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TiF8 funds may be used to pay for travel and per diem expenses to send up to six (6) pe,sons to TlFTecG TrJ.\r1\r\,",-. Applicants should not budget fees for the TIFTech Training, but should allocate TIrB funds as needed for traYeI and per diem expenses. libraries may budget TIFB funds for network management and equipment rei?' J training. \Jatching funds may be used for project-related training not funded by the granc. The TIF Board recognizes that sending personnel to training is difficult for many small libraries. HOVie\'er. since no matching funds are required for Program A, libraries are encouraged to consider the time spent attending TIFTech Training as a grantee match. Libraries with only one employee, \vho also possesses the required skills. may be exempt from attending the Foundation Seminar and Foundation Lab. All applicants must indicate in their letter of intent if they plan to attend TIFTech Training (see the sample letter of intent in Appendix B). This allov,:s the TIF Board to arrange for training sites located as close as possible to the grant recipients. Applicants will receive a letter at a later date containing information about the times and locations of the TIFTech Training, which witl probably begin in January or February :2000. Library Collaboratives Libraries may elect to participate in a collaborative grant project by submining an application that includes more than one public library. Small libraries that do not have the resources to manage a grant themselves are encouraged to join a collaborative. Each member of the collaborative must be eligible for TIF Board funds as established in this RFP. Collaborative applications must choose one library of the collaborative to be the recipient ofTIFB funds. The Authorized Official, Financial Officer, and Project Director for the grant must be selected from this library. Libraries interested in submitting a collaborative application should contact the TIF Board for more information and further instruction on how to apply as a collaborative. Questions Contact the TIF Board at 1-888-533-8432 or (512) 344-4300. if you require additional information. A Frequentl: Asked Questions list \vi11 be available at the TIF B'oard home page (\V\v\v.titb.state.tx.us). Additionally, applicancs may directly contact the Program Administrator assigned to the individual library systems. A list of Program :\dministrators, the assigned library systems. telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses follows: I Library System i AAlS. STlS I HALS.NETLS I TTPlS, WTlS I TPLS, NRTLS I CTLS. BCLS I Telephone Number I 512-344-4336 I 5'12-344-4335 1512-344-4317 1512-344-4334 I 512-344-4333 I E-mail I dbro\\n@tifb.state.t.\.us \ mbro\\11@titb.state.tx.us \ rbrown@titb.state.tx.us I mmastran@titb.stare.rx.us ! wsklar@titb.srate.tx.us PA Da\'id Bro\vn lL'vlichaet Brown '.iCh::lfd Brown 1 \ Kt \ lastrange \0 \Vhitney Sklar At the request of some of the public libraries who have recently received grants from the TIF Board. the Texas State library and Archives Commission has created a list to serve as a forum for discussion concerning the administration and implementation of library TIF Board grants. The purpose of the list is to provide a forum for dlscussion tor the TIF Board library applicants and grantees. TIFLIB-TX is intended to allow the sharing of skills, ideas. and information. so that libraries may work together more effectively. If you wish to subscribe to this list, please send the message: subscribe titlib-tx urstname lastname (w'here you 'type your 0\'<11 name in place of "firstname lastname") to: listproc'S:lirJ;..tsl.state.tx.us. 7