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BNL RETIRED EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION

The BNL RETIRED EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION is established to represent retiree interests and benefits; build closer community ties between Brookhaven National Laboratory and its neighbors; create a newsletter providing communication with retired employees; encourage activities for social interaction in the retirement community and establish volunteer efforts to assist in fund raising for the benefit of charities and local communities.

IS YOUR MEMBERSHIP UP TO DATE??

All BREA members should have received the September 16, 2004 Newsletter. If you have not please call or email Membership Chairman Dave Cox - contact information at the BREA Officer list page.

The Newsletter contains a call for members to renew their memberships, see page 5 of the Newsletter or download a form here.

NEWS ITEMS.

THE BREA NEWSLETTER WAS MAILED IN IN LATE SEPTEMBER 2004 - or Read it here!

BREA Business meetings

            The BREA Executive Board convenes periodic meets to develop BREA plans and policies. Minutes of these meetings are published on this Web site. The meetings are open to any members wishing to attend. The President should be told if you are planning to attend and if you have any particular issue that you would like to raise in order to reserve space on the agenda and at the table. The usual meeting place is Room 107 of Building 475.

    Dates of BREA meetings for rest of the 2004.
        October 13th (Wednesday)
        November 16th (Tuesday)
        December 15th (Wednesday)

NO RETIREE HEALTH BENEFITS CHANGES FORESEEN

June, 2004
Human Resources Manager W. Hempfling has informed BREA President Joyce Tichler that the are no current plans plans to change the Retiree Health Benefits. Relevant section from Hempfling's email to Joyce reads:

> " ... mentioned to me that there is some concern about the Lab changing
> retiree medical benefits. I can assure you that there is nothing on the
> horizon that we're presently contemplating. The changes we made a few
> years ago seem to be holding down the amount of our increases to a
> manageable level. If that should change, you have my assurance that I
> will meet with BREA before we implemented any changes."

BULLETIN TO BE MAILED ONLY ON REQUEST

The print edition of The Bulletin will be mailed to retirees ONLY upon request. Names were to be removed from the mailing list unless a request was received by August 1, 2004. A form has been printed in recent copies of the Bulletin, an alternate version is included here. The Bulletin is available on line at http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/bulletin.html . The online edition arrives sooner and has color pictures! The choice is yours!

Announcement of current events are listed just below and links to a range of information is further below.
Be sure to check the BERA EVENTS page for special events and activities.

RECENT EVENTS:

BREA GET-TOGETHER LUNCHEON

Thursday, May 27, 2004

Click here for photos by Roger Stoutenburgh of the BNL Bulletin

More photos, these by Irving Montanez

Another set of photos, by George Rabinowitz

ELDER CARE MONTH -June 3 -24, 2004

Help for Today .....Planning for Tomorrow!

This June the Human Resources/Occupational Medicine Division's Health Promotion, Benefits and Employee Relations Programs presented a month of events focusing on Elder Care. Throughout the month there were expert speakers as well as an Elder Care Expo on June 16th . For more information contact Michael Thorn, Health Promotion Coordinator, (631) 344-8612, mthorn@bnl.gov.

Help BNL's International Population

Volunteers are needed to tutor English for the BNL "English for Speakers of Other Languages" (ESOL) Program. Click here for more information, visit Lab's ESOL page or contact Jennifer Lynch, ESOL Program Coordinator at extension 4894 or by email at esol@bnl.gov. Training classes for new tutors are held frequently so contact the Program Coordinator ASAP.

Links to BREA, BNL and other information for retirees: (Current events are listed above)
Be sure to check the BERA EVENTS page for special events and activities.

BREA Organizational Pages	Information and Activity Pages
MEMBERSHIP FORMS AND REQUIREMENTS	BENEFITS and HEALTH INSURANCE from BNL Human Resources
CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS	EMPLOYEE BENEFITS from BNL Web Based Standards Manual - Sketchy summary of retiree benefits also, but a place to start)
OFFICERS	COMMUNITY RELATIONS
BREA activities - meeting minutes .	SITE ENVIRONMENT
BREA NEWS: Copies of Newsletters	BNL ORGANIZATIONAL Chart , CONTRACTOR - BSA
	USEFUL WEB SITES (BNL, TIAA-CREF, HMO's, Retiree groups at other labs, and more! )

What's the official word at BNL?

Monday Memo-l Info Page

listing of public mailing lists

BREA-L

(N.B. Correction to email address provided by G. Campbell, posted Feb. 26, 2004)

brea-l@lists.bnl.gov

everybody

Some sites of particular interest.

BERA, Especially check the listing of up to date information on trips, events, etc.
Historical Highlights of BNL
AARP Legislative Issues (Includes news on possible Medicare changes.)

AARP's Public Policy Institute , AARP's Policy and Research page .

Two organizations that are concerned about BNL (neither are officially affiliated with Brookhaven National Laboratory or the Department of Energy.)

Retiree Organizations at other DOE Labs

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Ex-Ls
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - LLNL RETIREES
Los Alamos National Laboratory - Laboratory Retiree Group
Nevada Test Site Retiree Association
Oak Ridge National Laboratory CORRE

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