TI Retiree Luncheon

As president of TIAA, I want to thank everyone who attended the annual Texas Instruments Retiree Luncheon. The rain stopped and the sun came out - and so did the TI retirees with their contributions to the Community Partners of Dallas.

We had over 800 guests at the luncheon on October 27 at the Mesquite Convention Center. TI and TIAA volunteers worked very hard to make this an enjoyable experience for you. We had coffee and cookies (70 dozen of them), hosted 25 exhibitors, gained 11 new TIAA members, gave 174 shots, enjoyed a sit-down BBQ lunch and heard an informative presentation from TI. We raffled away tickets to a Mavericks game, a Stars game, and the Mesquite Rodeo along with $50 gift cards from Walmart plus some extra goodies from our exhibitors. All in all, everything went well, but it wasn't perfect.

We now realize that we needed larger screens to view the presenters' slides. We brought back The Levee Singers by popular demand and they brought their new Bose sound system. Unfortunately, we all learned that this setup was not adequate in a large room with over 800 people. They turned up the volume, but that didn't help much and I'm really sorry.

We had collected the survey sheets prior to the entertainment. So, if you would like to make an additional comment, please send me an e-mail at jbrb66@sbcglobal.net and it will be included in the analysis of the survey sheets.

Incidentally, a pair of gray framed glasses and a bracelet with rhinestones were left at the registration desk. If they belong to you, contact us at admin@tialumni.org or 214-567-8444.

Ronnie Brandenburg