Hi Anne, School is closed today but I am here at the school anyway. The school board approved everything last night at the meeting. I am hoping to have the minutes later today or at the latest tomorrow. Should I fax you the 479 with everything that we do have, and send you the minutes as soon as I have them? What happened was the school board had a reading of the policy but did not actually approve the policy, so that was done last night. My apologies, and I will make sure the does not happen again. Gene Warfel 207-841-0498 On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 9:06 AM, Anne Perloff <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > *Deadline to file an FY2016 Form 471:* > *April 29, 2016 @ 11:59:59 PM* > > The FY2016 Form 471 is available in EPC. > > There are many reasons why you may not yet be prepared to file the Form > 471 such as: > - you have not yet filed a Form 470 (the deadline is April 1 but do not > wait until the last day!) > - you have filed a Form 470 but your 28 day waiting period has not elapsed > - the thought of filing a Form 471 is causing you to break out in a rash > > Fret > not! The FY2016 form > may look scary and more cumbersome than in previous years, but the > reality is that many of the tasks you used to do directly within the form > are now being handled outside of the form elsewhere within your EPC portal > profile. > > The Form 471 process will look like this: > > [image: Inline image 1] > > I am working on creating step by step instructions for the form itself and > will post that as soon as it is ready. > > You can (and should) get started on the preparation steps now. Guides for > these steps are available here: > *http://networkmaine.net/erate/EPC/EPC.htm > <http://networkmaine.net/erate/EPC/EPC.htm>* > > > > _____________________________________________ > > *Anne Perloff* > Maine State E-Rate Coordinator for Schools > Networkmaine ... a unit of the University of Maine System > > Web: www.networkmaine.net/erate/ > > Email: [log in to unmask] > > Phone: 207-561-3584 > > Fax: 207-561-3531 > > Mail: > Networkmaine > 5752 Neville Hall Rm 255 > University of Maine > Orono, ME 04469 > > -- Gene Warfel Director of Technology Rangeley Lakes Regional School District 207-841-0498