Welcome to Guns & Hoses 2009

Your Source for Comprehensive Trustee Training and Education Excellence

As a trustee of a fire or police pension plan, your members depend on you to secure their retirement. Now more than ever, it is critical for you to invest in sound trustee education to ensure you are making the right decisions for your trustees and their retirement income.

• As we approach 2010, you have no small challenge ahead with many new questions to answer:
  When do we expect to recover from the recession?
• What asset classes will provide true diversification and ensure we meet our return?
• How do we communicate with and influence our plan sponsor to ensure they are acting in the best interest of the plan?

Now in it's 18th year, Guns & Hoses continues to provide Trustees with a forum to get answers to these questions, to exchange ideas, and to increase their knowledge and best practices on Public Pension Funds.

Guns & Hoses offers 25+ hours of comprehensive trustee education

• Critical solutions on asset allocations - how do you determine which asset class will work in 2010?
• Effective cost-cutting ideas for plan administration
• Methods for resolving unfunded liabilites
• Developing good relations with city council and the plan sponsor
• DROP plans that can be implemented in a neutral cost manner
• Board governance and corresponding board policies