From Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org Mon Oct 7 14:58:51 2013 From: Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org (Carson, Sabrina) Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 21:58:51 +0000 Subject: [Erate] E-Rate Central News for the Week of October 7, 2013 Message-ID: See the attached newsletter for articles on: * Funding Status. Funding waves for FY 2012 and FY 2013 are scheduled this week. * SLD Fall Training Updates. The SLD's fall training workshops began last week. Aside from discussions on revised FCC forms, the presentations were largely reviews. * Updates and Reminders. The FCC is currently shutdown, but USAC remains open. Reply E-Rate 2.0 NPRM comments are due October 16th. The SLD's 2013 fall training workshops continue this week in Newark. * SLD News Brief Dated October 4. The SLD's latest News Brief reviews entity numbers. Sabrina Carson e-Rate Coordinator Willamette Education Service District 2611 Pringle Rd SE Salem, OR 97302 P: 503.540.4495 F: 503.540.2962 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Week 10-07 - SECA.doc Type: application/msword Size: 83968 bytes Desc: Week 10-07 - SECA.doc URL: From Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org Tue Oct 8 10:12:32 2013 From: Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org (Carson, Sabrina) Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 17:12:32 +0000 Subject: [Erate] Special Reminder About Gifts Message-ID: Sometimes vendors promote their businesses by offering sweepstakes, raffles, or contests for prizes. I always advise applicants to refrain from entering into any kind of promotion that offers a prize due to the strict e-Rate gifting rules. If you receive a solicitation of this nature, I advise you to exercise extreme caution and remember the following: 1. No single gift can be more than $20 in value 2. No single person can receive gifts totaling more than $50 per year. 3. The above limits include food and beverages. 4. The above limits do not include plaques or awards that have little or no commercial value. 5. If you are thinking of entering a contest or the like, make sure you know who the sponsors are. Sometimes a contest may be operated by one entity, but the prize may be sponsored by another. 6. If you think you may have inadvertently accepted a gift that violates the above, there are remedies, so please contact me and I'll be happy to assist you. 7. When in doubt, DON'T! A gift card isn't worth your school or library losing funds! If you'd like more info on gifting rules, here is a really helpful breakdown. http://www.e-ratecentral.com/archive/News/News2011/weekly_news_2011_1010.asp Sabrina Carson e-Rate Coordinator Willamette Education Service District 2611 Pringle Rd SE Salem, OR 97302 P: 503.540.4495 F: 503.540.2962 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org Mon Oct 28 11:18:32 2013 From: Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org (Carson, Sabrina) Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:18:32 +0000 Subject: [Erate] E-Rate Central News for the Week of October 28, 2013 Message-ID: See the attached newsletter for articles on: * Funding Status. FY 2014 application window to open no earlier than December 23rd. Funding waves for FY 2012 and FY 2013 are scheduled this week. * FY 2014 Eligible Services List Approved. The FCC released the final version of the FY 2014 ESL with only a few minor clarifications, particularly on web hosting. * Updates and Reminders. The deadline for FY 2012 recurring service invoices is October 28th and for early wave FY 2013 Form 486s is October 29th. One FCC appeal decision was released last week. The SLD's 2013 fall training workshops continue this week in Houston. E-Rate Central will be conducting E-rate workshops in New York beginning this week. The NCDPI training sessions, scheduled throughout October, include two sessions this week. E-Rate Central will be conducting E-rate workshops in New Mexico December 9th and 11th. * SLD News Brief Dated October 25. The SLD's latest News Brief reviews service substitutions. Sabrina Carson e-Rate Coordinator Willamette Education Service District 2611 Pringle Rd SE Salem, OR 97302 P: 503.540.4495 F: 503.540.2962 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Week 10-28 - SECA.doc Type: application/msword Size: 157184 bytes Desc: Week 10-28 - SECA.doc URL: