Md 20817 Deadline: June 7, 2010. For more information, call Gordon at 240-328-6926. Click here for directions toFox Hill.
Cost: $25 including tax and tip
Coming up:
| NOTE: | Executive Board Meetings Location: Jane
Lawson Center (formerly the Leland Center), 4391 Willow Lane, Chevy
Chase, Md. The Board meets on the Monday before the chapter
monthly meeting on Friday. All are welcome to attend.
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| Jun. 7 | Monday Executive Board Meeting, 10:00 am, Lawson Center: |
| Jun. 11 - noon | Monthly luncheon: Roger Berliner Roger Berliner, Montgomery County Council District 1 member, will comment on the county’s fiscal year 2011 final budget with emphasis on issues such as transportation, medical services, and energy that may affect District 1 seniors. Council member Berliner was first elected to the Montgomery County Council in November 2006 as the District 1 representative for the Bethesda, Chevy Chase, and Potomac areas. Lunch 12:00 p.m. at Fox Hill Senior Condominium, 8300 Burdette Road, Bethesda. Reservation form on page 3 of the May-June Buzz newsletter. Deadline for reservations: June 7, 2010. For more information, call Gordon at 240-328-6926.. Directions: From I-495, go east on River Rd., then left on Burdette Rd. From downtown Bethesda and Chevy Chase, go west on River Rd. and make a right on Burdette Rd. (next to Burning Tree Country Club); visitor parking on site. Enter the main entrance and you will be directed to the dining room. |
Why We Need NARFE
From the January 2009 issue of the NARFE Magazine's "Legislative Report":
If civil service retirement is sound, why are we at risk of being cut?
During previous periods of entitlement reform, policymakers first discussed cutting the “big three” –Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. However, when lawmakers realized the political liabilities of cutting a program like Social Security, which has 40 million beneficiaries (77 million by 2030), they turned to the “captive audience” of federal retirees–a much smaller constituency (2.3 million retirees and survivors). In fact, during the budget crises of the 1980s and early 1990s, Federal retirees and survivors lost $50 billion in deferred, reduced and canceled cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs), while 40 million Social Security beneficiaries’ COLAs were not cut. It is up to NARFE to make both a substantive case and a political one to ward off reductions in federal civil service retirement.
ELECTED OFFICERS
(June 12, 2009)
President
Gordon Brown
(240) 328-6926
1st VP, Public Relations
Manny Karbeling
(301) 279-7116
2nd VP, Legislation
Laurin Knutson
(301) 530-0907
Secretary
Ruth Francis
(301) 654-6599
Assistant Secretary
Barbara Pasiuk
(301) 654-2356
Treasurer
Charles (Howie) Davis
(301) 530-3716
Assistant Treasurer
Lionel Pasiuk
(301) 654-2356
Service Officer
Nora Taylor
(301) 229-2588
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
(June 12, 2009)
Public Relations
Manny Karbeling
(301) 279-7116 Newsletter
Maxine Lesniak
(301) 951-3405
Judy Welles
(301) 229-8110 Legislation
Laurin Knutson
(301) 530-0907 Programs
David Richman
(301) 770-3608
Awards
Bill Goldwater
(301) 770-1097
United Seniors of Maryland
Gordon Brown
(240) 328-6926
David Richman
(301) 770-3608
Jeanine Flaherty
(301) 229-2602 Chaplain
Lois Elieff
(301) 652-3560
Alzheimer's
OPEN
Audit
OPEN
Sunshine
OPEN
Hospitality
OPEN
Past Presidents
Lionel Pasiuk & Bill Goldwater
NARFE Net Coordinator
Richard Fidler
(301) 320-5863
National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE) is a non-profit membership organization of current and former Federal employees, spouses and survivors. The chief of its several purposes is to protect and enhance the earned retirement benefits of its members in almost 2000 chapters in the United States.
The Maryland Federation of Chapters includes 37 of those chapters as members.
The Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chapter meets the second Friday in the months of February through June and September through December and publishes a newsletter 4 times a year. Our chapter includes ZIP codes 20812, -13, -14, -15, -16, -17, -18, -24, -25, -27 and -95. Everyone is welcome to attend.