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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Happy Friday Everyone!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>I wanted to share a couple eRate deadlines with you from Lorrie Germann, State eRate Coordinator :<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>The invoicing deadline (</span><span class=st><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Billed Entity Applicant Reimbursement (</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>BEAR) Forms and SPI Forms) for recurring FY2011 services is Monday, October 29, 2012</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>. Invoice deadline extension requests, if required, will generally be granted if filed within the next few months. For help on the BEAR form, please see <a href="https://www2.sl.universalservice.org/bear/472_help.html">https://www2.sl.universalservice.org/bear/472_help.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Normally, the Form 486 deadline for early funding waves would have also been on October 29<sup>th</sup>. However, since the first two waves for FY2012 were not issued until July 10<sup>th</sup> (Wave 1) and July 11<sup>th</sup> (Wave 2) this year, those Form 486 deadlines will be November 7<sup>th</sup> and November 8<sup>th</sup>, respectively.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Because of changes in the technology plan requirements, where plans are now only required if you are applying for Priority 2 funding, many libraries have not renewed their tech plans. However, Block 4 of the Form 486 has not been updated to incorporate the change and still requires you to click Box 8 even if you do not have a current tech plan. To complete Box 8, click on the down arrow where you choose your Plan Approver and choose “Other”. When you do that, you will receive a field where you enter the word “None”. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>If you have questions, or need additional information, please let me know.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><img border=0 width=125 height=71 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CDB351.A7D8F970" alt="Description: cid:image001.jpg@01CC60D3.E1B03810"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Mandy Knapp<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Library Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>274 E. 1<sup>st</sup> Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Columbus, OH 43201<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Tel: 614-466-1710<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Toll Free: 800-686-1532 (Ohio only)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Fax: 614-466-3584<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.library.ohio.gov/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>www.library.ohio.gov</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62'>Share Your Story</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62'> at </span><span style='color:black'><a href="http://library.ohio.gov/state-librarian/share-your-story"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62'>http://library.ohio.gov/state-librarian/share-your-story</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62'><br>Tell us how a State Library service or resource helped you or your library.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>