Kudos June 2012

To Devone,
For his enthusiastic leadership and for helping our dept. dig itself out of a fiscal pit. You guided us to be more fiscally responsible but always in a positive, upbeat way. We will miss you!

- Janet
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To Tuan,
For his continual cheerfulness in face of so much whining about our B&W printer. He is always ready and willing to be of assistance. A great addition to our team!

 - Janet

To Tuan,
Congrats on your marriage to Hai, I wish you a wonderful life and offer sympathy for your loss of bachelorhood!

- Tom
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To Pam,
Thank you for babysitting our color printer and making sure we are never out of ink! I know it can be a thankless job but it's an important one!

- Janet

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To Conn,
For being the tech Guru that trouble-shot the technology issues for Just Google it!, the first simultaneously held event between the WA State ESD's, Whew! Webinars, video conferencing., and spotty Internet access, oh my!

- Janet

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To Anne,
For dreaming up and executing the first simultaneously held event between the WA State ESD's, connected via video conference and webinar... Just Google it!

- Janet

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To Thomas,
Congrats for completing the WI-FI upgrade that will provide our agency staff a solid secure connection into the future.

- Tom

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To Jacob,

Thank you for your diligence and insight into our customers needs as you update Swift to become Swift2. Swift2 to become available later this month!

-Tom

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To Jill Stone,

Congratulations on your appointment to the International Society for E=Technology in Education (ISTE) E-Rate Group. Jill provided valuable advice and information that ISTE will use in developing its position for the FCC and House and Senate in Washington D.C.
-Devone

To Jill,

For her battle with the FCC regarding Franklin Pierce SD's E-Rate funding. She must appear to be SUPERWOMAN to FPSD, coming to their rescue twice - in  helping to get awards totaling $183,000 and in winning the appeal where the FCC wanted $314,444.53 back! Jill to the rescue!!

- Janet

To Jill,
Congrats on your participation with ISTE E-Rate task force resulting in your comments being presented to our State Senator.

-Tom

 

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Kudos for March 2012

Kudos to ANGELA!!  For her cheerful assistance with the iPads in Education Conference and helping it to be a success!  Her timing was PERFECT, as she came to see how I was doing without being asked.  Thank you, Angela!      
~Janet

2-27-2012
To Thomas
For an OUTSTANDING JOB of coordinating the network upgrades.
~Devone

2-27-2012
To Angela
For excellent communications with the WLS vendors.  Her messages to our vendors are consistently well-written and exemplifies Angela's high degree of professionalism.
~Devone

A big thank you to Angela for putting together a beautiful package of handouts for a last-minute conference presentation!
~Anne

Kudos Jill for her appointment to the ISTE Erate Input Group!  WAY TO GO!
~Tom

Kudos to Tom for dealing so quickly and efficently with our "trainthe teachers.com" domain name issue!
~Conn

Thomas -
Your professionalism and knowledge was evident during or recent tech-upgrade project kickoff.  Much of the work you do will never be recognized by our users - let this serve as official record of your job(s) well done.
~Tom

Kudos for January 2012

Happy New Year!! 

Congratulations ! KUDOS! Congratulations ! KUDOS! Congratulations ! KUDOS! 

To: Pam
Thank you for tracking our projects and time in Marina. I appreciate your efforts. Job well done.

From: Devone
12/29/11

To: Pam
I just wanted you to know that I really appreciate Pam!! She is so wonderful and full of knowledge. Like I told Pam this morning, you are lucky to have her. Take her out to lunch because she deserves it!! Pam you are awesome!!!!!!

From: Dennis Roberts

To: Jacob
Thank you for Marina. It's value continues to increase with use.

From: Devone
12/29/11

To: Dennis Roberts

Dennis, THANK YOU. Thank you for doing the Destiny upgrade and server firmware updates. Great job!

From: Devone
12/29/11

To: Angela Bolam

For photographing the staff and the professional portraits she created. Thank you!

From: Devone
12/8/11

To: Angela

For updating our team pictures on our website! Nice job!!!

From: Janet

Kudos for December 2011

Well, here they are - the last Kudos for the year, 2011 is ending and a new year awaits us!!

To Angela,

For collecting all of the 2011-12 ProQuest money for the first time in many, many years!

From: Anne

To Ben and Tuan,

Kudos to Ben! and Tuan! For so efficiently working on the Tech laptops ..... and  again!  and again!

From: Janet

To: Angela and Pam

Kudos to Angela and Pam for organizing such lovely Holiday Party of us all!

From: Janet

To: Angela,

Kudos to Angela for working on the refresh of our staff pictures!

From: Conn

To: Janet,

Thank you to Janet for handling all the complicated orders for our wildly popular iPad workshops!

From: Conn

Happy New Year!!!

2012

Kudos for November 2011

To: Anne and Angela,

For our first-ever Entirely Wireless Day!

From: Conn
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To: Angela,

For contributing to the success of Private Schools Day!

From: Devone
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To: Brian

For joining our extraordinary group.

From: Devone
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To: Brian

For assisting Franklin Pierce to recover from the loss of a key IT staffer!

From: Tom
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To: Jill

For her part in making this year's Private School Day a huge success.

From: Devone
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To: Jill and Nola

Jill has constantly pushed the envelope for E-Rate marketing. Always looking for opportunities to get our name out there! Nola brings vast experience with contracts to the team and creates an un-stoppable duo!

From: Tom
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To: Monika

For the outstanding work she is doing with the Highline District's Parental Portal and for publishing an excellent newsletter.

From: Devone
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To: Pam

Kudos to Pam for helping with Private Schools Day!

From: Conn
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To: Pam

For helping to make Private Schools Day a big success!

From: Devone
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To: Jacob

For working his wizardry with the Seattle Public Schools Elementary Progress Reports.

From: Devone
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To: Jacob

Impressive application updates for the Seattle Report Card App!

From: Tom
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To: Ben

For receiving praises for our CFO and Superintendent Elect for excellent customer service.

From: Devone
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To: Ben

For constantly providing excellent customer service. Agency staff regularly takes time to tell me what a great experience you provide them. Kudos!

From: Tom
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To: Thomas

For always going the extra mile to keep our customers satisfied and for keeping our systems up and running smoothly.

From: Devone
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To: Janet

Kudos to Janet for a spectacularly successful Private Schools Day!

 From: Devone
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Kudos for the Month of Septmeber 2011

Congratulations Anne and Angela. 

....for creating a service offering. SQLSoft instructor-led technical training, that will provide significant training cost reductions for ESD and for districts statewide.

Devone

KUDOS to You!

This month's Kudos goes to:

Angela Parson, Dennis Roberts, Tom Howley, Thomas Tsang and Pam Bunker

"For a job well-done on the Destiny Server migration. The teamwork, dedication to the objective, and hard work is appreciated."
Thank you,
Devone

Angela Bolam
"Thank you for arranging for us to hold our retreat at the Landmark."

Devone.