Elected directors (trustees)

The mood of letters about trustees is surprise that the trustees had been ineffective. Also disappointment that there is no direct communication with them (although some one-to-ones are reported).

[1985][1986][1987][1988][1989][1991][1993][1994][1995] Watson Wyatt replaces Aon as our actuaries.  Watson Wyatt role in other IBM activities.

[1950][1953][1954][1992][1998][2002] Why are trustees not allowed to tell us what is going on?

[1944][1946] "rightness/wrongness" of company appointees outnumbering elected trustees. Factors that make our scheme a freak.

[1905][1907][1908][1910][1913][1916][1917] Elected retiree directors to be paid.

[1633][1634][1635][1639] Contacting Brian Marks as a trustee.  What might be told/deduced.

[1839] Custodians and what they do.

[1571][1573][1579][1582][1585][1588][1589][1590][1606][1607][1608][1612][1613][1614][1616][1619] The trustee elections of 2002. Armonk rules OK?

[1418] [1419] [1435][1436][1437] [1439][1442][1443][1445] [1446][1448][1449][1450] [1451][1452] [1454][1456][1458][1459][1460] [1483] [1507] Trustee election results. MEDs muzzled?  Replacement directors. Seeing trust minutes.

[1501] [1509] Voting at Trust meetings

[1394] Trust powers - democracy is ineffective without an informed electorate.

[1392]  Past and present chairmen and board attitudes.

[1387] Election reminder

[1381] [1383] [1389] [1404] Trust powers and what has to go in the minutes.

[1378] Trust powers and why vote in MED elections.

[1334] "How much have the execs on the Trust board made?"

[1324] [1326] [1328] [1329] [1342] [1345] [1347] [1351] [1357] [1358] Election tactics. AMIPP recommendations.

[1256] [1259] [1260] [1270] Complaints referenced in Members Report.

[1252] Experience of Mike O'Sullivan, Elaine Kirkwood.

[1251] More on actives as trustee candidates.

[1235] [1238] [1239] [1241]  Volunteering as a trustee - a style of activism. "I see no evidence that the democratic route has any effect whatsoever."   "your cynicism seems quite justified".

[1207] [1209] [1211] [1214] [1222]"...directors who apparently couldn't care a xxxk"    Composition of the board. Trustees irrelevant. Where the power lies.

[1175][1177] Trustee elections.

[1151][1154] Re Barry Morgans., goodness of job done by electeds, etc.

[1047][1048][1049] Jim Lamb is new chairman of our pensions trust.

[419] "...presumably accepted IBM's wishes to dip it's mitts into the fund".

[389] Who vets the Trustees?

[387] ".. the elected trustees can always be outvoted,...."

[384] Names of the Member-Elected Directors. (trustees)

[381] "Are we not allowed to meet to discuss our issue with them?"

[336] Attempt to discuss with one-time employee director.

[331] "It does look as if the Trustees are agents of the company rather than of the C-plan members"

[286] Have not commented.

[271] Can we canvas them?

[193] One-to-one with a trustee.

[150] The trustees have not been silenced.

[151] "I have only just learnt..." Suggesting publicity. Why didn't elected members defend our interests?

[127] More on British Airways. They share a trustee with us.

[106] "see if he (Morley) would be willing to re-engage the struggle..."

[101] Copy and link for "A guide for pension scheme trustees".

[099] "...Brian Morley resigned..." "...can somebody enlighten us..."

[090] Reacting to hope that trustees would post this website.

[076] Responses from trustees come only via the Trust manager.

[073] Worry that "all communication about the work of the trustees has to be directed through David Newman"

[072] Suggesting contacting all members of the pensions board.

[038] David Newman quote "member communications are routed through my team".

[032] "...the Trustees are failing in at least one of their duties..."

[019] "...Board of Trustees who quite clearly have not been discharging their responsibilities..."