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The paper copy of the Assembly Newsletter contains March and April highlights. The On-line Home Page is cumulative and available under newsgroups via Rutgers INFO. The views and opinions expressed in this Assembly newsletter are those of the authors identified or of the Administrative Assembly and not necessarily those of Rutgers University.

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• See Assembly President's Request, below
• Support Restoration of FY97 RSU Budget Cuts, see Sample Letters
• Prioritize Assembly Issues, complete survey

Dear Colleagues:

During my sixteen months as president of the Administrative Assembly, I have twice asked you to help me, and you did so in a BIG WAY. Last spring, when I asked you to call and write your elected officials and state administrators regarding Governor Whitman's plan to change our health benefits package, hundreds of you did. While we were not successful in preventing the introduction of cost-sharing, your united efforts lessened the depth and breadth of Whitman's initial proposal and delayed the introduction of legislation for almost a year. Your voice did make a difference.When I asked you to educate yourself and vote your conscience (...okay, I guess I asked you to vote YES...) in the union election of November/December, 1996, hundreds of you cast a ballot.

Whether the outcomes represent a success, of course, depends on how you voted. But there haven't been many issues with the capacity to motivate and grab the attention of 1500 Rutgers administrators and I applaud you all for participating.

And now, once again, I call you to action. If we are to be successful in restoring any of the state-proposed funding cuts to higher education and our University, we must join together with students, faculty and staff so our voices are heard in Trenton from Camden to Newark, New Brunswick to Piscataway.

This issue contains two sample letters , one previously published in the Targum and one written by Assembly Delegate, Carl Lahetta. You may use either letter, as is, or edited as you like. Don't delay! We have only two months to influence the policy makers before the budget becomes law. Show your commitment to Rutgers' superior academics and research, affordable tuition and fees, and quality services and support that represent an intrinsic part of New Jersey's past, present, and future success. Rutgers is and will remain the premier institution of higher education in the State of New Jersey with your help and healthy dose of reality on State Street. Wake 'em on up and mail your letter today!

Maureen D'Arcy, President
Rutgers University Administrative Assembly

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Now, for the first time in history, our employee State Health Benefits contract award has been used by the State as leverage to induce HMO's into bidding to also offer managed health care services for a fixed amount to all Medicaid eligible citizens. Presently, over 200,000 welfare beneficiaries are enrolled in fourteen HMOs, with guaranteed access to the full complement of services historically covered by Medicaid. Rigorous safeguards exist to ensure that the HMOs spend a minimum of 80 % of the premiums they receive from N. J. Medicaid in direct patient care.

This is a sweeping change in established State practice. Considering recent modifications to New Jersey State Health Benefits law, together with the new State practice, the scope, function, powers and legal authority of the New Jersey State Health Benefits Commission have been altered and enhanced to the point of excess.

Employees are the original, primary beneficiaries of contracted HMO healthcare delivery arrangements and the only recipients of healthcare coverage via enrollment in the Traditional Plan. Our benefits are neither tips nor charity healthcare. Instead, they are part of our total salary and compensation in return for services rendered at Rutgers University, a tax-assisted vehicle of this State.

The members of the New Jersey State Health Benefits Commission are all State officials, appointed the Governor. A clear conflict of interest exists and no oversight. Our work force interests are compromised. No safeguards have been instituted to prevent the use of employee cost- or premium- sharing funds from covering shared, taxpayer obligations such as N. J. Medicaid Healthcare.

If public employees and vested retirees must cost-share, they have a right to fair representation on either the New Jersey State Health Benefits Commission or a body similar in composition and function to PERS Board of Trustees, particularly non-aligned, Rutgers A/P/S personnel, Moreover, any changes required by law to facilitate that representation should precede implementation of healthcare contributions cost- and/or premium- sharing for non-aligned personnel. Otherwise, Rutgers will implement a largely unjustified, regressive payroll tax upon select University staff, which amounts to a cut in take-home pay. That would be contrary to accepted labor practice and inconsistent with State and Federal law.

Finally, as the original and primary clientele of the State Health Benefits System, State employees have a right to written matter detailing the provisions of all HMO State contract awards and complete information about operation of The Traditional Plan and related State policies, practices, guidelines and regulations governing health care delivery arrangements negotiated on our behalf. We should not be forced into making decisions of this nature, using advertisements released by HMO's to induce our enrollment. The information is insufficient.

