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AGENDA for the RETIREMENT BOARD EDUCATION SESSION AND RETIREMENT BOARD MEETING
to be held in the
PERS' BOARD ROOM
693 West Nye Lane, Carson City, Nevada

Tuesday, March 16 and Wednesday, March 17, 2004

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This is the tentative schedule for the meeting. The Board reserves the right to take items in a different order to accomplish business in the most efficient manner.

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PERS, 693 West Nye Lane, Carson City
State Department of Personnel, Blasdel Building, Carson City
Clark County School District, 2832 Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas
PERS, 5820 South Eastern Ave, Suite 220, Las Vegas
Washoe County, 1001 East 9th Street, Reno

In addition, the agenda was mailed to every public employer, the news media, and other groups and individuals as requested.

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INVESTMENTS

1. Portfolio Monitoring. (Information)
2. U.S. Growth Stock Manager Search. (Information)

ADMINISTRATION

1. Employer and Production Services - Structure and Responsibilities. (Information)

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
RECESS

INVESTMENTS

1. Banc One Investment Advisors, Active U.S. Bond presentation. (Information)

2. Julius Baer Investments, Active International Bond presentation. (Information)

3. REIT Index Manager Search - Interview Candidate Selection. (Action)

4. Lincoln Capital Management, U.S. Bond Index presentation. (Information)

5. BNY Asset Management, International Stock Index presentation. (Information)

6. Interim Investment Directives, PERS', Legislators', and Judicial Funds. (Action)

BOARD

1. Minutes of the Retirement Board education session and meeting held February 18 and 19, 2004. (Action)

2. Retirement Board meeting dates. (Action)

3. Retirement Board education calendar. (Action)

ADMINISTRATION

1. Evaluation of disability retirement matters. (Action)

2. Judicial Retirement System Actuarial Valuation as of January 1, 2004, as prepared by The Segal Company. (Action)

3. Board Governance Discussion. (Action)

4. PERS' active and retiree statistical report. (Information)

LEGISLATION

1. Preparation of 2005 Bill Draft Requests. (Action)

RATIFICATION AGENDA (All items in this section will have action taken.)

1. Approval of Administrative Fund disbursements.

2. Approval of personnel action.

3. Approval of out-of-state travel for the Director of Member & Retiree Services and the Director of Employer & Production Services to attend the Cost Effective Measurement (CEM) Benefit Administration Peer Conference in Austin, Texas, May 11-13, 2004.

4. Approval of out-of-state travel for appropriate staff members to attend training on Unified Development Server (UDS) which will be held in San Jose, California, May 10-14, 2004.

5. Approval of out-of-state travel for the Manager of Information Technology to attend the Public Retirement Information Systems Management (PRISM) conference in Memphis, Tennessee, May 1-5, 2004.

6. Approval of the Final Benefit Audit Report for March 2003.

DENIALS
REPORTS
COMMENTS

1. Individual statements and/or requests by the members, retired employees and/or the public. (Information)

2. Report by the Deputy Attorney General. (Information)

3. Administrative report by Staff. (Information)

4. Questions and/or comments by members of the Retirement Board. (Information)

NOTE: We are pleased to make reasonable accommodations for persons who are disabled and wish to attend the meeting. If special arrangements are required, please notify Karen Kimball, in writing, 693 West Nye Lane, Carson City, NV 89703, or by calling (775) 687-4200, as soon as possible.