| IN THIS ISSUE: ASK IRO MAILBOX – EXPANDED SEARCH CAPABILITY ON IRO WEBSITE – NAVIGATING THE IRO WEBSITE – REGISTERING FOR NEW DISCOUNT PORTAL? – MCAFEE FREE SOFTWARE REMINDER – INTEL BUSINESS STRATEGIES WEBCAST LINKS – VOLUNTEERING FOR VETERANS – WHAT IS BENEVITY? – VOLUNTEER & DONATION OPPORTUNITIES – SOCIAL EVENTS – |
IMPORTANT RETIREE DATES: * SERMA Claim Submission Deadline for reimbursements is May 31, 2018 ——- |
FROM THE BOARD – Barb Frank, President
| ASK IRO Mailbox Question: Is there a way I can find information myself, without having to send a message to the IRO Mailbox? Answer: Absolutely! Most of the time the mailbox monitor finds the answers to your questions at intelretiree.com. With our new and expanded search capability (see below), finding answers is easy. Of course, if you don’t find the answer, you are welcome to send an inquiry to the mailbox. |
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| EXPANDED SEARCH CAPABILITY ON THE IRO WEBSITE Have you checked out IRO’s new website yet?  |
The search capability has improved. Just put key word(s) into the search box and get your results.
At the top of the page, you will see: Order search results by: date or relevance. If you click on the date, it will display the results from the most current date to the oldest. If you click on relevance, it will display the closest matches for the words you searched on. It’s as simple as that! |
| NAVIGATING THE IRO WEBSITE In addition to the Search Capability on the IRO Website, take a look at our improved navigation. Across the top, you’ll see Home, Benefits, Healthcare, Life After Intel, About and Contact Us.In the middle of the page, five big blue buttons provide Announcements, Calendars and Events, Important Retiree Dates, Join IRO and Recent News. You can also view recent News Flash editions on the Home Page. |
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HEALTH & BENEFITS – Tom Piete, Chairperson
REMINDER: SERMA DEADLINE IS MAY 31
May 31, 2018 is the deadline for submitting claims for eligible insurance premiums for SERMA reimbursements for 2017 Insurance premiums. For more Information visit Intel Retiree Medical Plan and SERMA.
DISCOUNTS – Cheryl Pruss, Chairperson
| REGISTERING FOR THE NEW EMPLOYEE DISCOUNT PORTAL? Having trouble registering for the new Employee Discounts portal? The #1 issue retirees encounter is that they are selecting ‘United States’ when registering and logging in. The correct selection is ‘US Retirees.’To see the announcement of the new Employee Discount click here. |
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MCAFEE FREE SOFTWARE REMINDER
Having trouble getting McAfee free software? Click here to see the process to get the free security software. Please note: You must be an Official Intel Retiree, as well as a member of the Intel Retiree Organization (IRO). You must use your @intelretiree.com email address that matches the email you used when you signed up with IRO. Example: if you joined IRO with the email, joe2018@gmail.com, your matching address to use for the McAfee software would be joe2018@intelretiree.com.
COMMUNICATION – Debbie Watson, Chairperson
| CURRENT INTEL BUSINESS STRATEGIES WEBCAST LINKS April 26, 2018 Quarterly Earnings – Q1 2018 Intel Corporation Earnings Conference |
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VOLUNTEERING FOR VETERANS In March’s News Flash we brought you a story about Mike Gasparek supporting veterans by volunteering at the Arizona State Veteran’s Home. Now in April, Intel Software engineer, Michael Premi, was presented with Intel’s “Involved Global Hero Award” for his support of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Post 2666 in Hillsboro, Oregon. Read about Michael’s contributions here. Whether it’s Intel retirees or Intel employees, we honor our veterans through volunteering. |
VOLUNTEER AND DONATION COMMITTEE – Ben Manny & Annette Bachmeier, Co-chairs
| WHAT IS BENEVITY? Benevity now administers all the Intel Foundation Matching Gifts benefits programs for employees and retirees. In June, IRO will be using Zoom to pilot a webinar covering these benefits, Benevity, and questions you may have. You need a Benevity account to use these benefit programs and to get the most out of this webinar. Webinar details to follow. |
 New users: contact mailto:support@benevity.org to create an account and obtain the required log in information. |
2018 FIRST ROUND PAYOUT REPORT FOR 2017 VOLUNTEER HOURS NOW AVAILABLE
Check out the first round payout report for 2017 Intel Involved hours that is now posted.
SITE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
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NATIONAL PET WEEK – May 13-19 Volunteer & Donation Opportunities posted on Benevity
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UPCOMING SITE SOCIAL EVENTS
Visit individual site calendars to view details of social activities in your area.
| ARIZONA – No events planned at this time | BAY AREA – May 19 – 1:00-4:00p.m. – Please join us at Toni LeBaron’s home, 820 Logan Ct., Sunnyvale 94087. RSVP by May 14 to tlebaron@comcast.net | FOLSOM – May 10 – Mixer meet and greet, 4:30 PM The Cellar Wine Bar, 727 Sutter St. B, Folsom |
| MASSACHUSETTS – nothing currently planned – If you want to help Pam, please contact her by email | NEW MEXICO – May 24 –ABQ Isotopes baseball game (12:05p.m.). RSVP: please email Mark Jurkowski as soon as you’ve purchased your ticket(s) and tell him your row & seat number(s) | OREGON/WASHINGTON June 12 – Lunch 1:00p.m. – location TBD, RSVP to Susan McElfish |