Contributions cost- sharing is scheduled for implementation within the immediate future. Premium- sharing is the next logical step. If you are discomforted by the present state of events, now is the time to act.

Write to Governor Whitman and copy your legislators. Ask for a review of the composition of the New Jersey State Health Benefits Commission. Request changes in the law to facilitate oversight and the fair representation of active State public sector employees and vested Rutgers retirees on the Commission, itself, or something similar to a Board of Trustees.

The names and addresses of the commission members follow. The Commission has sole discretion to formulate guidelines and modify the health benefits cost- or premium- sharing arrangements implemented for non-aligned State personnel. As government officials, they are responsible for ensuring the integrity of the State contract bidding process, as well. You can write to ask for answers to the questions, below.

What is the duration of the newest HMO State contract awards, which now includes N. J. Medicaid healthcare service delivery? Will the income derived from public employee health benefits cost sharing arrangements be restricted? What is the planned disposition of it? How did 1994 Traditional Plan experience rate impact employer healthcare HMO premiums for 1995? In the past, Rutgers retirees have not had access to HMO pharmacy benefits available to other State employees. Have the regulations changed? Or, must retirees still enroll in the Traditional Plan in order to obtain pharmaceutical reimbursements?

• Brian Clymer, Chair, State Dept. of Treasury, CN002*
• Linda Ansilimini, Vice Chair, State Department of Personnel, CN311* CAMPUS MAIL
• Elizabeth Randall, State Department of Insurance, CN325*
• David Dembe, Deputy Attorney General, State Division of Law, CN 112*
• Janice Nelson, State Representative, State Div. of Pensions & Benefits, CN295*

*All located at State House, Trenton, New Jersey

On Wednesday, May, 8, as this went to press, a Chancery Court judge ruled that Rutgers cannot charge its unionized employees for the Traditional Plan unless it, first, negotiates the co-payment and that aligned faculty and staff, who switched from the plan to HMO's to avoid having to pay, must be permitted to reverse that process. Rutgers' Attorney Aaron Schwartz said that Rutgers non-unionized employees would still begin copaying on premium insurance policies come July 1.

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Address your letters to:
Honorable Robert E. Littell, Chair, N.J. Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee, P.O. Box 328, Franklin, N. J. 07416;
Walter J. Kavanaugh, Chair, N.J. Assembly Appropriations Committee, 76 N. Bridge Street, Somerville, N. J. 08876.
Please avoid using University letterhead.

Dear Senator Robert Littell and

Assembly Member Walter Kavanaugh,

I am a member of the Rutgers University community and I am writing to ask that you reconsider the state's lack of funding to colleges and universities.

Higher education -- and Rutgers as the state's flagship school -- should be top priority. New Jersey has the opportunity to invest in its future by investing more dollars in its state colleges and universities.

If higher education is not funded through the state budget, New Jersey's citizens who attend Rutgers will be forced to pay higher, and to some exorbitant, tuition. Rutgers will be forced to cut academic and research programs that are vital in maintaining the quality of our education at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.

As representatives of all New Jersey citizens - students included -- I urge you to support higher education by adjusting the budget to include more money for Rutgers University. My future depends on it.

Your constituent,

Please consider the consequences of not fulfilling the state's obligation to provide adequate funding for Rutgers University.Reduction in funding for Rutgers impacts the students, but ultimately it is the state as a whole that suffers the most.

Rutgers University educates many of the elementary and secondary school teachers and administrators that teach the state's children. We cannot hamper the education of our future educators by cutting educational programs and services designed to enhance their knowledge and skills. In addition to educating tomorrow's teachers, Rutgers has a positive impact on businesses within New Jersey. Rutgers helps state businesses with research into new production processes, technologies, and information that will keep both the industrial and information industries at the forefront. Also, Rutgers educates the managers that help New Jersey businesses to be more effective and efficient than their competitors.

In today's fluid job market, state residents will need to continue their education as they change jobs and careers. Rutgers University is providing continued education and training for state residents who need new skills and knowledge. However, will Rutgers University be able to offer the same caliber of programs with budget cutbacks?

I realize that you have tough decisions to make, however I only ask that you realize the long term implications. Take into consideration the fact that the future of New Jersey is impacted by the decisions you make today. What future will our state and residents face?

