Benefits

Benefits

SDASCOE BENEFITS REPORT
October, 2011

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SDASCOE

It seems that my Benefits Report is about the same from quarter to quarter. There are so many
great benefits to check out with your NASCOE membership. Don’t forget to take advantage of
any and all of them. They are available for your use! The Benefits Committee is continually
working to come up with great benefits for our members.

Be sure to sign up for the “Members Only” Registration through the NASCOE website. Go to the
Benefits page, and click on the Members Only Registration. Use your personal/home email, not
your work email. This is the only way you’ll receive benefits such as the Sam’s Club discount.
Speaking of Sam’s Club, there is a discount coupon being offered through December 31, 2011.
As just mentioned the only way to get the coupon is to sign up for the Members Only page. I
cannot print the coupon and send it to you. I cannot forward it through email or through the
newsletter.

Cell phone discounts: This is a burr under my saddle!!! With the Alltel/AT&T merger, please
watch your bills. The discount should carry over with the merger, but it will be your responsibility
to be sure it does. I hear that, in most cases, it has not. I also hear from members that it’s quite a
pain to go through. However, I did receive this message from a SDASCOE member:

I got my AT&T bill for my cell phone and noticed the 15% discount didn't carry over from Altel. I
called and got this address to enroll for it. www.att.com/wirelessdiscounts You will need to use
your work email for this, since that’s how they verify you are a government employee.

I also received a message from an employee who was told he needed a FAN number. Please
contact me if you have any problems or questions. Let’s keep at it. This is a benefit we’re
afforded through our membership, and we should be able to take advantage of it without going
through so many hoops!

If you don’t have an employee’s discount, AT&T and Verizon both offer discounts for SDASCOE
members. The discounts vary at times.

Computer Discounts: Dell Company (www.dell.com) and Hewlett-Packard (www.hp.com) both
offer government employees discounts. The discount and the discounted products change on a
regular basis. Check out the websites for further details.

NASCOE Travel: Winter is coming up, like it or not! The part of winter I’m starting to really look
forward to is the part where we go somewhere warm for a week or two! Check out the great travel
deals, cruises, etc. Book all of your travel needs through www.nascoetravel.com. Anyone can
use this site, so tell you friends and families. You can book car rentals, hotel rooms, airline
tickets. The more we use the site, the more we benefit NASCOE’s budget through the
commissions earned.

Have a great autumn!

Jeanie Emmett,
SDASCOE Benefits Chair