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Present: Ken Cowser, Sandy Dean, Joe Dykstra, Ben Gaylor, John Gray, Julia Hoppe, Ben Johnson, Pete Lotts, Dave Reichle, Mary Helen Rose, Joe Setaro, Troy Trotter, Don Wood, Bob Worrell

Opening Remarks. President Dave Reichle stated that the viewgraph presentation has been updated. He and Bob Worrell will meet on August 25 with William J. Brumley, Manager of the NNSA Y-12 Site Office. They were hoping to meet with Dennis Ruddy first, but still have no word on an appointment with him. Reichle asked Pete Lotts to go ahead and set up another meeting with Linda Ponce of Rep. Wamp’s office soon after August 25.

Secretary & Treasurer’s Report. Mary Helen Rose highlighted her Treasurer’s report, copies of which had been distributed to board members. Balance on hand July 31, 2004, was $45,767.55 with a total of about 2,227 Active Members.

Communications. Sandy Dean reported that she has learned that the Retiree Newsletter has been "put on the back burner" again, due to some changes in staff at BWXT Y-12. She reported that the Annual Meeting/Rally committee met and worked on timing, agenda, etc., and the meeting is now scheduled for October 20 at the ORHS Auditorium. Contacts with news media are in process. Reichle and Mary Helen will send a letter of invitation to congressional offices and area elected officials.

Ben Gaylor distributed copies of a flier about the Annual Meeting/Rally that he had drafted. Mary Helen will revise the draft to include some suggested changes, then forward it to all board members for further suggestions. The final version will be put on our website, distributed widely, and possibly used as a newspaper ad later.

Bob Keil is looking into getting some banners made for the Rally. Some ideas on wording were discussed, one being:

CORRE

Working for Fair and

Equitable Pension Increases

It was decided that a newsletter will be prepared and mailed to Active Members. Copies of the newsletter can also be used as a handout at the Annual Meeting. Cowser and Lotts will draft information regarding suggested letters to representatives and send to Mary Helen for inclusion in the newsletter. Also included in the newsletter will be an article about the Annual Meeting/Rally including the agenda, a statement of goals for 2004 (Setaro should draft), the list of Key Accomplishments and Activities for 2004, the CORRE Fact Sheet, and a list of board members with telephone numbers. Mary Helen will work with Tom Lemons (database) to get address labels ready for the mailing to about 2227 Active Members.

Meeting at ORNL. Setaro reported that he and Reichle met with Darryl Boykins and Mark Wagner of ORNL on August 12. At an earlier meeting/presentation, Dr. Jeff Wadsworth had requested that they report back to ORNL after meetings at ORO and Y-12. During this meeting, Boykins acknowledged that Dr. Wadsworth had received Reichle’s letter regarding the 2% spousal reduction, but no action had been taken.

Setaro brought up the possibility of having an application for membership in CORRE included in packages staff members are given at retirement. Boykins and Wagner suggested we talk to Norm Sparks at Y-12 about that. Also mentioned was the survey of retirees regarding interest in dental insurance. Most of the responses received indicated an interest by retirees, but Y-12 is handling this issue, since Benefits Delivery is their responsibility.

ORNL Benefits Advisory Group. Joe Setaro continues to attend the meetings, though a number of issues are being discussed that have nothing to do with retirees.

Legislative Committee (Pete Lotts, Chairman; Ken Cowser, Kaye Johnson, John Jones, and Bob Keil; Dave Reichle and Joe Setaro, ex officio). Lotts reported that meetings have been held with Beth Hickman in Rep. Davis’ office, Dean Rice in Rep. Duncan’s office, Carolyn Jenson in Sen. Frist’s office, and Patrick James in Sen. Alexander’s office. He has obtained the names of contacts in the Washington offices: Allison Martin in Sen. Frist’s office, and Ken Valentine in Sen. Alexander’s office. We will ask Wamp’s office to help set up meetings. Lotts said we are going to have to get a lot more publicity on this issue to get their attention. We need to issue press releases in a steady stream week by week. We need a grass roots effort in letters to editors and to legislators.

Website. John Gray asked Lotts to put the viewgraph presentation in a format suitable for the website, and Lotts agreed that he will do so.

Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 4:20 p.m.

Mary Helen Rose, Board Secretary