Sincerely,

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Thank you to everyone who responded to the Assembly survey. Now, everyone, please rank the on-going Assembly issues using a scale of 1 to 10 (#1 carries the most weight). Once you have prioritized the issues and answered the questions, below, fax your responses to the Norma at 445-5948 or email the information in whatever manner you see fit, sawyer@rutadmin.rutgers.edu. You can also mail your completed survey to Norma J. Sawyer, The Administrator, ASB, Rm. 200F, Busch.

1. University Health Care Contributions. Contributions cost and premium- sharing has been enacted. The New Jersey State Health Benefits Commission has sole discretion to modify the health benefits cost- or premium- sharing arrangements implemented for non-aligned State personnel. Please read Questions & Answers in this issue for editorial comment.
   Enter your numeric priority or, the level of importance you attach to this issue____ .
2. Deferred Compensation. Actively employed APS staff with 25 years of service by July 1, 1997, have been grandfathered for retirement purposes, only. While employed, they will be required to cost share if enrolled in the Traditional Plan. Or, in other words, active, career service A/P/S staff must either limit their coverage choice to HMO's or accept a largely, unjustified cut in take home pay.
   Enter your numeric priority or, the level of importance you attach to this issue____ .
3. Retirees' benefits. Maintain medical benefits and establish prescription benefits for retirees.
   Enter your numeric priority or, the level of importance you attach to this issue____ .
4. Equitable hiring and reclassification across units and campuses.
   Enter your numeric priority or, the level of importance you attach to this issue____ .
5. Employment protection - just cause. Our employment protection policy was previously prefaced with a statement that employees could not be terminated without just cause. The statement has been removed.
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6. Binding arbitration for Step 4 grievances. The University is not obligated to accept decisions reached by a fact finder for Step 4 grievance hearings concerning APS staff.
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7. Participation in University governance. APS staff members are not generally represented on University committees dealing with APS issues.
   Enter your numeric priority or, the level of importance you attach to this issue____ .
8. . A new approach to the merit program. The University has implemented a modified Merit Award Program for APS Personnel. Notices were recently distributed. Program changes include emphasis on rewarding excellence, not good or above average performance, permitting self- or peer-nomination and giving department heads effective discretion in making awards. Awards are allocated by range groupings as in the past, but the amount of individual awards is flexible and from $1000 to $1500. Departments will be monitored by VP's to ensure participation.
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9. Step 9. Sixty percent of the A/P/S staff has been at Step 8 and not received increments for many years.
   Enter your numeric priority or, the level of importance you attach to this issue____ .
10. Staff training and career development. A systematic program for skill and job development is appropriate for A/P/S employees.
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Mankind's Only Real Creation -- TIME

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Peter Crisitello

If mankind has claim to any one creation that he can call his own, it is the concept of time. Not to get too philosophical, but what is time but a sign post in infinity.

Man throughout the years has had various ways of doing this. The Babylonians were the first to put it down in print; the Aztecs had the most accurate, so far. Our current standard is 52 weeks, containing 365.25 days divided into 12 months of 31, 30, or 28 days of 24 hours, determined by 60 minutes each, in other words, a working day. About 99% of you start the day at 6 or 7 in the morning, work to 4 in the afternoon, and usually get to sleep sometime after Jay Leno's monologue. However, for the less than 1% of us, who keep the world running while all the normal people sleep, this time line is somewhat interrupted.

Unlike day-shift people, most off-hours personnel do not come to work refreshed from just waking up after a full seven hours of sleep. Likewise, we seldom go home after work with some energy left to do a few things around the house. When working second shift, our work day may start at 4:pm in the afternoon, however. most of us still begin in the morning like the rest of you. I often claim that I live on California time and just exist on the wrong (East not West) coast. What this means is that my day mirrors that of people on a time schedule 4 hours different. My "day" begins about 10:am and goes to about 2 or 3 in the morning; with the four hour time zone difference equaling 6:am to about 11:pm on the West Coast.

Now most of you will figure that with all that time in the day I should be lucky to work when I do. On the contrary, with limited time I have to do all those things you would normally do when you get home from work. Then. when you would normally sit back and rest, I have to clean up and go to work. Then, sometime after midnight, I get to go home.

