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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>Come One, Come All! Device Purchasing Window Opens Today!<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It’s been 6 months and 4 days since the last Device Purchasing purchase window closed, but wait no more! The long anticipated day has arrived! The purchasing window opens today! Yes, today! April 19<sup>th</sup>! All public school districts,
public school academies, non-public K-12 schools, pre-school buildings, intermediate school districts, and Michigan public libraries are eligible to purchase off of the 2017 REMC Device Purchasing Bid Contract. This year there are 43 mobile and desktop devices
along with related accessories and options available. <span style="color:black;background:white">
For a spreadsheet of items available on this contract, click on <span class="apple-converted-space">
</span></span><a href="http://www.remcbids.org/customer/download/id/1250"><span style="background:white">Device Purchasing Planning Spreadsheet</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white"> (</span><span style="background:white">http://www.remcbids.org/customer/download/id/1250</span>).
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<p class="MsoNormal">As many of you are aware, there are no incentive funds this year, but we still have the same great discounts as in the past. We are keeping our fingers crossed that legislature does provide incentive funding in future years!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:white">For more information on setting up a SPOT account or making a purchase on SPOT, see the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.remcbids.org/customer/download/id/1242"><span style="background:white">SPOT
FAQs</span></a><span style="background:white"> (<a href="http://www.remcbids.org/customer/download/id/1242">http://www.remcbids.org/customer/download/id/1242</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any questions should be sent to <a href="mailto:spot@remc.org">
spot@remc.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Happy Shopping!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">Sonya Schryer Norris<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">702 W. Kalamazoo St.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">PO Box 30009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">Lansing, MI 48909<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">517-373-4457<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A"><a href="http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A"><a href="http://www.mel.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://www.mel.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A"><a href="http://www.michlibrary.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://www.michlibrary.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#8064A2">Each April, Michigan celebrates the Month of the Young Child<sup>®</sup>. Go to
</span></i></b><a href="http://www.miaeyc.org"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1">www.miaeyc.org</span></i></b></a><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#8064A2"> to
learn more. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="OLE_LINK3"></a><a name="OLE_LINK4"></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy"><img border="0" width="166" height="105" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D2B8EB.154D52A0" alt="Description: Description: cid:image001.jpg@01CBED4E.B36258B0"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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