General Meeting Minutes – 8/13/2024

President Mike Bresnahan informed members that there are several vacancies on the REA Board; anyone interested in running for one of the offices should contact him.

Gregg Rademacher of SDCERS reported that SDCERS had minor impacts from the CrowdStrike meltdown. He also reported that Benefit Outsource Solutions (BOS) will be assuming all the activities regarding Retiree benefits that SDCERS used to perform; if you receive mail or email from either Benefits Outsourcing Solutions or BOS, open it. 

Gregg introduced Natasha Collura, who has taken on Cynthia Queen’s duties. She reported that the call center is fully staffed, and that they are working on translating retiree informational videos into Spanish.
 

PROGRAM

The program was a return visit from Nellie Hernandez of Alzheimer’s San Diego. She reminded members that dementia is a group of symptoms and that Alzheimer’s is a type of dementia. She recommended that members get a memory screening if only to use as a baseline measurement to track any future changes. Alzheimer’s San Diego can do this screening, as well as providing many other forms of support for people dealing with Alzheimer’s/dementia. Their website is: www.alzsd.org.