What can you do after midnight, closing down the bars is not quite a productive pastime? Nothing much else is open at that hour either. It should be noted that some of the off hour employees are day shift people with a second job. Usually, that is to pay bills for college or something to that effect. However, in the long run this doesn't pay out as well with the additional taxes generated by the income. The only one who benefits is usually the tax man.

I am still waiting for some comments from you, the readers of this publication. This column is an open forum for any off-hour Administrators as well as those on day shift to voice opinions or make comments. Feel free to contact me via The Administrator.

For more on this subject, check out The Night Shift Initiative

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ON HMOs

This is the first in a series of articles addressing the health care agenda by Paulette Ritter, RNNPC, MSN. Paulette is a Nurse Practitioner with Rutgers Student Health Services in Camden.

There has been a lot of debate surrounding the traditional health plan and HMO's. While we are all familiar with traditional plans, I would like to give you some background on HMO's. The HMO concept originated in the 1920's. Since the passage of the 1973 HMO Act, enrollment in these plans has grown to 40 million people as of 1994. For a fixed fee, HMO's assume full responsibility for a participant's health care, or for at least a specified basic set of needs.

Many HMO's use cost control techniques referred to as managed care. An HMO is a structured, gate keeper system in which providers are prepaid fixed fees for delivering a comprehensive range of health care services to an enrolled group. The HMO model is unattractive to many Americans who are accustomed to freely choosing the services of fee for service health care providers on demand or by choice.

Managed care has dramatically changed the way health care providers deliver care to their patients. In some situations, for example, mental health counselors are given impossible limitations and told to treat the patient within six or eight visits.

Insurance companies are managing care by dictating protocols, procedures, practice and length of hospital stay. They decide what therapy can be done and by whom.

The preferred provider organization (PPO) is a system that uses a network of providers who deliver services to plan enrollees at prenegotiated rates, typically representing a fifteen to twenty percent discount. Enrollees have the option of using outside providers, but at a higher cost.

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Vice President Sawyer presided on March 14; President D'Arcy presided on April 11, 1996.

Assembly Corresponding Secretary, Paulette Ritter reported in March that on February 20, letters of congratulations had been sent to the recipients of the President's Award for Excellence in Administration on behalf of the Administrative Assembly. Also, she wrote to the Treasurer's Office to ask that officers and delegates be invited to the monthly Treasurer's Luncheons. At the body's request, she read her February 27 letter to Vice President Norman.

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Dear Mr. Norman,

On behalf of the Salary and Compensation Committee and the Executive Board of the Administrative Assembly, I am forwarding, per your request, the Executive Board's recommendations for the Merit Program. These recommendations were arrived at after significant consultation with delegates and constituents across all three campus communities.

There is no simplistic solution that can be successfully implemented for this year. Therefore, the Executive Board recommends that: the Merit Program be suspended for this fiscal year; the monies available as a result of this suspension be divided among A/P/S staff who have been at Step 8 for two or more years; redefine philosophy and develop equitable guidelines for future merit programs.

A/P/S staff throughout the University community are anticipating changes in the current Merit Program. The Executive Board hopes that these recommendations will be carefully considered and acted upon prior to the end of this fiscal year.

Thank you for your consideration.

Paulette Ritter, Corresponding Secretary
Rutgers University Administrative Assembly

In April, Paulette read her letter to the members of the State Health Benefits Commission requesting equitable treatment for non-aligned, A/P/S employees where health benefits contributions are concerned.

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According to Steve Otzenberger, Vice President Norman and the cabinet seek to establish a better, more open dialogue on important Assembly issues. They are interested in hearing body's concerns about Assembly-eligible staff.

Steve reported on the State Health Benefits Program bill, which has since passed into law. Details have already been published in the Rutgers Focus, April 12 issue. Regardless of when vested employees retire, personnel with 25 years of service by June 30, 1997 will have their full health benefits premiums paid for by the state at the time of retirement. Although grandfathered, staff with 25 years or more of service, will be required to cost share if enrolled in the Traditional Plan while actively employed.

Steve advised that Dr. Seneca had addressed employee health benefits issues at public hearings held for that purpose and that he had made it a point to mention that nonaligned, University personnel had only recently voted by a slim margin not to unionize. Dr. Seneca requested equitable treatment for all Rutgers non-aligned personnel and asked the state to impose the same health benefits contributions cost sharing arrangements upon all Rutgers faculty and staff.

