DESTINY OF CURAC?

* A Changing EnvironmentA Changing Environment

* CARP Survey (May, 20013)

* 55% (2000) ages 65-74; 20% working part/full time; 10% volunteering; 14% (5 m.) Canadians over 65

* Biggest concern in retirement = health & finances

* Many more informational RESOURCES: websites (www.seniors.gc.ca; www.carp.ca)

* Current state of health= 90% good to excellent & less than 240 geratric specialists in Canada

* Needed for good health= exercise, nutrition, social activities, engagement in work and play

* 15% increase in senior's “DEBT LOAD” - consumption

RETIREES (Faculty & Staff) (Soft Evidence and some hard evidence from surveys)

* Fewer Faculty and Staff retiring before 67+

* More Retirees' Associations are self-sufficient & have a greater capacity for social and educational activities

* Newer retirees achieving more items on the bucket lists.

* Advocacy is mainly important when it affects one personally and /or as an Association.

Desirables/Needs

Travel; socializing; sports; television; games Caretaking (partners, relatives, friends) Volunterism: church, clubs, community Organizations: local, national, international Legacies, memoirs

CHALLENGES

SUSTAINABILITY (members, needs)

NEEDS AND CAPACITY to respond

PARTNERSHIPS (increase capacity and volume), CARP, AROHE, CAUT

INDICATORS TO SAY......

SERVICES OFFERED AND RECEIVED?

SELF-EVALUATION & REFLECTION (over 1-2 years)

ARE THE PURPOSES & MANDATES PRIMARILY ACHIEVED? If so consider it an ACCOMPLISHMENT.

A CELEBRATORY FAREWELL & ARCHIVE

Wisdom begins in Wonder(Socrates)

There are 185 listed notables from NL in wikipedia and even then some are missing.

"Not every article in every magazine or newspaper is meant to be a valentine card addressed to every reader's self-esteem." Rex Murphy (CBC)

"It is better to be honest and sincere in one language than a twister, a trickster and a twit in two." (referring to his own unilingualism and Trudeau's biligualism) John Crosbie (politician)