KySTE Members Update for August 15, 2013

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The KySTE 2014 "Call for Presenters" is in the wild! Share your experiences, abilities, insights with fellow KySTE members. Apply now! All presenters receive free registration for the whole conference.

August 15, 2013. Welcome to the first KySTE Members Update for 2013-14! This mostly-monthly newsletter contains announcements and information from the KySTE Board meetings.

News From the KySTE Board Conference Call

New this year: KySTE successfully migrated its conference call meetings to Lync. Congratulations to president Diana McGhee for this technology step forward!

Planning Committee

This committee is in charge of planning KySTE events, including the Fall Event and Spring Conference.

Fall Event: In addition to the BYOD/1-1 workshop in partnership with UK/CASTLE, VP Erin Waggoner is spearheading the recruiting of a professional presenter on the issue of eRate application and compliance, as a part of the DTC/CIO thread. UK's workshop covers two days (Oct. 28-29). KySTE's event is only Monday, Oct. 28. Registration fees will be consistent with last year ($75 includes KySTE membership, with $50 for existing members). Registration will open soon. Note new date and location: Monday, Oct. 28, Lexington Convention Center.
KySTE 2014: The conference "Call for Presenters" opened August 7, deadline Oct. 15. Read the "Call for presenters" information email here (vendors: your email is slightly different, available here).

Budget

As of August 1, the following balances were reported:

Checking: $60,097.37
Savings: $: $200,369.16
Outstanding/Payable: $33,275 (KySTE Outreach grant disbursements)

KySTE obtains funds from membership dues, events, and vendors in the form of donations, partnerships, and sponsorships. A balance representing a contingency fund plus yearly operating expenses is carried forward each July 1. KySTE returns all funds in excess of this amount as services to our members, primarily as grants through KySTE Outreach. A full reporting of Fiscal 2012-13 has yet to be completed. A final decision about the 2013-14 KySTE Outreach offering will be made after that report has been received (see below).

Other Committees

All committee assignments have been updated for the fiscal year. Watch kyste.org for details. The board also discussed the time and location for its Fall Board Retreat.

KySTE Outreach News

KySTE Outreach is gearing up for another year! All forms, rubrics, and application instructions have been completed, ready for a September 15 release! Again this year, grants will be awarded only to KySTE members (make sure your application team is ready!). The final offering has yet to be determined, but, as predicted, will be above last year's $60,000 total offering. Deadline for application wil be December 15.

Attention, Vendors. KySTE has changed its "Vendor Partner" program this year, providing for four levels of sponsorship. All donations benefit KySTE Outreach, and qualify as tax deductible for 501(c)(3) charitable donations.

•Platinum: $10,000. This level includes full branding opportunities, including a logo on all KySTE communications and strategic conference materials/locations.
Gold: $5,000. This level includes branding for specific events at the conference, and many other options.
Silver: $2,500. This level includes conference refreshment sponsorship recognition, as well as other branding opportunities, including a banner ad in the conference app.
Bronze: $1,250. This level includes limited branding opportunities.

For more information on becoming a Vendor Partner, contact KySTE Executive Director Gary Grant at gary.grant@kyste.org.

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