• Systems Unavailable—April 2 from 6:30 a.m. until mid-afternoon
• Conference Forum Follow-Up
• Wespath Board of Directors Seeks Nominations for Charles L. Calkins Award
• Communications to Participants this Week

Systems Unavailable—April 2 from 6:30 a.m. until mid-afternoon

The Wespath Portal, Benefits Access for participants, and Benefits Access plan sponsor portal websites will be unavailable from Saturday, April 2 from 6:30 a.m. to mid-afternoon to allow for system maintenance and updates.

We apologize for any inconvenience this brief outage may cause.

Conference Forum Follow-Up

Thank you to the many conference representatives who attended our Conference Forum on March 17 and 18. We value your ongoing partnership in serving UMC participants. PDFs of the presentations are available here:

Thursday, March 17

• Investments Update (Dave Zellner)
• Accounting Guidance Impact on Disclosure of Net Assets/Reserves (Taylor Powell, Clifton Larson Allen)
• Actuarial Update (Luba Levine, Scott Greeno, Fred Hyland)
• Legal & Washington Update (Sheila Henretta, Sarah Krause, Steve Clark)

Friday, March 18

• Cyber Threats and How to Respond (Stefan Toi, AON)
• Welfare Updates (Kelly Wittich)
• Survivor Benefits Overview (Amy Cook, Lynn Hammel)
• LifeStage Retirement Income Update (Kim Olson)
• Reaction to General Conference Announcement (Tony Prestipino)

The Conference Forum event—like other Wespath communications with the conference benefit officers, treasurers and staff—has provided context to the information presented. Please consider this as you make decisions about the appropriateness of sharing these materials with those who were not in attendance. Some video recordings and presentations from the Conference Forum and HealthFlex Summit are available from Wespath upon request. Please contact your Client Relationship Manager for more information.

Wespath Board of Directors Seeks Nominations for Charles L. Calkins Award

The Board Life and Governance Committee of the Board of Directors welcomes nominations for the Charles L. Calkins Award. Individuals for this award are nominated for extraordinary contributions, visionary leadership and dedication to the values of Wespath. Eligible nominees include conference benefits officers, benefits administrators, treasurers and members of conference boards. Click here to learn more about the award and previous recipients. This year’s award will be presented at the October Board of Directors meeting. Nominations are due by July 15, 2022. To nominate an individual, complete this form and attach it to an email to rsmith-edmondson@wespath.org.

Communications to Participants this Week

• All clergy who have announced their intention to retire in 2022 received an invitation via email on Tuesday, March 29 to attend the next virtual Retirement Webinar on Tuesday, April 5 from 2:00 to 3:15 p.m.
• All active clergy received an email Wednesday, March 30 inviting them to attend the next "Delivered to You" event on April 25 and 26. Click here for more information on the event.

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