WOW! Ever wonder why we have to jump through all these hoops and bureaucracy
for programs like this and also Erate Schools and Libraries.
Just divide up the money and send us the checks! Instead we pay lawyers and
create new agencies to carry out this stuff.
Manson Northwest Webster-Home of the Cougars!
Brad Kruse ("`-''-/").___..--''"`-._
Tech. Coord. `6_ 6 ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`)
1601 15th St. (_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `. ``-..-'
Manson, IA 50563 _..`--'_..-_/ /--'_.' ,'
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>>> "Scott Fosseen" <[email protected]> 2/4/2009 1:46 PM >>>
TO: AEA Media Directors
FROM: John O'Connell
DATE: January 27, 2009
RE: Microsoft Settlement Cy Pres Update
This memo is to provide you with a brief update regarding both the Volume
License notification letters and the Cy Pres program.
VOLUME LICENSE
The Volume Licenses program was open to anyone who purchased Microsoft
Software during the prescribed period covered by the settlement. The date
of the final settlement was August 31, 2007. District had to file their
claims before December 14, 2007.
During a recent conference call, I was informed that Rust Consulting has
sent over 800 of the nearly 1200 volume licenses notification letters to
various governmental agencies. This group includes school districts and
AEAs. The remainder of the letters should be mailed by February 1, 2009.
Members of this group will receive "Volume Licensee Vouchers" which can be
used for reimbursement on purchases made after April 25, 2007 of any brand
of qualifying computer hardware or software. You can redeem your Volume
Licensee Vouchers for all or part of the price you paid for any purchases of
the following computer products: Any desktop, laptop, or tablet computers
made by any manufacturer for any operating system platform, or any of the
following devices: printers, scanners, monitors, keyboards, or pointing
devices (e.g. mouse, trackball). Qualifying software includes any non-custom
software offered by any software vendor for use on a desktop, laptop or
tablet computer. The qualifying computer hardware or software does not have
to be a Microsoft product. Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) or other
handheld devices, many peripheral (cables, speakers, or other external
device, etc.) and components (internal or external storage units, internal
or external CD-Rom/DVD or other read/write devices, zip drives, tape backup
or storage units, memory, video, or audio cards, motherboards, or CPUs,
etc.) are excluded from the products to which Volume Licensee Vouchers may
be applied. Class members whose total claim is $950 or more must purchase a
computer in order to use Volume Licensee Vouchers for printers, scanners,
monitors, keyboards and pointing devices. More than one Volume Licensee
Voucher can be used for a single purchase. See product Eligibility list for
a more complete list of products. If you have any questions, CALL
1-877-477-0960 OR VISIT www.iowaschoolmicrosoftsettlement.com for more
information.
If the district/agency accepts the notification letter amount of the
reimbursement, they sign the letter and return it. If you do not accept the
letter's amount, the district/agency has 60 days to file additional
information to Rust. This additional information will be reviewed Rust and
a second letter will be sent. The district /agency will have 30 days to
file additional information if they disagree with the second letter.
Estimated final date for the conclusion of the program is July 1, 2009.
This is a tentative date.
CY PRES program Update
According to the settlement, this program is open to qualifying K-12 public
schools in Iowa. A complete list of eligible school buildings is available
on the Department's web site. Once the volume license program has
concluded, the final amount of money available under the Cy Pres program
will be known. As mentioned above the tentative date is currently July 1,
2009.
The application for this program will be available on the secure Department's
website (www.edinfo.state.ia.us) from April 15 to May 15, 2009. School
districts must file for eligible building. A draft of the application will
be available on the Department's web site by March 1, 2009. The list of
eligible software and hardware is posted on the settlement's web site
(www.iowaschoolmicrosoftsettlement.com). If you have any questions regarding
the eligible product list, CALL 1-877-477-0960 OR VISIT the above site for
more information. One problem with the list is that sometimes specific
products are mentioned e.g. HP 6320 Notebook PC, while later in the list
Laptop computers are mentioned below that New Laptop, then New Laptop
computers. In reality any laptop is likely eligible. If in doubt, call or
write and ask the claims administrator. If you are wrong and the claims
administrator rejects your claim for an ineligible product the
district/agency is stuck with the bill.
Districts and AEAs are encouraged to cooperate in designing the applications
and purchases to take advantage of volume purchasing and professional
development activities done under this program linking it to implementation
of a focus area of he Iowa Core Curriculum.
If districts do not ask for an extension of either 180 or 360 days, their
application will be held until a budget can be submitted once the amount of
funding is known which is currently projected to be July 1, 2009. If a
district does ask for an extension and they are ready to apply before the
end of the extension, they may do so at their convenience. It is therefore
recommended that districts submit an extension request during the April 15
to May 15-application period to wait for the final dollar award. The claims
administrator will honor NO INVOICE before August 16, 2009.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact John O'Connell
Email [email protected] or [email protected] or call
515-249-0334.
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