Joe Mongelli

President's Message 
Joe Mongelli, Covidien 

Fall is a busy time of year for benefits practitioners, with open enrollment underway for many of us and planning for next year's projects already vying for our attention. This will also be an unusually busy season at NEEBC with several initiatives coming to fruition during the coming weeks.

New Website and Capabilities

You will soon receive information regarding our new website powered by Memberclicks.com, a leading provider of internet and membership management solutions for non-profit organizations. We'll begin with a soft launch of the new web site next month and become fully operational early next year. The new platform will transform the way NEEBC delivers services and provide new means for members to connect, network and collaborate. It will also feature an enhanced job board and a NEEBC store! I encourage you to watch for the communications and to give the new site a try. We are very excited about this upgrade and hope you will be, too.

Branding

In conjunction with the launch of the new website, we will be rolling out a new logo with a cleaner, more modern look. The logo will incorporate the acronym "NEEBC," by which the organization has become more commonly known.

Gold Card Membership Pilot

Our new web platform has inspired a burst of creative thinking and energy, enabling us to envision more flexible and responsive ways of delivering NEEBC's services and enhancing value to members. One example of this is a new organizational membership opportunity which will be piloted during 2012. The new Gold Card Organization Membership will be available to a maximum of ten Plan Sponsors/Purchasers. For one comprehensive fee, the Gold Card organizational member gets unlimited attendance to almost all NEEBC programs, plus preferred pricing on NEEBC resources. The pilot will enable us to gauge interest in this membership model and provide participating organizations the opportunity for extensive employee attendance at NEEBC programs without incurring unbudgeted expenses. Detailed information has been sent to Organization Member key contacts.

I look forward to seeing many of you at the December 8 Best Practices Conference (see item below) which has become a holiday tradition for many in the New England benefits community. A final note: for those of you already looking ahead to spring, save the date of Wednesday, June 6, 2012 for NEEBC's Annual Benefits Fair and Trade Show.

Best regards,

Joe Mongelli