August 1, 2005
Wesley Colvin, Plaintiff
Mimi Hull, President, ASSOCIATION OF U S WEST RETIREES
AUSWR Board Members and general membership
This is the latest about the Colvin v. Qwest (Retiree
Telephone Concession case). . .
In accordance with the terms of the settlement agreement
approved by the Court, the "effective date" of the settlement
will be August 8, 2005. The settlement agreement requires Qwest
to mail out the claims form within 30 days after the effective
date -- in other words -- between August 8, 2005, and September
8, 2005.
Today, legal counsel for Qwest informed me that "Qwest
anticipates sending out the notice and claim forms in the latter
half of August, and certainly well before the September 8
deadline."
Once the claim form is received, it must be
completed, signed, dated and return mailed, within 90 days,
to the claims administrator "Rust Consulting" -- at the
Minneapolis based P.O. box address indicated on the claim form.
Then, after the claims administrator checks the
completed, signed and dated claim form, the claims
administrator will send a separate letter back to the
retiree with an instruction to call a toll free telephone number
in order to ask for and get the necessary change over to Qwest
long distance at no charge.
Also, within 60 days after the claim administrator
receives the completed, signed and dated claim form, a
check in the amount of $300 will be sent to the eligible
retiree.
Curtis