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December 5, 2013

From the Executive Director:

Dear Colleagues,

I began this note on Thanksgiving morning which I view as a very quiet and peaceful time for reflection. I am very thankful today for the time I will spend with my family. We are in California visiting my only daughter who is finishing her first semester away at college. I am thankful that we will spend time today with friends and their family in this area. I hope that you all had time last week to relax and refresh.

I came across an article last week via Twitter from Fast Company: Google Reveals its Nine Principles of Innovation and we posted this on the MISBO Blog because I believe that these principles are relevant to the work that we do in schools and also as a way to think about the education we provide for our children. You can find...

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FISBO Request for Presenters

A final reminder that the deadline for speaker proposals for the FISBO/MISBO Business Officer Conference is tomorrow, Friday, December 6, 2013.

The FISBO/MISBO Business Officer Conference will be hosted in 2014 at The Pine School in Stuart, FL. You can find our more information by visiting www.misbo.com/fisbo.

Click here for more information.

Winter Webinar Series

MISBO is about ready to open its Winter Webinar Series for 2014. Keep an eye on your Inbox as well as your mailbox for the schedule of this series. Registration opens soon, but in the meantime, visit www.misbo.com/webinars for a sneak peak at dates and titles.

Vendor News on the MISBO Blog

MISBO wants to keep you more up to date with news from our vendors so we added a page on our MISBO Blog just for Vendor News!

Please bookmark or favorite place this page and check back often. We will include industry news, special promotions, new vendor announcements, etc.

It is your one stop shop for all MISBO Vendor News!

Office Depot/Max Update

We want to be sure to keep our members up to date on the information we're receiving about the Office Depot and OfficeMax merger. Please read our blog post with the most recent update.

Please contact Jay Danielson, Director, Vendor Relations and Member Services, at MISBO with any questions or concerns about this contract.

Electronic Resources

Orders for the 13-14 school year are now closed. New vendor and product information will be posted in the portal between November 2013 and April 2014. Trial Site information will become available in January 2014. Orders for the 2014-2015 school year will open April 2014.

Please contact Dianne Sagaas with any questions about Electronic Resources.

The MISBO office will be closed the following days during the holiday season:

Tuesday, December 24th
Wednesday, December 25th
Wednesday, January 1st