On Thursday, April 26, 2007, A First Award, Best Web Site, Class R-IV (Retiree Membership: over 1,000) was presented to NYSUT Retiree Council 10 at the NYSUT Journalism Awards Luncheon, held in the Monroe Room of the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC. The award was announced at the annual Spring Luncheon Meeting of RC10 at the Crossgates Restaurant in Colonie on May 1, 2007. Jon E. Whitney is the RC10 Webmaster.
2008 Award Presented
The RC10 Skyline News Newsletter
won an NYSUT Award Of Merit
for an
editorial written by David Golden ,
RC10 President, on the
plight of area
BOCES retirees who had their health
insurance
changed without their input. The article also dealt with the wider
implications of the decisions that were made. The NYSUT 2008
Journalism
Competiton
awards were presented at the
Representative
Assembly in New
York City on April 10, 2008.
The article appeared in the August, 2007 issue of
the newsletter.
Richard Endres was the newsletter editor when the article
appeared
and Ernest Reis is the present editor.
David Golden
RC10 Wins Awards - 2010
RC10 took three awards int the annual NYSUT Journalism Awards Competition sponsored by The New York State Teacher. The award luncheon was held at the end of the inaugural Journalism Awards Celebration and Conference at the Hilton Gardens Inn in Troy on Saturday, March 27, 2010. RC10's awards were in Class R-IV, retiree local with a membership of more than 1000.
The above award was the result of an editorial written by RC10 President Dave Golden. It appeared in the November, 2008 issue of the "RC10 Skyline News" Newsletter edited by Ernie Reis. Dave urged retirees to "Don't panic! Plan!" and reassured them during the recent financial chaos.
This award was given for a human interest story about "Grampa's Warriors" that appeared in the September, 2008 issue of the "RC10 Skyline News." Money was raised in honor of Tom Stead, a Berlin retiree, by his kids and grand kids for the Alzheimers Association. The article was by Bonnie Maxon, who also retired from Berlin.
Jon Whitney, RC10 Webmaster, is accepting the award for Best Web Site in
Class R-IV from NYSUT Vice President, Maria Neira, and NYSUT Secretary-Treasurer, Lee Cutler. The award is below.
Thanks go to Kathleen Sanders, RC10 Secretary, for much of the research
for this article.
RC10 Wins Award - 2011
CLICK ON THE THUMBNAIL to see a picture of Ernie Reis (L), RC10 SKYLINE NEWS Editor, and Jim Stolis (R), RC10 Vice President, accepting the 2011 First Place Award for Best Feature Story In A NYSUT Retiree Publication.
The article was titled FROM YOUR PRESIDENT and was written by RC10 President Dave Golden. The New York State charter schools movement was the subject of the opinion/analysis piece. The award was presented by Maria Neira (CENTER), NYSUT Vice President, at the June 4, 2011 NYSUT Journalism Conference held at NYSUT headquarters in Latham. The award was made in the the category for retiree chapters having more 1000 members.
The above award was the result of an editorial written by RC10 President Dave Golden. It appeared in the November, 2008 issue of the "RC10 Skyline News" Newsletter edited by Ernie Reis. Dave urged retirees to "Don't panic! Plan!" and reassured them during the recent financial chaos.
