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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Business Managers, Superintendents and Benefits Administrators:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks to those of you who have been participating in the new Benefits Information Exchange (BIE), OEBB has revised the Member Enrollment Form to better meet entities’ needs. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We now have two new versions of the Member Enrollment Form available online. Our regular enrollment form has been revised to better follow the flow of data entry in the MyOEBB system and can be found on the Member Forms page:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/OHA/OEBB/forms.shtml">http://www.oregon.gov/OHA/OEBB/forms.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We have also created a customizable version in Word format that should allow you to easily remove sections of the form that don’t apply to your entity. This can be found on the Entity Forms page:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/OHA/OEBB/entity/eeForms.shtml">http://www.oregon.gov/OHA/OEBB/entity/eeForms.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you haven’t participated in the BIE meetings yet, we invite you to join us next Thursday, January 26<sup>th</sup> at 2pm. Full details for this upcoming meeting will be sent to you in a separate e-mail.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please take a moment to look over these new forms and provide additional feedback for further improvements!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:navy'>Jackie Cowsill</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Communications Coordinator</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Oregon Educators Benefit Board</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Voice: (503) 378-5353</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Fax: (503) 378-5832</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>