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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Please excuse cross-postings<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>As you may know, eRate is the discount or rebate that libraries and schools can receive on telecommunication and internet services based on poverty in their area as indicated by the free and reduced school lunch program. This workshop is the first of two on how to fill out the necessary forms for this discount/rebate. If you’re on the fence as to whether to attend this year, be aware that Ohio is changing how the free and reduced lunch program is calculated. If you have questions about what qualifies for eRate, please see this list of Eligible Services for FY 2013 <a href="http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2012/db0928/DA-12-1553A2.pdf">http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2012/db0928/DA-12-1553A2.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>E-Rate Form 470 Workshop</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'> Nov 15th 9:00 am- 3:00pm </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Presented by Lorrie Germann, State E-Rate Coordinator/Program Director eTech Ohio, this session will take you through the process of filling out eRate form 470. Lorrie will be presenting at the State Library of Ohio in Columbus, but the workshop will be video conferenced to many satellite locations throughout the state. Please see below for a location near <span style='color:#002E62'>you.</span></span><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;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";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'>State Library of Ohio <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.library.ohio.gov/lpd/e-rate-form-470-state-library-ohio-1">http://www.library.ohio.gov/lpd/e-rate-form-470-state-library-ohio-1</a><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;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Defiance Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://host2.evanced.info/norweld/evanced/eventsignup.asp?ID=279&rts=&disptype=&ret=eventcalendar.asp&pointer=&returnToSearch=&SignupType=&num=0&ad=&dt=mo&mo=11/1/2012&df=calendar&EventType=ALL&Lib=&AgeGroup=&LangType=0&WindowMode=&noheader=&lad=&pub=1&nopub=&page=&pgdisp">http://host2.evanced.info/norweld/evanced/eventsignup.asp?ID=279&rts=&disptype=&ret=eventcalendar.asp&pointer=&returnToSearch=&SignupType=&num=0&ad=&dt=mo&mo=11/1/2012&df=calendar&EventType=ALL&Lib=&AgeGroup=&LangType=0&WindowMode=&noheader=&lad=&pub=1&nopub=&page=&pgdisp</a>=<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;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>NORWELD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://host2.evanced.info/norweld/evanced/eventsignup.asp?ID=278&rts=&disptype=&ret=eventcalendar.asp&pointer=&returnToSearch=&SignupType=&num=0&ad=&dt=mo&mo=11/1/2012&df=calendar&EventType=ALL&Lib=&AgeGroup=&LangType=0&WindowMode=&noheader=&lad=&pub=1&nopub=&page=&pgdisp">http://host2.evanced.info/norweld/evanced/eventsignup.asp?ID=278&rts=&disptype=&ret=eventcalendar.asp&pointer=&returnToSearch=&SignupType=&num=0&ad=&dt=mo&mo=11/1/2012&df=calendar&EventType=ALL&Lib=&AgeGroup=&LangType=0&WindowMode=&noheader=&lad=&pub=1&nopub=&page=&pgdisp</a>=<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;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>NEO<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.neo-rls.org/ce/eventdetail.cfm?ID=7143">http://www.neo-rls.org/ce/eventdetail.cfm?ID=7143</a><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;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Wayne County Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.neo-rls.org/ce/eventdetail.cfm?ID=7144">http://www.neo-rls.org/ce/eventdetail.cfm?ID=7144</a><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;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Lorain Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.neo-rls.org/ce/eventdetail.cfm?ID=7145">http://www.neo-rls.org/ce/eventdetail.cfm?ID=7145</a><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;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>SEO<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.library.ohio.gov/library-services/e-rate-form-470-serving-every-ohioan-center-seo">http://www.library.ohio.gov/library-services/e-rate-form-470-serving-every-ohioan-center-seo</a><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;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>SERLS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://host7.evanced.info/serls/evanced/eventsignup.asp?ID=1123&rts=&disptype=&ret=eventcalendar.asp&pointer=&returnToSearch=&SignupType=&num=0&ad=&dt=sd&sd=11/15/2012&df=list&EventType=ALL&Lib=ALL&AgeGroup=&LangType=0&WindowMode=&noheader=&lad=&pub=1&nopub=&page=1&pgdisp=25">http://host7.evanced.info/serls/evanced/eventsignup.asp?ID=1123&rts=&disptype=&ret=eventcalendar.asp&pointer=&returnToSearch=&SignupType=&num=0&ad=&dt=sd&sd=11/15/2012&df=list&EventType=ALL&Lib=ALL&AgeGroup=&LangType=0&WindowMode=&noheader=&lad=&pub=1&nopub=&page=1&pgdisp=25</a><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;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Additionally, any eRate request that includes Priority 2 services must include a certified technology plan. Even if your eRate request doesn’t include a Priority 2 request, it’s helpful to have a plan in place to support future growth. To help support you in these efforts, I’m having two webinars on technology planning:<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><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Plain and Simple: Technology Planning for E-Rate<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Dec 3<sup>rd</sup> 2pm-3:30pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.library.ohio.gov/lpd/plain-and-simple-technology-planning-e-rate">http://www.library.ohio.gov/lpd/plain-and-simple-technology-planning-e-rate</a><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><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Taking Your Technology Planning to the Next Level</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Dec 13<sup>th</sup> 2pm-3:30pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.library.ohio.gov/lpd/taking-your-technology-planning-next-level">http://www.library.ohio.gov/lpd/taking-your-technology-planning-next-level</a><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;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";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'>I understand that this can be an intimidating process; please let me know what questions you have or how else I can be of assistance. <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;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Best,<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@01CDA2E7.90845870" alt="Description: 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>