Our Strategic Plan

Our 2012 Strategic Plan is broken down into the following:

Organization Mission
To advance the quality of life of current and future retired state employees who have given of their talents to the State of Louisiana.

Vision
RSEA will be viewed as a powerful advocate for a healthy, socially active, productive and economically secure retirement for state employees and be recognized as the voice of current and future retirees with the legislature and the public.

Goals
RSEA seeks to make a significant difference in the lives of current and future retirees by:

• Protecting and enhancing health and retirement benefits and securing COLAs for current and future retirees
• Enhancing federal social security and other federal benefits for retirees
• Keeping members and others informed of retiree issues and activities
• Providing opportunities for social interaction among members
• Providing opportunities for community service
• Providing unique benefits to members
• Promoting membership in RSEA

Strategies
RSEA will seek to achieve its stated goals through using the strategies outlined under each goal.

Protecting and enhancing health and retirement benefits and securing COLAs for current and future retirees

• Sponsor/support appropriate retirement and health related legislation and keep members informed in a timely manner
• Continue to lobby the legislature on retirement and health related legislation
• Coordinate legislation initiatives with the Louisiana Retired Teachers Association

Enhancing social security and other federal and state benefits for retirees

• Lobby to change federal legislation to allow all retirees to pay health and long term care insurance with pre-tax dollars
• Lobby to repeal or modify Social Security offsets (WPO and GPO)
• Investigate federal and state tax withholding changes and inform members

Keeping members and others informed of retiree issues and activities

• Publish Quarterly Newsletter
• Conduct Annual Regional meetings
• Get press coverage of activities and issues
• Make presentations or provide information booths relative to active state employees at various state government associations' meetings and conferences
• Meet with agency retirement liaisons about RSEA
• Provide informational communications to members on urgent and/or important topics through email blasts and website
• Establish ad hoc committee to develop public relations plan

Providing opportunities for social interaction among members

• Sponsor a Statewide Annual Meeting
• Hold multiple chapter meetings per year as determined by Chapter Presidents
• Evaluate the feasibility of sponsoring league teams – tennis, bowling, etc
• Divide out-of-state chapter members from the Baton Rouge Chapter and establish an Out-of-State Chapter designation to include these members
• Evaluate the feasibility of organizing and sponsoring group trips

Providing unique benefits to members

• Enhance the recognition of Chapter Retirees of the Year
• Sponsor education seminars on issues relevant to members
• Establish a RSEA "Hall of Fame"
• Ongoing evaluation of benefits provider contract
• Identify available discounts, promotions and freebies

Providing opportunities for community service

• Encourage volunteerism

• Make presentations on RSEA at pre-retirement and post retirement seminars
• Make presentations or provide information booths relative to active state employees at various government associations' meetings and conferences
• Meet with agency retirement liaisons
• Conduct "pilot" membership drive in Monroe chapter area
• Conduct annual recruitment of new retirees
• Improve attendance at area chapter meetings
• Explore feasibility of obtaining university assistance in conducting membership enhancement