Coalition of Oak Ridge Retired Employees (CORRE) Board of Directors Meeting
November 20, 2024

Attendees: Angelelli, Birk, Cox, Franco, Gibson, Hightower, Kibbe, McRae, McSpadden, Petrie, Riggs, Shelton, Wasilko, Whitehead, Whitley, and guest Ross Harding.

• Call to order -- Whitehead

• October Meeting Minutes – Riggs, Approved

• October Treasurer Report – Petrie, Whitehead renewal fee comment to be added; Report as amended Approved.

• Contractor Team Reports

• CNS – Gibson reported Via Benefits continuing issues.

• Simmons and Golden – Burton, Gibson, Whitehead and McRae attended meeting; suggest restoration of spousal benefits may be in the ‘too hard’ pile at this juncture of this new partnership.

• UCOR – Riggs reported on assistance response to Strickland’s request for RRA Grandfathered Employees ‘ communications; K-25 Reunion meetings continue to April 2025 reunion date; concern with DUF6 personnel transfer to UCOR pension plan funding transfers.

• UT Battelle – No changes in 2025; Dunaway discussion of cost estimate must get management approval before communicating further; Luther and Paul are doing cost estimates needed for increases.

• Committee and Task Team Reports

• Planning – Self-assess contact meetings; new folks and new ORNL contact to be discussed.

• Nominations – Five new Board member replacements for 2025 ; entire 22 member Board was elected (see annual meeting minutes); Whitley made a motion for Larry Brown to be added as a Board Advisor; motion approved. Whitehead will contact Brown (advisor role to be determined by Whitehead).

• Communications – McSpadden asks that we separate the web duties from Communications; Birk will chair the Website committee; Whitehead will send the 2025 Work Plan. McSpadden reported on the difficulties of using Mail Chimp for mass mailings; he will ask members for specific articles for the upcoming newsletter.

• Other DOE Sites – Jessen will chair the task team for Other DOE Sites; Whitehead remarked that we do not want to get locked in with other sites but want to share in communications.

• Government Relations – Cox discussed Fleischmann contact (Cindy Boshears) was at the Annual CORRE Meeting.

• Annual Meeting – McRae thanked the Health Care Companies and
Site Benefit Plans for attending; and these companies thanked McRae for the invitations to the Annual Meeting; he remarked that no pictures were taken except in the New Hope Center Lobby; Kibbe took some photos.

• Pension Fund Analysis – Gibson discussed 5500s coming out and his work to calculate COLA percentage increases.

• By-Laws – Shelton reported a semi-annual review will be conducted this next year.

• Executive Committee – Wasilko is working on a COLA letter to be forthcoming with meetings conducted soon with business associates.

• Other Business – Protocol Guidelines for Bylaws were discussed.

• CORRE Work Plan – 2025 version to be approved at the December Board Meeting; Discussion centered on who will send an email of the Annual Meeting Presentation to individuals; Whitehead sent Draft of CORRE Committee Organization Charts and tried to give everyone 4 or 5 assignments; comment to Whitehead prior to December 18 CORRE Board meeting.
(Kibbe will bring doughnuts to the December meeting.)

• Adjournment – 12:06 p.m.