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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi, all!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I had intended to get some of the latest news out to those
who were unable to attend the OASFAA Spring Conference and Pam’s email
reminded me. Also, thanks, Laura for sending out the pix and info to
everyone.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>One other bit of news (and it’s a biggie!) is that we
have cancelled our OASFAA Fall 2008 conference in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Tulsa</st1:place></st1:City>. The USED scheduled a second FSA
conference in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:City>
the exact same week as our Fall conference. The board looked at the
possibility of rescheduling the fall conference, but the only week that would
have been available was the week after the FSA conference in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:City>. We decided that, with tightened
school budgets, schools might not be able to send people to both the FSA
conference and the OASFAA conference, so we cancelled. It cost the
association $5737.43 to get out of our contract. If we had decided to try
to have the conference and then had to cancel it later, it would have cost
$28,687.16 (if we cancelled from 179 to 45 days out) and $64,358.46 if we had
to cancel at the last minute (44 days prior to the conference).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I realize that this decision takes away your excuse to go to
the FSA conference in <st1:City w:st="on">Las Vegas</st1:City> (instead of <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:City>), but we really didn’t
feel like we had much of a choice. Since the membership had already voted
to go to one conference a year anyway, we just did that a little earlier than expected.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We will continue to have Decentralized Training in the Fall
(don’t know the date, yet) and probably some kind of Support Staff
Training next year. Our next full conference will be April 15-17, 2009 at
the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Reed</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType>
in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Midwest City</st1:place></st1:City>.
We are negotiating with the Tulsa Renaissance to try to get them to give us
credit for some of the $5737.43 if we schedule our Spring 2010 conference with
them. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hope everyone has a wonderful Spring and Summer. We
really did miss those of you who were unable to attend the Spring conference.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Lynell<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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