TRTA Informative and Protective
Services Committee
2010-2011

The Informative and Protective Services Committee shall collaborate with District and Local Units to obtain and disseminate related information to retired school personnel.

TRTA State Informative and Protective Services Committee Chairman
Dottie Gardner

TRTA State Informative and Protective Services Committee Members
Tonna Duke
James Logan
Irwin Mathews
Juanita Rudolph

Duties

The TRTA State Informative and Protective Services Committee Chairman duties:
*1. Develop with the Committee an Informative and Protective Services action plan;
*2. Establish contacts with persons, organizations, and agencies in the state that have access to information, or perform useful service for mid-life and older citizens;
*3. Gather and disseminate resource materials to District Informative and Protective Services Chairmen to be used at the Local Unit levels; and
*4. Serve as presenter to train District and Local Unit counterparts at the TRTA Convention.

The TRTA District Informative and Protective Services Committee Chairmen duties:
*1. Send information received from the TRTA Informative and Protective Services Committee Chairman to the Local Unit Chairmen in the District;
*2. Gather information of interest to retired school personnel and send it to the Local Unit Chairmen;
*3. Set yearly District Goals for the Informative & Protective Services Committee;
*4. Serve as presenter of the Informative & Protective Services training for Local Unit Informative & Protective Services Committee at the District Spring Leadership Training Conference; and
*5. Attend the state Convention Informative and Protective Services Leadership Training Session.

The TRTA Local Unit Informative and Protective Services Committee Chairmen duties:
*1. Disseminate information from the District Informative and Protective Services Committee Chairman;
*2. Gather information of interest to retired personnel and notify the members;
*3. Establish contacts with persons, organizations and agencies in the community that have access to information, or perform useful services for mid-life and other senior citizens;
*4. Be responsible for one complete program per year on a subject pertaining to informative and protective services;
*5. Report at each meeting something of significant interest to the membership even if only a tidbit from the newspaper, radio or television (three of the best current sources!);
*6. Provide assistance to those requiring help by supplying information and assistance to members relative to questionable dealings.;
*7. Set yearly goals for the Informative and Protective Services Committee; and
*8. Attend the state Convention Informative and Protective Services Leadership Training Session.

* Not policy, suggested

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