President's View...Rob Burgess - "How Does One Become A Board Candidate?"
 By: Rob Burgess, CPA, Chief Financial Officer, Lakeshore Public Schools and President of MSBO
Annually, MSBO members are asked to vote for the candidate(s) who they believe should serve MSBO on the Board of Directors of our organization. The candidates who agree to run for the Board and who take their time to go to Regional Groups and MSBO committee meetings to introduce themselves to you are volunteers. Read more
Executive Director's View...David Martell
 By: David Martell, Executive Director, MSBO
It’s been a crazy series of weeks, what with the Revenue Consensus Conference, the release of the Governor’s School Aid Fund (SAF) budget, talk of the MEA Retirement Proposal and the moving target of the Federal stimulus package. Members have lots of questions and reporters have even more. Read more
Visit Your Schools
 By: By Dan Romzek, CPA, MA, CFO, Director of Finance & Operations, Davison Community Schools, and MSBO Board Member
Our jobs as school business officials are very busy and hectic ones. We constantly find ourselves juggling many priorities at once and work hard to keep up with the many demands of our job responsibilities. At times it seems that there aren’t enough hours in the day to get it all done. Read more
MSBO Nominating Committee Recommends Board Slate
 The MSBO Nominations Committee has made its recommendations for the 2009 MSBO Board of Directors election. The Committee, which included past MSBO presidents, reviewed several nominees for the three open director positions. The following elections slate was presented for Board review and approval: Read more
1st Annual Energy Solutions Symposium – Get Answers to Your Questions
 March 12, 2009 • Forest Hills Fine Arts Center • Grand Rapids • .5 SB-CEUs
Many are wondering how quickly the funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) will arrive on their doorsteps and how we can most effectively spend these funds to help our school districts. Read more
Spotlight on MSBO Services: Purchasing Card Program Saves Money
 MSBO, in conjunction with MASB and MASA, is proud to be able to offer school districts throughout Michigan the opportunity to save money through a special “purchasing card” program. Districts using traditional credit cards as well as those who don’t, are encouraged to look into this no cost, high-benefit program. Read more
See You In Detroit!
 We will be releasing MSBO’s 71st Annual Conference & Exhibit Show flyer in the next few days. Be sure to mark your calendars and save April 28-30, 2009 to attend MSBO's 71st Annual Conference, being held in Detroit for the first time in MSBO history! Read more
Why Detroit?
 Did You Know… Read more
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