Berkeley Lab retirees (who are not rehired-retirees) can request a year of email forwarding, or they can have their division sponsor them as affiliates. Converting from an employee to an affiliate will keep all your computer accounts. Some privileges associated with those accounts will automatically adjust (for example, you will no longer have signature authority in the financial system if you had that previously). Affiliate agreements must be renewed annually, through an automated process run by Human Resources. As a retiree, it's important to keep in touch with your sponsor so they know to renew your affiliate agreement. In addition, if we ever need to get a hold of you and can't reach you directly, we will try to reach you through your sponsor. For more information, visit this link.