November 17, 2015 at 2:30 PM - Coop Committee Meeting

Discussion:  Meeting called to order at 2:30 p.m.

Discussion:  Staff: David Ludwig, Craig Peterson, Priscilla Quintana

Discussion:  Craig Peterson provided the committee with reports showing first quarter sales for the current year as compared to the previous year. The committee briefly reviewed and discussed the reports.

Discussion:  Equal Level has released version 6.7 of their software to our Demo site. Peterson provided the committee with an explanation of some of the updates that were made. The module for aggregated orders that schools will utilize to aggregate based on address will be released by first week in January at the earliest. Training's have been set for the following Service Units. ESU 1 Monday, November 23, 2015 ESU 2 Friday, January 22, 2015 ESU 4 Thursday, January 21, 2016 ESU 5 Wednesday, December 9, 2015 ESU 6 Wednesday, January 6, 2015 ESU 9 Monday, November 16, 2015 ESU 10 Thursday, January 7, 2016 ESU 11 Wednesday, December 16, 2015 ESU 17 Wednesday, January 20, 2016 Outstanding Admin Fees for the 2015 Annual Buy. B & H Photo, $1359.52 National Art, $7730.84 Pyramid, $21,230.67

Discussion:  ETA hand2mind is a company that deals with educational manipulatives, instructional curriculum, and learning kits to include product lines; VersaTiles, Reading Rods, Home Team Advantage, Hands-On Standards, Paths to Problem Solving, The Super Source, and others.

Discussion:  Agreement Expired November 6, 2015. Coop Director Peterson has been trying since August to get this renewed with Adobe but hadn't receive the renewal documents. He is also working with Adobe to correct the Agency name and mailing addresses on the documents. The Cumulative Licensing Program (“CLP”) is a flexible volume licensing program offered through Adobe Volume Licensing. The CLP applies the same discount level to all of Member’s and its Self-enrolled Consortium Members’ qualified Adobe software purchases (“Software”) during the Term

Discussion:  The agreement allows schools in Nebraska to order Licenses and services at academic pricing through Microsoft re-sellers. The agreement is being provided in Draft form because Microsoft will send an electronic signature request and will not accept hard copy format. The attached document will allow Legal to review and approve having Executive Director sign the digital version. Current Agreement doesn't expire until February 1, 2016.

Discussion:  Director Peterson and Business Manager Quintana will be attending the Winter meeting in New Orleans on November 30th through December 2nd. Recommendations for awards will be made for the categories that were bid this year and members will vote on awards.

Discussion:  The City of Pawnee City passed a Resolution on November 9, 2015 to enter into an Interlocal Agreement between the City of Pawnee City and ESUCC for the solicitation of public bids and enter into contracts on its own behalf and to purchase supplies, material, equipment, and services

Discussion:  The City of Alliance is wanting to enter into an Interlocal Agreement between the City of Alliance and ESUCC for the solicitation of public bids and enter into contracts on its own behalf and to purchase supplies, material, equipment, and services. The City of Alliance plans to have this as an agenda item at a future board meeting, either November 17 or December 1.

Discussion:  Meeting date: December 18, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. via Zoom https://esucc.zoom.us/j/3089950665. Process and procedures for adding Nebraska Entities. List of Eligible entities that ESUCC can serve either by an Interlocal Agreement or Contract. Member Survey - Development of Questions Catalog short list - Additional areas of interest

Discussion:  Meeting adjourned at 2:58 p.m.