Audience: Participant

Product: Defined Benefit, Hybrid, Defined Contribution, 457 Program, IRA

Contacts: All retirees with a MERS Defined Benefit or Hybrid Plan and all terminated/inactive participants aged 60+ with a participant directed account including MERS Defined Contribution Plan, 457 Program and IRA)

Date Sent:  Emailed version – 8/21, Mailed version – 8/28

Format: Email and Print Mail

Description: The August 2023 edition of the Retiree News was sent to about 42,000 recipients.

  • An electronic newsletter was be sent via email on 8/21 to all recipients with a valid email address on file
  • A printed newsletter was mailed on 8/28 to all recipients, including those who received an electronic version

There are three versions of the Retiree News, each version with a distinct audience: