2024 Annual Meeting of the Coalition of Oak Ridge Retired Employees (CORRE)
November 8, 2024

Attendees: CORRE Board Members, 100 Retirees, Several Contractor HR/Benefits Employees, Health Care Organization Representatives, and Department of Labor Ombudsmen

Call to Order - Whitehead

Acknowledgement of important guests; invited health care providers and Contractor HR Benefits Representatives:

UCOR
Y-12 and Via Benefits
ORNL
Department of Labor Ombudsman
Clinch River Home Healthcare
Cold War Patriots
CNS Cares
The Home Option
National Specialty Pharmacy
Nuclear Care Partners
NWIA (Nuclear Workers Institute of America
Quality Private Duty Care
Remain At Home Workers Care
Trinity Homecare & Consulting Services

Nominating Committee Report – Paul Wasilko, Chairman; 2025 CORRE Board nominees were introduced by view on the large screen per each nominated member’s names and photos; The entire slate of CORRE Board members (22 individuals) were approved and accepted by acclamation. The proposed and accepted CORRE Board Executive Committee members for 2025 are:

President Dave Whitehead
Vice-President Shirley Cox
Vice-President Luther Gibson
Vice-President Paul Wasilko
Secretary Teresa Riggs
Treasurer Lester Petrie
Communications Director Sam McSpadden
Immediate Past-President Bob Hightower

The proposed and accepted CORRE Board Members for 2025 are:
Tony Angelelli
Lydia Birk
Wayne Bolinger *
Barry Burton
Tony Chilcoat
Paul Franco
Richard Green *
Ross Harding *
Nick Jessen
Judy Kibbe
Greg Livengood *
George McRae
Mike Shelton
John Steward *

Note: * New Board members for 2025 biographies on web site mycorre.org.

A thank you for your service was issued to members leaving the 2024 Board: Joe Kato, Ed Lee, Debbie Randolph, Paul Standifer, Malcolm Stocks, and Garry Whitley.

Annual Treasurer Report submitted by Petrie (for information)

Report to CORRE Membership – President Dave Whitehead; a review of several activities was presented:

Meetings with the Oak Ridge Contractors were reviewed as well as reviews of Performance Plans, Fund Notices, Monitoring of DOE Solicitations Contract Awards for retiree benefit content.

Updated Presentation Packages of the Current Status of Retirees Issues and Concerns were sent to Tennessee U. S. Representatives and U. S. Senators each time inflation changed (essentially monthly for the last two years since inflation has increased rapidly).

Several slides were shown and explained regarding the requests CORRE seeks for consideration from the Contractors and the DOE.

Conclusion – CORRE needs advocates for retiree benefits by all retirees contacting Representatives and Senators; please go to mycorre.org website to see draft letters that you may use as a template to prepare your own personal letter.

Questions/Comments - Several questions from the audience were voiced and answers were given. Several of the members of the audience are interested in writing letters to legislators; future meetings will be scheduled to develop support information, and articles will be forthcoming in local news outlets; CORRE Board members will follow up with all suggestions.

Drawings for Prizes and their sponsors are as follows:

$50 to Susan Gilliam, sponsored by the CORRE Board;
$50 to Johnny Little , sponsored by the CORRE Board;
$50 to Randy Harris, sponsored by the CORRE Board;
Walmart Gift Card to Greg Livengood, sponsored by Remain At Home;
Scented Candles to Theron Singletary, sponsored by Clinch River Healthcare;
Blanket to Jim Bailey, sponsored by Professional Case Management;
Basket of Goodies to Dan Robbins, sponsored by CNSCares
Yeti Cooler to Louise Pressley, sponsored by NWIA (Nuclear Workers Institute of America)

Adjournment at 11:34 a.m.

* See attached 2024 CORRE Annual Meeting presentation for details