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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
The Mill

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
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    • Fidelity Investments still handles all DEC pension plans for HP that have not been withdrawn or started income.  
    • HP Retirement Services Center at Fidelity 1-800-457-4015
    • Effective April 1, 2022, Empower* acquired Prudential's retirement business. 
    • (Prudential Pension Dept. phone was 1-877-778-2100)
      The Empower Customer service number is: 1 (855) 756-4738   
      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.
  • 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.)

Digital_Man/Digital_World
The first PBS showing of Digital_Man/Digital_World was 21 Feb 2012 in Indianapolis - here is a link to the 57-minute video on their website to watch on your computer!
http://video.wfyi.org/video/2282149336/
The DVD of Digital_Man/Digital_World is no longer available. 

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