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We got approved for educational status. I'm still learning to wrestle with Teams. I had a big go around with them because they couldn't understand that we are not a non-profit and that we are government. I think being a school board library might have helped
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> OPLINTECH <oplintech-bounces@lists.oplin.org> on behalf of Amy Deuble via OPLINTECH <oplintech@lists.oplin.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 18, 2022 11:17 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [OPLINTECH] Getting educational status from Microsoft</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">I have been trying unsuccessfully to get Microsoft to approve our library for educational status. We’ve been approved for nonprofit, but our request for educational status has been pending since April. I called Microsoft support and was
told public libraries are nonprofit and not educational and yet both Techsoup and other reliable sources have told me that public libraries have qualified for educational status and that Microsoft itself decided to make the change to educational status for
all public libraries.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Any advice on how to proceed?</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Amy Deuble</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Marion Public Library</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Marion, Ohio</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:adeuble@marionlibrary.org">adeuble@marionlibrary.org</a></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">740-383-9722</p>
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