http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/ PERS Oregon Discussion Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:31:56 GMT mrfearless47 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/message/4021 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/message/4021 ... My pleasure. Welcome to the group. And if I'm down your way - not entirely impossible - I'll take you up on your offer of a free cup of coffee. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:49:48 GMT alphagrendal http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/message/4020 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/message/4020 Thank you so much for the information. I'm in no way, or have I ever been considered a "financial guy" so this is all new territory for me. I'll be sure to use Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:40:35 GMT mrfearless47 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/message/4019 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/message/4019 ... I am assuming you are talking about employer costs. The cost of PERS is composed of a number of elements. There is the normal cost, which represents the Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:27:37 GMT alphagrendal http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/message/4018 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/message/4018 Hello, My name is Brent Gaskey, and I'm a Firefighter/EMT in the Willamette Valley. I was recently elected to a position in our union, and assigned the task of Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:31:45 GMT pegppeg http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/message/4017 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/message/4017 ... *********************** Greg, you are a treasure! Thanks for doing this, making it easily available to us all. [eg Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:07:18 GMT greg_g_scott http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/message/4016 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/message/4016 ... @@ I posted the bill a short while ago. Here is the URL: http://oregonpers.info/Library/Download.aspx?docid=1223 GS Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:02:20 GMT pegppeg http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/message/4015 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/message/4015 ... ******************************* It's late and it's been a long day for me so I'm taking something of a short cut: have you tried looking the bill up in Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:13:07 GMT mrfearless47 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/message/4014 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/message/4014 ... The vote doesn't matter, although it is an interesting sideline. SB 897 is now law, which is what this is all about. Whether it passed by 4 more than Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:40:27 GMT persphoenix http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/message/4013 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/message/4013 ... ############################## "The House repassed Senate Bill 897 this morning by a vote of 44-15, four more than the required two-thirds majority. The Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:02:02 GMT gaser1000 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/message/4012 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/message/4012 ... ##################################################################### Maybe one of you folks could post a link to the Senate Bill that was passed in it's Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:14:36 GMT mrfearless47 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/message/4011 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/message/4011 ... Thank YOU for the heads up phone call and voice mail. I had that post written in my head by the time I got home from running my morning errands. It is Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:13:44 GMT greg_g_scott http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/message/4010 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/message/4010 ... @@ I concur. This is well worth circulating to our PERS friends still working. GS Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:59:34 GMT pegppeg http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/message/4009 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/message/4009 ... ********************************** Marc, I really like your blog post today. Well written! peg Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:08:06 GMT greg_g_scott http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/message/4008 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/message/4008 ... @@ Thanks for the heads up. I have posted this document in the library. Nice to see the funding status is now 87% with the side accounts. The graphs are Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:37:12 GMT pgornick http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/message/4007 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PERS_Oregon_Discussion/message/4007 Perhaps I missed if this was previously posted here on PODG. Per the Salem S-J, this was presented by PERS to state legislators on the morning of February