Identical cost sharing arrangements for all State and University employees disadvantages Rutgers staff, in general, and Assembly-eligible personnel, in particular. State Civil Service employees have nine-step salary and compensation pay ranges, University staff have eight. Unionized Rutgers faculty and staff have written contracts and tradeoffs associated with their bargaining negotiations process. In some instances, grandfathered staff in PERS, under age 55, will be penalized one quarter of one per cent for every month under age 55, should they retire rather than cost share and if they remain actively employed, they must either limit their health care coverage to HMO's or suffer the cuts in take-home pay necessitated by Traditional Plan cost sharing. Is that equitible, or ageism?.

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Sandra Annone, Departmental Administrator for the Graduate School of Management in Newark; Michael DeLuca, Associate Director of the Cook College Institute for Marine & Coastal Sciences; Anna Louise Ingeno from Cook College Department of Environmental Communications; and Sydell Ruth Schulman, Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Applied & Professional Psychology received their awards at a reception at the house of the President of the University on February 5, 1996.

The ceremony was hosted by President Francis Lawrence and his wife, Mary Kay Lawrence. In attendance were Anne M. Thomas, Chair of the Board of Governors; Administrative Assembly President Maureen D'Arcy and the other officers of the Administrative Assembly; and the members of the Assembly's Awards Committee, which has the duty of reviewing and prioritizing the many nominations for the award each year, and presenting a list of reccommended candidates to the President of the University.

Laureates receive a framed citation as well as a cash award of $1,000. The employee's department receives a matching $1000 cash award as well.

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• the parties responsible for planning and dedication of the Civic Square Building. The Friday, March 29 ceremonies were great and the building, It is a shared and outstanding accomplishment by Rutgers and the State.
• Mary Powers-Nikola & Arlene Buckley. Office of Employee Relations, OER for an interesting presentation to the Assembly on the history and evolution of the training and development brochures. Their monthly Training Bulletin has proved successful ingenerating more attendance and participation in workshops and allows for more flexibility in scheduling courses. That being the case, it has replaced the annual catalog of courses previously in use.
• OER supervises three types of training: supervisory and leadership skills (50 workshops); operations skills (49 workshops); and personal development skills (27 workshops). Mary and Arlene identify University's training needs via requests, solicitation of departments, and the developments in the training area beyond Rutgers. Their annual master calendar spreads the workshops out over the various campuses and on different days of the week to accommodate as many employees as possible. A "Welcome to RU" workshop for new hires is held about every six weeks. Future plans call for broadening the scope of their workshops and to continue to recruit presenters. According to Mary, OER's schedule does not includediversity training. Feedback from staff is encouraged via telephone, fax, or campus mail (no e-mail).
• Nancy Winterbauer, Vice President for University Budgeting who addressed the Assembly regarding the effects of the Governor's FY97 Budget Recommendations.Nancy arrived accompanied by Richard Norman, Vice President for University Administration. They answered all questions raised by those present. Both encouraged APS personnel to write Trenton to support restoration of those funds.

Please comply with Maureen D'Arcy's request in this issue. Copy, date and sign one of the letters at the beginning of the issue and mail it without delay. Or, use one as a guide to prepare your own letter of support for restoration of the FY97 Rutgers budget cuts.

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• Organization of Black Faculty & Staff, Shirley Pettiford-- No Report
• Senate, Alex Podchaski reported on the March Meeting and had no report for the April Senate Meeting.
• Silver Knights, Barbara Hoagland reported that the Silver Knights charge $5 in annual dues and are presently self-supporting. She circulated a few copies of the first, Silver Knights Herald, a publication of the Rutgers Staff Retirees Association. Also, the Assembly President and several delegates, representing the three campuses, were invited to attend their April Luncheon.
• Office of Governmental Relations,Elena Buchanan sent word that Sharon Ainsworth will begin meeting with her on a regular basis to address Assembly issues of concern.
• Common Purposes, Marsha Hansen -- No Report
• University Unions, Patricia McManus -- No Report

