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| On Wednesday, May 14 at 10 am PST, 1 pm EST, and 6 pm GMT, we'll enjoy our
next DEC Connection Zoom event - a 2nd Tech Talk with Jeff Bergart.
Jeff's
Finance career at DEC was marked by success, innovation and FUN!
With his uniquely multi-disciplinary background, Jeff loved to
contribute to his organizations in unexpected ways. Jeff's second
presentation is about his FUN years in Computer Special Systems
(1985-1993).
To sign up for Jeff's CSS talk, email
info@decconnection.org.
Provide your name, and email address for the Zoom invite (which will be
emailed about a week ahead of the event). We ask that you be a
paid-up DEC Connection member to participate in this very interactive
Zoom session (which will be recorded, but we all know it's way
better to be in the Room Where it Happened). If your membership has expired or you haven't
ever joined up, please do so now at this
link: http://www.decconnection.org/join-online.htm. One year of
membership is only $10 and is OH-SO-SATISFYING. |
| UPCOMING and RECENT REUNIONS
 | - June 22, 2025: SAVE THE DATE for the WooSox Baseball Outing
- June 23, 2024: WooSox Baseball Game & BBQ - 1 PM in the JetBlueHangar
- April 28, 2024 - Management Sciences Reunion in Stow, MA.
- Sept 15, 2023: South Central Area in Dallas TX
- August 25, 2023: get-together at
Kimball Farm
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June 11, 2023:
WooSox Baseball
Game &
BBQ
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June 2, 2023:
Calgary AB monthly
luncheon
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Dec 9, 2022:
Acton MA Information
Technology Reunion
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Oct 17, 2022:
Last Colorado Springs CO
Reunion
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Oct 1, 2022:
Pittsburgh PA
Reunion
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Recent Memorials
click on link above for details |
- Bob Stannard, 87, Corona CA/Phoenix AZ, February 18, 2025
- Charline L. Oelfke, 82, Shirley MA/Sarasota AF, February 4, 2025
- Rich Grove, 81, N. Andover/Chelmsford MA, January 22, 2025
- Pete Lillie, 82, Penfield NY, January 3, 2025
- Jean-Claude Peterschmitt, 92, Geneva Switzerland, December 8, 2024
- Donna Ferro, 72, Watertown MA, December 6, 2024
| MISC INFO |
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HP Connection
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Need Retirement/Pension
info?
- Fidelity Investments still handles all DEC
pension plans for HP that have not been withdrawn or started
income.
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HP Retirement Services Center at Fidelity
1-800-457-4015
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Effective April 1, 2022, Empower* acquired Prudential's retirement business. (Prudential Pension Dept. phone was 1-877-778-2100)
If you have begun to taking income from your Digital pension, the
company now managing your account for distribution is Empower which
bought Prudential's retirement business. However, although Empower
manages your account, the actual distribution is still being handled by Prudential's Tax service.
If you need to change the bank account number for your distribution, you should call 1-800-392-4643 at Prudential Tax Service. See below.
Prudential Tax Service, LLC
30
Scranton Office Park
Scranton, PA 18507-1796
Phone #:
1-800-392-4643
*Background.
Empower Annuity Insurance Company of America is a retirement plan
recordkeeping financial holding company based in Greenwood Village,
Colorado, United States. It is the second-largest retirement plan
provider in the United States.
The Empower brand represents products and services for both
Empower Annuity Insurance Company of America formally known
as Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company and Empower Life
& Annuity Insurance Company of New York, formally known as
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York.
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Need Stock Plan info?
Morgan
Stanley,
Employee Stock Plan Service Center
at (toll-free) 1-877-380-7793 (updated Feb. 2025).
- You
can contact Morgan Stanley's EMEA Headquarters in London for help with
their employee stock plan. Their phone number is (44 20) 7425 8000.
- General account or technical support: 1 (888) 454-3965 (toll free) or +1 (801) 902-6997 (Outside the U.S.)
- Morgan Stanley Directed Share Program: 1 (877) 580-8237 (toll free) or +1 (801) 617-9146 (Outside the U.S.)
Know someone who is leaving HP? Please pass the word to anyone leaving HP to use the HP Alumni
Association's "ASAP Checklist" immediately. It has advice and mutual
help -- developed by HPAA members -- on the many things you have to do
before you lose access to HP's internal systems. Thanks to Curt Gowan
for this info. Go to http://www.hpalumni.org/asap (HPAA membership not required.)
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