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Tamara Broman

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Jun 19, 2018, 6:08:37 PM6/19/18
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Hello, everyone

Has anyone been successful in getting either educational or non-profit licenses lately?  I have been trying to and I emailed Phil, which is a google contact I saw from an earlier post.

Our domain is still using the google apps free subscription and I really would like to buy more licenses at the discounted rate.  I just wonder if anyone has any more information about what kind of plan you are on.

I keep hearing from my vendor that I have to buy enterprise.  Sad.

Thanks in advance
Tamara

Michelle Mears

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Jun 20, 2018, 9:25:10 AM6/20/18
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We buy ours from CDW-G and my sales rep helps me make sure we buy the right license.  It is the non-profit perpetual license for around $30 each (I can look up exact pricing if needed).  We did recently migrate our primary domain over to Google for Non-Profits using the 501c3 of our foundation.  I resisted for a while and had a secondary domain already registered as Google for Work/Business to manage our OPACs and public computers, but we were able to buy the education license for each station even with the GFW domain.  Licenses don't transfer but I am thinking about just buying new ones and shifting all of our patron side hardware over just so we can be all under one umbrella.  It would be an undertaking with 6 OPACs and 20 computers, and some of those settings are such that once you have them in there and everything is working you just leave it alone.  I am not sure I could replicate the process we used to do it all in the first place, LOL.

Michelle 

Marshal Smith, MidYork

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Jun 20, 2018, 9:46:27 AM6/20/18
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We now buy ours through Promevo.
We are 501c3 with a non-profit Google Apps/Suite domain. We buy the non-profit perpetual licenses.

Promevo has been very fast and easy to order through, they sell the licenses and the hardware.
Account setup was easy, they were quick to respond to our initial inquiry any questions we had.
The licenses show up in the dashboard within a day or two of ordering and hardware usually the same week.


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Tamara Broman

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Jun 20, 2018, 10:01:18 AM6/20/18
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Unfortunately, we do not have a 501c3.  I wish we did.  Tamara

On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 6:45 AM, Marshal Smith, MidYork <MSm...@midyork.org> wrote:
We now buy ours through Promevo.
We are 501c3 with a non-profit Google Apps/Suite domain. We buy the non-profit perpetual licenses.

Promevo has been very fast and easy to order through, they sell the licenses and the hardware.
Account setup was easy, they were quick to respond to our initial inquiry any questions we had.
The licenses show up in the dashboard within a day or two of ordering and hardware usually the same week.


Marshal



Marshal Smith
Server and Network Administrator
Mid-York Library System
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On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 6:08 PM Tamara Broman <tam.b...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello, everyone

Has anyone been successful in getting either educational or non-profit licenses lately?  I have been trying to and I emailed Phil, which is a google contact I saw from an earlier post.

Our domain is still using the google apps free subscription and I really would like to buy more licenses at the discounted rate.  I just wonder if anyone has any more information about what kind of plan you are on.

I keep hearing from my vendor that I have to buy enterprise.  Sad.

Thanks in advance
Tamara

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Reinhard Engels

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Jun 20, 2018, 10:28:06 AM6/20/18
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We are not a 501c3 either, but were able to get NP pricing.

(So many Libraries fall into this odd space -- not quite government, not quite education, not quite NP).

Here's the contact information for the (very helpful) google rep that made this happen for us:

• Chrome Sales Specialist, NPO and State and Local Government, US East
• Google Cloud/G Suite

 
I'd been in touch with Phil as well as part of this quest, but wound up with Tom.

Would be great if google had an official, documented procedure for public libraries. 

Reinhard

On Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 10:01:18 AM UTC-4, Tamara Broman wrote:
Unfortunately, we do not have a 501c3.  I wish we did.  Tamara
On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 6:45 AM, Marshal Smith, MidYork <MSm...@midyork.org> wrote:
We now buy ours through Promevo.
We are 501c3 with a non-profit Google Apps/Suite domain. We buy the non-profit perpetual licenses.

Promevo has been very fast and easy to order through, they sell the licenses and the hardware.
Account setup was easy, they were quick to respond to our initial inquiry any questions we had.
The licenses show up in the dashboard within a day or two of ordering and hardware usually the same week.