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• Awards/Grants, Chair, Sonia Hamburg -- No Report
• Communications & Public Relations, Chair, Norma Sawyer reported that The Administrator Home Page appears to have been well received. Survey responses had been substantial and continue to arrive each day. Due to time limitations, the committee proposed Assembly Computing Initiative, which prepared by Beth Binde and distributed at the March meeting for discussion in April, was postponed.
• Elections, Membership & Member Recognition, Chair, Crystal Bembry sent word of eight Assembly vacancies.
• Grievance Committee, Chair, Richard Bird reported that as of the April 11, one grievance in New Brunswick, disciplinary in nature, was in Step 3 and a resolution was likely. He also reported that Professor Charles Coleman, an arbitrator and faculty member in Camden School of Business, had conducted a an extremely beneficial arbitration workshop on April 9, for the committee and other interested delegates. The Assembly will forward a $100 check to Prof. Coleman from the Assembly.
• Luncheon Committee, Chair, Gloria Meyer reported that the 1996 December Luncheon following the regularly scheduled Assembly business meeting is scheduled to take place at Hale Hall on the Busch Campus. Rutgers First Lady, Mary Kay Lawrence has graciously agreed to be the guest speaker.
• Policy & Procedures, Chair, Beverly Tarter reported on her discussion with Associate Vice President Leslie Fehrenbach about the dissatisfaction generated by both the document and the absence of Assembly participation in the formulation of the University Harassment Policy. She detailed numerous recommendations for change.
• Salary, Compensation, & Benefits, Chair, Jane Chepitch sent word that UNUM has requested a rate increase on the PERS disability plan premiums. Those A/P/S staff, eligible for coverage, but not enrolled will receive memos in September, wihch will spell out the benefits of enrollment. Increased participation could reduce anticipated rate increases. In April the committee discussed on-going efforts to formulate questions for a survey following implementation of the modified merit awards process.
• Training and Development, Chair, Patricia Grove reported that her committee has been working with Mary Powers-Nikola and Arlene Buckley from OER to enhance and expand training programs for APS personnel.

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Act now, if entitled to buy back pensionable service. 25 years before July 1, 1997 = fully paid health premiums for retirees.

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THE BEANO HEART RIDE--JUNE 1, 1996

For a number of years I have been riding my bicycle to raise money for various charities. Last year several people rode with me on the "Beano Heart Ride" to raise money for the American Heart Association. Everyone enjoyed the day so much that it occurred to me to organize even more people and to ride as a 'Rutgers Team.' The response to this idea by faculty, staff, and students was unanimously positive. Subsequently, a Newark Associate Provost has agreed to supply us with Rutgers tee-shirts so that our "charitable", "diversified", "unified", "community" effort will be duly advertised. Of course the American Heart Association is delighted, too!

If you have a bicycle, and this sounds interesting to you,.......here are some details of the day that might convince you to participate. You choose the distance that you feel capable of completing and you ride at your own pace (this is not a race) and enjoy the scenery. The choices of distance are 5 miles, 25 miles, or 50 miles. Early in the morning, after you check in at the check-in tables, and turn in your donations, you receive your trip kit, which includes a map of the route distance you chose. Then you take off on your ride either individually or with a group, and enjoy! There are rest stops with refreshments every few miles, Sag wagons if you get tired, bike mechanics and friendly volunteers. When you complete your ride, and have come back to the check- in area, lunch, music, sometimes even a massage, prizes and more are waiting for you (including your friends and colleagues). Then you sit down and enjoy!

This is a terrific way to get some good exercise, and fresh air; to offer something to the community; to maintain/establish some pleasant camaraderie/friendship. It's almost a guarantee that you'll enjoy every minute of the day! There are also some great prizes to match the sponsor donations you have raised. The registration fee is $15.00 per rider. Each rider is asked to raise at least $50.00...that will get you a water bottle...$65.00 to $99.00 will get you a T-shirt and Water Bottle...$100 to $149 will get you a Tank Top plus all of the above prizes, etc., etc., etc. The more you raise, the better the prizes.

If you wish to register for the ride, and to receive a Rutgers tee shirt, contact Edith Frankel at the Newark Registrar's Office (x5372) for instructions and materials. Just a note: Only the first forty registered people will receive the Rutgers tee shirt, so register early (and give yourself lots of time to raise money!). Below is a registration form. Submit the form and registration fee (check made out to 'American Heart Association') to Edith Frankel at the Newark Registrar's Office. You will then receive the Rutgers tee shirt and a collection envelope to hold all of your sponsors' contributions. Looking forward to hearing from you and to riding with you.

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