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From the Executive Director:
Dear Colleagues,
Let me begin by sending my best wishes to all our member schools in the MISBO region about the winter storm that hit this week. It is my deepest hope that all students, faculty and staff in all schools are now safe and warm. These situations test us all, yet they present "teachable moments" as well, including your emergency planning procedures and communication plans. Once things settle, and you re-open your doors, it may be a good idea to review your processes to see what went according to plan and what aspects of your emergency planning can be improved. Just last week MISBO presented a webinar on "Evaluating the Effectiveness of Your School's Emergency Operations Plan," please feel free to review the presentation and download the slides from our Webinar Archives page (member login required).
I have mentioned that Pat Bassett lives in Boulder and we have the opportunity to connect from time to time and discuss what we...
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Winter Webinar Series
 Registration is now open for MISBO's 2014 Winter Webinar Series. The next event on the winter schedule is:
Foreign Liability
Date: February 5, 2014 at 2:00 pm ET
Presenters: Suzy Hollifield, Business Development Manager, ACE USA, Mary Seybold, Executive Underwriter, ACE Foreign Casualty, and Eric Tonn, Senior Underwriter, ACE Foreign Casualty
Description: Even with the continued globalization of our world, situations and circumstances are different when you leave the boundaries of the United States. ACE Foreign Casualty's foreign package program provides not only insurance protection but also non-insurance services that are both critical and convenient for your education-related travel exposures.
Click here to register
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Spring 2014 Events
 Make sure you look at all of MISBO's spring 2014 events. All events are open to ALL MISBO members!
MISBO/TAIS Business Officer Conference - April 1-2 hosted by Harpeth Hall, Nashville, TN. Conference is open to all MISBO and TAIS members and registration is open now - www.misbo.com/tais.
FISBO/MISBO Business Officer Conference - May 4-6, hosted by The Pine School in Stuart, FL. See the details above. www.misbo.com/fisbo
New Business Officer Intensive - June 8-10 hosted by Woodward Academy, Atlanta, GA. This program is designed for the Business Officer in their role for 5 years or fewer. Format will be similar to last year but with completely fresh content. Alumni attendees are encouraged to return. www.misbo.com/intensive. Registration opens next week!
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Vendor Webinar Series
The next event on our Vendor Webinar Series is:
Microsoft Partners in Learning: Free Tools & Training for Educators
Date: February 11, 2014 at 2:00 pm ET
Presenter: Kudzai Taziva, Partners in Learning Manager,
Microsoft
Description: Learn how you can utilize the free tools and resources Microsoft offers educators. The session will be an introduction to the Partners in Learning Network, a global community with over 800,000 innovative minds dedicated to 21st century learning. www.pil-network.com
Click here to register
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2014 FISBO/MISBO Business Officers Conference
 Registration is now open for the 2014 FISBO/MISBO Business Officers Conference - May 4-6, hosted by The Pine School in Stuart, FL.
This conference is open to all MISBO, FCIS and FISBO members at the $250 member rate until the early bird deadline of April 11, 2014.
This year's keynote speakers include:
- Dr. James F. Jones Jr., President, Trinity College, Professor in the Humanities
- John Chubb, President, NAIS
- Dr. Barbara Hodges, Executive Director, FCIS
For more information and to register, please visit www.misbo.com/fisbo. We look forward to seeing you in May!
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Vendor News
 In our last newsletter MISBO announced our newest vendor - Schindler Elevator Corporation.Be sure to keep up to date on all vendor updates, news, and special promotions by visiting the MISBO Blog that has a page dedicated to just Vendor News!
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1640 Powers Ferry Road, SE
Building 20, Suite 200
Marietta, GA 30067
Phone - 404.921.3810
Fax - 404.921.3816
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Electronic Resources
Survey
On Friday, January 24th, we sent surveys to all our member schools including participants and non-participants in our Electronic Resources program.
We want to hear from you, whether you participated in the program or not, to look
for areas of improvement
for next year.
Take just the few minutes to provide us the valuable feedback that helps MISBO to enhance the program.
The survey will close on Friday, February 14th.
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Electronic Resources
on the Blog!
Our Vendor News page has been received so well for informing members of new vendors, updates and special promotions, we have begun the same thing for our Electronic Resource providers.
If you are the person at your school responsible for purchasing Electronic Resources, this is a must-bookmark or favorite page!
With subscription season around the corner, this will be the place for all ER news!
Please visit and check back often!
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