You and your family are invited to
attend the On My Own Time (OMOT) Art Exhibit and Open House at the
Dallas Texins Activity Center (Expressway Site) on Saturday, Aug. 7
from 2 to 5 p.m. Enjoy the art on display from active TIers
and retirees, and cast your vote for the "People's Choice." As a
bonus, the facilities of Texins will be available for guests and
their families to use throughout the day at no charge. Come early
and try out the fitness equipment, indoor and outdoor tracks,
swimming pool and other facilities available at Texins. Refreshments
will be available during the open house and there will be drawings
for door prizes. Enter at Gate #6 on TI Boulevard and turn right at
the first stop sign. Parking is available adjacent to the Texins
Activity Center. Go to the
TI Alumni
Newsletter 2Q 2010 to
see more details about the OMOT art exhibit and open house on Page 1
of the issue. For hours of operation and other information on
Texins, go to www.texinsactivitycenters.com.
Registration is not required.
Art Show
Registration Deadline Extended to July 15
The deadline for registering to submit
art for the OMOT Art Exhibit has been extended to July 15, so it's
not too late to be part of the competition. For more information and
how to register, go to www.tialumni.org/omotas/ or
call the TIAA office at 214-567-8444.
Shoes for Orphan Souls - July 14
TIAA volunteers can help process donated
shoes for orphans and at-risk children throughout the world. The
activities might include cutting off price tags, "rubber banding"
shoes together, sorting shoes, or counting and packing shoes in
shipping boxes. Volunteers will meet at Texins Activity Center
at 8:45 a.m. and ride a free bus to the air-conditioned warehouse.
At 12:30 p.m., we'll decide whether to go to lunch together or to
return immediately to Texins. If you'd like to help give a child
their first pair of new shoes, call Jessica Stewart at 214-567-8444
by July 7 to register. For more information, go to
www.tialumni.org/cit/.
Entrepreneurship Seminar - July 28
TIAA, the
Ex-TIer Network and the UT Dallas Retiree Association will sponsor a
free seminar from 1 to 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 28, in
Collinwood I at the Plano Centre, Plano. Is
Entrepreneurship Right For You and What Resources Are Available will
provide practical ideas for starting or expanding a small business
or consulting firm, and demonstrate the technology resources
available locally or on the worldwide web for your business or self
development. The seminar will also include a presentation by a
patent attorney on protection of intellectual property. To register
for the seminar, call the TIAA office at 214-567-8444, press "2",
and leave your name and name of anyone else attending with you, and
your telephone number by July 21.
TIAA
Volunteer of the Year Nominations
Do you know someone who consistently
volunteers to help others? Last year TIAA established an annual
Volunteer of the Year Award to honor a TIAA member who does an
outstanding job of giving back to our community. We are soliciting
suggestions for an appropriate recipient of this year's award. If
you know of someone you think is worthy of this honor, please
contact TIAA at 214-567-8444 or admin@tialumni.org.
A plaque will be presented to the honoree at the TI Retiree Luncheon
on November 11.
TI
Weekend at Dallas Zoo - July 16-19
Dallas-area retirees can show their
badges and receive free admission for themselves and as many as five
guests during Tech Smart Big Heart's TI Family Weekend at the Dallas
Zoo from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on July 16-19. Zoo visitors will have the
opportunity to experience Giants of the Savanna, the biggest new
exhibit to open at the Zoo in 20 years. The 11-acre exhibit takes
zoo guests on safari as they experience and learn about giraffes,
elephants, lions, cheetahs and many other African species. If you
don't have a retiree badge (or can't find it), print out a copy of
this eNews to
gain entry.
Alumni
Groups Update
To make it easier for individuals to
link up with alumni groups, we have consolidated information about
the groups into a single, online posting at www.tialumni.org/groups/.
This larger, up-to-date listing will also be published in our
quarterly newsletter. Most groups meet monthly, but the frequency of
meeting ranges from every other week to once a year. The list
includes over a dozen groups in the greater Dallas area and, for the
first time, four groups that meet in locations outside the Dallas
area as well as three groups that meet in cyberspace. Although the
listing is large, we strongly suspect that there are many other
groups and we would like to include them. If you know of any group
of former TIers who would welcome other former TIers, please contact
us at groups@tialumni.org or
214-567-8444.
Richardson Corporate Challenge
TI is once again going for gold in the
Olympic-style City of Richardson Corporate Challenge, and it has
asked for TIAA participants. The competition, which starts Aug. 20
and runs through early October, includes more than 20 athletic and
non-athletic events - from soccer, dodgeball and badminton to
horseshoes, darts and billiards. Participants compete against teams
from various Dallas-area companies. Proceeds from the Corporate
Challenge benefit the Special Olympics Texas. Participating
organizations raised $118,000 for Special Olympics in 2009. If you
are interested in volunteering or competing in the 2010 challenge,
contact Tim Taylor at timt@ti.com or
Lara Hussain at lara@ti.com.
