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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>I wanted to let everyone know that the new OASFAA website is up and running at </FONT><A href="http://www.oasfaaok.com/"><FONT face=Calibri color=#800080 size=3>www.oasfaaok.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Calibri size=3>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you go to the old site, you should be redirected to the new homepage.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We want to extend a huge thanks to the University of Oklahoma for hosting the OASFAA website over the past several years. We appreciate all the work they did to keep OASFAA online.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">We have also created a new email address </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Calibri size=3>that will be used to send out the voting ballot for our election.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> This email address is <A href="mailto:contact@oasfaaok.com">contact@oasfaaok.com</A>. </SPAN>Please add this to your do-not-block list so your email system does not think it is spam.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Someone will check this email account on a regular basis, but do not hesitate to email me or any of the OASFAA board members directly</FONT><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>We will continue to add content to the new website, so please keep checking back.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We are currently working on updating the membership directory with everyone’s contact information.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>All the regular school members (anyone from a financial aid office who has attended one of the last three conferences) should now be included in the directory.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If your information has been posted incorrectly, please let me know and I will correct it.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I will work on adding the associate membership (the vendors) to the directory as soon as I can.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We wanted the directory to include non-OASFAA members of the Oklahoma financial aid community as well, so if you want to be added, please send me your name, institution, title, address, phone and fax numbers, and your email address.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>To find archived documents, such as the helpful charts that our friend Pam McConahay provides every year, click on the Inside OASFAA link on the top menu, then click Archived Documents on the left-hand menu. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is where I have added the volunteer form for those of you who want to be involved and did not have a chance to complete the volunteer form at last spring’s conference.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please fax these volunteer forms to me as soon as possible at 405.717.4392, and I will forward them to the appropriate committee chair(s).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Thank you to all of you who have already volunteered.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Your names have been forwarded to the committee chairs.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>I hope you are off to a great year.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I look forward to seeing everyone at decentralized training on October 10.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>Andrew Hammontree</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>OASFAA President</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>405.717.4336</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3><A href="mailto:ahammontree@francistuttle.com">ahammontree@francistuttle.com</A></FONT></P></BODY></HTML>