As part of the fall bid process, the REMC Bid Project invites educators (that’s you) from around the state to evaluate equipment that was bid for the following REMC bid year.  Participants provide feedback that the Project uses when making award recommendations.

Please share this information with anyone at your ISDs and local districts who might be interested in participating.  Lunch is provided, and it’s always fun to see next year’s new and exciting products. You  won’t want to miss this year’s event! 

IWB’s that will be evaluated in Round One, November 9^th:

Dukane
Numonics
Polyvision (eno and TS series)
Qomo
TeamBoard

Multimedia Projector manufacturers to be evaluated include:

3M
Canon
Dell
Dukane
Epson
Hitachi
Infocus
Mitsubishi
NEC
Optoma
Sanyo

Interested?  Register by clicking on the following link by November 2nd:  http://www.solutionwhere.com/inghamisd/cw/showcourse.asp?1626

Round Two will consist of the Top two IWB’s  from Round One along with the current REMC IWB contracted product which are eInstruction, Hitachi, Promethean, and SMART.

From Round Two only a few manufacturers will be recommended for award for the 2010 contract term.

See link: Epson PowerLite 6110i \”Buy 3, Get 1 Free Lamp\” Promo

For more information, please contact:

Susan Jakobic
Data Image Systems, Inc.
3070 Old Farm Lane
Walled Lake, MI  48390
800-555-1085
susanj@dataimage.com

1. Open Enrollment Period until August 24th – Districts must have their Participation Form and Purchase Order to Wanda Kitzmiller at Educational Resources by August 24th to take advantage of the REMC Consortium School Agreement pricing

2. School Agreement offers tremendous savings over Select and Open License pricing

3. REMC Reseller Contact, School Agreement Information, and Recorded Overview Webcasts below

The REMC Statewide $AVE Consortium School Agreement program is now offered through reseller Educational Resources.  Please contact Wanda Kitzmiller directly for pricing.

Wanda Kitzmiller,  Microsoft Account Manager
Educational Resources
FAX: 847.717.6233
TEL: 888.665.8305 x3382
E-MAIL:WKitzmiller@edresources.com

REMC Website for Microsoft Software:  http://www.remcbids.org/catalog/catalog.php?b=4&ic=408&isc=0&i=0&sf=itemNumber&sd=ASC

What is the Microsoft School Agreement Program? Microsoft School Agreement is a subscription licensing program specifically created to address the unique needs of primary and secondary schools and districts. With the simplicity of counting computers just once per year, School Agreement makes it easy for you to license all of your computers, whether in a single school or throughout the entire district.  http://www.microsoft.com/Education/SA3Overview.mspx

The Microsoft School Agreement program can:

•	Save you money
•	Make your annual budget predictable
•	Keep your software current
•	Reduce administrative headaches
•	Simplify license tracking and help to ensure compliance

School Agreement benefits:

•	Easy compliance. Because all of your school’s computers and users are covered throughout the subscription term, it’s easy to ensure that your school is fully licensed for use of the products you’ve selected.
•	Low administration. Subscription licensing eliminates the need to track licenses for individual School Agreement licensed products on every computer. This is especially helpful for managing software assets in a decentralized environment.
•	Current technology. With subscription licensing programs, your users can run the most current version of the software products included in your agreement, and your institution automatically receives media for products that upgrade during your agreement term.
•	Simple budgeting and purchasing. One annual payment covers all of the School Agreement products you’ve selected for the year.
•	Excellent value. By standardizing on a platform of products, you reduce your total cost of ownership while helping to increase productivity and access to current technology. You also get the benefits of Software Assurance membership and one complimentary MSDN Academic Alliance High School membership.

School Agreement Desktop Packages
If you prefer to license your computers and users for a standard set of desktop products, Microsoft provides the following “Desktop” packages, which offer a discounted price over the cost of licensing the products individually.  School Agreements can also license Office Enterprise 2007 only.

The School Desktop package includes:

•	Windows Vista Enterprise Upgrade (includes Windows 7 when available)
•	Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 and Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 Professional Edition
•	Microsoft Core CAL Suite

The School Desktop with Enterprise CAL includes:

•	Windows Vista Enterprise Upgrade (includes Windows 7 when available)
•	Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 and Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 Professional Edition
•	Microsoft Enterprise CAL Suite

Other helpful information and recorded webcasts on School Agreement: http://cid-2685cf3048dd5331.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/K12%20Education%20West%20Central%20Region%20-%20Dennis%20Simmons%20K12%20Account%20Manager/Microsoft%20School%20Agreement%20K12%20Program

FREE webcasts, podcasts, and additional resources check out:

Microsoft in Education

If so, the window is closing July 31, 2009 to extend these benefits.  Microsoft SA is a maintenance program that allows organizations who use Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, and other server and desktop applications. upgrade rights to newer versions in that time period as they become available.  For software information, link to:

http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/software-assurance/default.aspx