APERS Board Meeting and ASEA in the News.

ASEA is proud to be the only association to represent active and retired state employees at yesterday’s APERS board meeting. Thank you to every board member for their thoughtful consideration when moving forward towards a decision.

Click here for the full article in the ArkDemGaz: https://bit.ly/2XfTYPn

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APERS Board Meeting

The next APERS board meeting will be held on May 20th, 2020 at 9:00 a.m.

The board will discuss ideas for their 2021 legislative packages. Now you can watch it virtually via your phone or computer with the free Zoom software. Click here to install: https://zoom.us/

You must register beforehand to attend the meeting virtually. Click here to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ftBoXpRRRheMBMKJYOmmQg

Email John Bridges our Executive Director with any questions or issues: jbridges@aseaar.org

STATE EMPLOYEES LEAD DURING PANDEMIC

ASEA wants to recognize those on the front lines providing essential services in this time of great need for the citizens of Arkansas. We say THANK YOU for your dedication and hard work. You are heroes in our eyes.

SHOW YOUR SUPPORT!
Send words of encouragement and support to your fellow state employees who are on the front lines.

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
ASEA wants to share your story. What is it like to be on the front lines during this time of crisis? How has your life changed? It could help us as we lobby for state employees.

WHAT DOES THE FACE OF A COVID-19 FRONTLINE WORKER LOOK LIKE?
Send us your COVID-19 selfie. We want to publish them in our next newsletter.

Send any of the above in as much detail as possible to our Executive Director, John Bridges: jbridges@aseaar.org. And you can request to be anonymous if you wish, just let him know.

Thank you again for all you do, we appreciate you and look forward to hearing from you!

-TEAM ASEA

Public Retirement Town Hall Meeting Slides and Link to Live-Streamed Meeting

Thank you to AETN for this live-streamed video of one of the meetings.

Here are slides from presentations given at meetings as well:

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Retirement Town Hall Meeting Recap

Over 500 were in attendance for the first two town hall meetings! There was great dialogue between the committee members, retirement system directors and attendees. Thank you to all that attended. APERS members were very well represented. Quick summary:

• Currently, there are no changes being proposed.
• The committee chairs promised no surprises going forward.
• The suggestion to add more active and retired state employees to the APERS board was brought up twice.

The next meetings will be Tuesday, September 24^th in Bentonville and Wednesday, September 25^th in Fort Smith. We will get you more information on those meetings shortly. If you have questions or would like to hear more about the first two meetings, please give me a call or email me.

John Bridges

Executive Director

501-378-0187 or jbridges@aseaar.org

Here is the APERS slideshow presented by APERS Director Duncan Baird:

http://www.apers.org/images/PDFs/APERS_Townhall_handout_color.pdf

Meeting Agenda

Click here to see the Public Retirement Town Hall meeting agenda. It’s the same agenda for both Hope (Thursday) and Hot Springs (Friday).

Questions? Call John Bridges or Nicholas Poole: 501-378-0187 or email them: jbridges@aseaar.org or npoole@aseaar.org

APERS video

APERS Executive Director Duncan Baird spoke at a conference last week and presented this slide show with new information that we have not seen before and wanted to share with you ahead of the town hall meetings.

Click here for the video: https://www.aetn.org/arcan/events/archived_events_folder/public_retirement_and_social_security_programs_state_legislative_committee