Let's "Do" Breakfast
- July 23
Hate to cook breakfast? Tired of
oatmeal? Need a reason to get out of the house? Miss your TI
friends? Well, we agreed and last month held our first TIAA-wide
breakfast. Our second such event will be on Friday, July 23, at 9:30
a.m. once again at Chubby's Family Restaurant, 11331 Northwest Hwy,
Dallas. Chubby's has two breakfast specials for only $3.99 + tax &
tip. Just fellowship and food and maybe some discussion on when and
where to meet next. There's no need to make a reservation; just look
for us in their meeting room, which has been reserved for TIAA.
In Memoriam
TIAA has learned of the recent deaths of
the following former TIers and/or TIAA members: Onis "Gene" Adams,
Bobby Baker, Henry Bergman, John W. Bunch, Gladys Cain, Robert A.
Campbell, Theresa Campbell, John W. Caywood, Eduardo Diaz, Cecil
Dotson, Herbert G. Fisher, Bill Gordon, Estelle Green, Cora Henry,
Sandra D. Hopkins, Florinda Lerma, Charles Liu, J. Dale Osterberg,
Donald Palermo, Mary K. Parker, Jerry J. Parrish Sr., Felix
Phillips, Rickey Rickman, Velma Sanders, Glen Shepherd Jr., Faye
Smith, Jean Pierre Sokolyk, Frances Jane Sproles, J.C. Swain,
Lauretia Trammell, Melba Turnbull, Earnest Buddy Watson, Omega
White, Fritz
Whittington and Robert
J. Wood. We have sent a sympathy card to their families
expressing our condolences at their loss and have added their names
to our online In
Memoriam list.
TIAA Q&As
We are starting a new feature in our
monthly eNews publication.
If you have a question about TIAA or our website that would be
appropriate in this newsletter, please send it to communications@tialumni.org.
Q: How
can I locate a former TIer?
A: You can find this information from our website.
(The website lists only that information permitted by the former
TIer. Please remember this is personal data and do not use it for
solicitations, etc.)
- Click Search
for members located
under Member
Services at the
top of the screen. (This page is accessible to members only;
login is required.)
- In the Search
Information area,
enter only the vital info (leaving all of the other boxes
blank): If you want to search for a particular person, enter the
first name in the First Name box
and the last name in the Last
Name box. (If you
are not certain how to spell either name, enter the first few
characters and a "fuzzy" search will return every former TIer
whose name begins with those characters. If you only remember
the first name, just enter that and all of the former TIers with
the same first name will be listed.)
- Press Enter.
New Lifetime Members
Lewis Aubrey, Michael Bartlett,
Kathryn Collins, Nancy Jenkins, Laurinda Ng, Terry Thompson, Stephen
Watts and William
Wisseman recently
became Lifetime Members of TIAA in June. Over a quarter of TIAA
members now hold lifetime memberships.
TIAA Annual Meeting Slide Show
David Drake took pictures at the TIAA
Annual Meeting at UT Dallas and the tour of the Natural Science and
Engineering Research Lab on May 18 and Ronnie Brandenburg has
created a slide
show. Enjoy.
Upcoming TIAA Travel Events
America the Beautiful - Saturday,
July 10 - Join us on
a trip to hear the wonderful patriotic musical America
the Beautiful at
Granbury Opera House. Depart Texins at 10 a.m. for Granbury to
attend the 2:30 p.m. matinee performance. Before the show, we will
dine on our own at a restaurant in Granbury (several are within
walking distance of the opera house) or browse the quaint shops on
the square. We will return about 6 p.m. Show tickets and bus
transportation are $35 per member or $39 per nonmember. There are
only a couple of seats still available on a first-come, first-served
basis.
Waco Tour - Monday, Aug. 9 - Join
us on a luxury bus to visit the
Texas
Ranger Hall of Fame and
the Baylor
University Mammoth Site. The
Rangers have a heritage that began with the earliest settlements in
Texas. They have been compared to other world-famous law enforcement
agencies, such as the FBI, Scotland Yard, and the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police. The museum features historic Ranger badges, Purvis
Thompson machine gun and fabulous displays of Ranger memorabilia.
Next, we'll create some memories on the river as we dine at Buzzard
Billy's, which has been recognized year after year for incredible
dishes including seafood, steaks, pastas, and outstanding desserts.
Then we'll tour the largest known concentration of prehistoric
animals at the Mammoth Site, where 68,000 years ago a group of
Columbian Mammoths were caught and killed in a mudslide. Their
remains were hidden beneath the earth in the Bosque River basin
until 1978. The site was kept a secret until 2007 when the Waco
Mammoth Site was opened. The bus will depart Texins at 9 a.m. and
return about 6 p.m. Cost of $32 per member and $36 per nonmember
includes transportation and entry fees. Please register by Aug. 2.
Contact Jessica Stewart at admin@tialumni.org or
214-567-8444 to register. Each TIAA member is invited to participate
and may bring one guest at the member price. Others may join us at
the nonmember price. Payment is due seven days prior to event to
reserve your place on the bus. Make check payable to TIAA and mail
to TIAA, PO Box 740181, Dallas, TX 75374.
Save
These Dates!
Annual
Charity Golf Tournament - Tuesday, Sept. 14, Woodbridge Golf Club,
Wylie.
Brain Health
& Medical Electronics Seminar - Thursday, Sept. 23, Plano Centre,
Plano.
TI Retiree
Luncheon - Thursday, Nov. 11, Mesquite Convention Center, Mesquite.