Marshal



Marshal Smith
Server and Network Administrator
Mid-York Library System
msm...@midyork.org | www.midyork.org

On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 6:08 PM Tamara Broman <tam.b...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello, everyone

Has anyone been successful in getting either educational or non-profit licenses lately?  I have been trying to and I emailed Phil, which is a google contact I saw from an earlier post.

Our domain is still using the google apps free subscription and I really would like to buy more licenses at the discounted rate.  I just wonder if anyone has any more information about what kind of plan you are on.

I keep hearing from my vendor that I have to buy enterprise.  Sad.

Thanks in advance
Tamara

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Matt Amory

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Jun 20, 2018, 10:52:07 AM6/20/18
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If you have not yet purchased your Chromebooks, have your vendor add a perpetual license for the Chrome OS Management Console to the quote for each device that will be managed centrally.  The vendor will deliver a license key that you will enter when you enroll the device onto your domain.

https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/2717664?hl=en has a walk-through of what you need to do to select the appropriate license.

I do not believe there is a pricing difference any more between education and non-profit pricing, and though libraries aren't technically education, our education licenses are working just fine.


If you have purchased your Chromebooks without a license for the Chrome OS Management Console, you'll need to purchase perpetual licenses through a local reseller.  
Google's list of resellers is here and includes Promevo (mentioned above) and Cumulus (from whom I purchased annual licenses by mistake some time ago).






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Patrick-Austin (MN) Public Library

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Jun 20, 2018, 6:07:29 PM6/20/18
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Tamara,

Try this process:

Google for Non-Profits:  https://www.google.com/nonprofits/products/apps-for-nonprofits.html
https://www.google.com/nonprofits/eligibility/

Libraries can become eligible through TechSoup https://www.techsoup.org/joining-techsoup/how-to-join-techsoup

Once approved with TechSoup, you use the verification key in your Google for Non-Profits setup.  After Google approves you, transfer your free G-Suite (formerly called Google Apps) you are currently on, to the non-profit version.  All users from the free version will get transfered.

Mike from Agosto can get you the $30 perpetual licenses after you are approved as a non-profit with Google:  mike....@agosto.com

You then assign the licenses to devices via Google Admin for your G-Suite for Non-Profits, once the device enrolls in your Google Non-Profit domain.

Patrick

Tamara Broman

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Jun 20, 2018, 6:20:08 PM6/20/18
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Thanks, everyone!  I am hoping it gets fixed soon!  I am not sure I can do the Tech Soup validation because we don't have a 501c3.

However, Phil from google is working on it and says he thinks he can get it switched to NPO anyways.

Fingers crossed!

Tamara

On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 3:07 PM, Patrick-Austin (MN) Public Library <pmulr...@selco.info> wrote:
Tamara,

Try this process:

Google for Non-Profits:  https://www.google.com/nonprofits/products/apps-for-nonprofits.html
https://www.google.com/nonprofits/eligibility/

Libraries can become eligible through TechSoup https://www.techsoup.org/joining-techsoup/how-to-join-techsoup

Once approved with TechSoup, you use the verification key in your Google for Non-Profits setup.  After Google approves you, transfer your free G-Suite (formerly called Google Apps) you are currently on, to the non-profit version.  All users from the free version will get transfered.

Mike from Agosto can get you the $30 perpetual licenses after you are approved as a non-profit with Google:  mike.foster@agosto.com

You then assign the licenses to devices via Google Admin for your G-Suite for Non-Profits, once the device enrolls in your Google Non-Profit domain.

Patrick



On Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 5:08:37 PM UTC-5, Tamara Broman wrote:
Hello, everyone

Has anyone been successful in getting either educational or non-profit licenses lately?  I have been trying to and I emailed Phil, which is a google contact I saw from an earlier post.

Our domain is still using the google apps free subscription and I really would like to buy more licenses at the discounted rate.  I just wonder if anyone has any more information about what kind of plan you are on.

I keep hearing from my vendor that I have to buy enterprise.  Sad.

Thanks in advance
Tamara

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Reinhard Engels

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Jun 20, 2018, 6:20:15 PM6/20/18
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Totally worth a shot, that's how it should work! -- but unfortunately when I tried this (multiple times) I never heard back from them about my approval status and had to go the human route.

I'm assuming it's because we're not technically a non-profit (though it would have been nice to get a response explaining that at least).

Reinhard

On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 6:07 PM, Patrick-Austin (MN) Public Library <pmulr...@selco.info> wrote:
Tamara,

Try this process:

Google for Non-Profits:  https://www.google.com/nonprofits/products/apps-for-nonprofits.html
https://www.google.com/nonprofits/eligibility/

Libraries can become eligible through TechSoup https://www.techsoup.org/joining-techsoup/how-to-join-techsoup

Once approved with TechSoup, you use the verification key in your Google for Non-Profits setup.  After Google approves you, transfer your free G-Suite (formerly called Google Apps) you are currently on, to the non-profit version.  All users from the free version will get transfered.

Mike from Agosto can get you the $30 perpetual licenses after you are approved as a non-profit with Google:  mike.foster@agosto.com

You then assign the licenses to devices via Google Admin for your G-Suite for Non-Profits, once the device enrolls in your Google Non-Profit domain.

Patrick



On Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 5:08:37 PM UTC-5, Tamara Broman wrote:
Hello, everyone

Has anyone been successful in getting either educational or non-profit licenses lately?  I have been trying to and I emailed Phil, which is a google contact I saw from an earlier post.

Our domain is still using the google apps free subscription and I really would like to buy more licenses at the discounted rate.  I just wonder if anyone has any more information about what kind of plan you are on.

I keep hearing from my vendor that I have to buy enterprise.  Sad.

Thanks in advance
Tamara

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Patrick-Austin (MN) Public Library

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Jun 21, 2018, 9:36:58 AM6/21/18
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Tech Soup has a non 501(c) public library category:


On Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 5:20:08 PM UTC-5, Tamara Broman wrote:
Thanks, everyone!  I am hoping it gets fixed soon!  I am not sure I can do the Tech Soup validation because we don't have a 501c3.

However, Phil from google is working on it and says he thinks he can get it switched to NPO anyways.

Fingers crossed!

Tamara
On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 3:07 PM, Patrick-Austin (MN) Public Library <pmulr...@selco.info> wrote:
Tamara,

Try this process:

Google for Non-Profits:  https://www.google.com/nonprofits/products/apps-for-nonprofits.html
https://www.google.com/nonprofits/eligibility/

Libraries can become eligible through TechSoup https://www.techsoup.org/joining-techsoup/how-to-join-techsoup

Once approved with TechSoup, you use the verification key in your Google for Non-Profits setup.  After Google approves you, transfer your free G-Suite (formerly called Google Apps) you are currently on, to the non-profit version.  All users from the free version will get transfered.

Mike from Agosto can get you the $30 perpetual licenses after you are approved as a non-profit with Google:  mike....@agosto.com

You then assign the licenses to devices via Google Admin for your G-Suite for Non-Profits, once the device enrolls in your Google Non-Profit domain.

Patrick



On Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 5:08:37 PM UTC-5, Tamara Broman wrote:
Hello, everyone

Has anyone been successful in getting either educational or non-profit licenses lately?  I have been trying to and I emailed Phil, which is a google contact I saw from an earlier post.

Our domain is still using the google apps free subscription and I really would like to buy more licenses at the discounted rate.  I just wonder if anyone has any more information about what kind of plan you are on.

I keep hearing from my vendor that I have to buy enterprise.  Sad.

Thanks in advance
Tamara

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Tamara Broman

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Thanks Patrick.  I had no idea that they did.  I appreciate the information!  Tamara

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Michelle Mears

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Jun 21, 2018, 10:25:30 AM6/21/18
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You can also use a Friends or Foundation 501c3 associated with your library to register with Google as Non-Profit.  All you have to do is register the Friends or Foundation with Tech Soup and get your code to input into Google in the registration process.  This is what I resisted doing for two years, because I didn't think it was legit, but it turns out that Google is fine with it, lots of libraries in Missouri have used this route.  We are using G-Suite now with all staff for email and file sharing and also for device management for our ChromeBit displays all on our rhcl.org domain.  I also have a separate domain rhcl-online.org that I have our OPACs and public computers on, and this is what I am thinking of migrating over to the primary domain, but I would need almost 30 licenses to do it.
 
We use LibShield from LibData to control time and print management on public computers.  I am trying to get our ILS (Biblionix Apollo) to re-engineer printing to work through a Google app and then I could switch our staff circ stations to Chrome OS as well.

It is do-able, so hang in there.

Michelle

Matt Amory

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Jun 21, 2018, 11:01:31 AM6/21/18
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Even though our public library is not a 501 (c) 3 we do have a Tech Soup account and yours may as well...


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