<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div>Hi All,</div><div>Have been offline for a few weeks.Not sure if this has been raised or not. I have just been advised that NSWDET teachers can now do a salary sacrifice deal on all new macs at pricing virtually the same as DET buys machines at. Apple <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; ">have finally agreed on a contract with SmartSalary but I suspect <br>there is some pushback on whether they actually want to offer an Apple <br>option.<br><br>My advice is make enquiries to SmartSalary about salary sacrificing a Mac so that they understand there is a demand.<br><br><a href="https://www.smartsalary.com.au">https://www.smartsalary.com.au</a><br></span></div><div><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Verdana; ">cheers</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Verdana; min-height: 22px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Verdana; "><i>Greg Alchin</i></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Verdana; min-height: 22px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); "><b>Learning Technologies Consultant</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Verdana; "><b>W:</b> <a href="http://www.gregalchin.com">www.gregalchin.com</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(0, 10, 237); "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>E:</b> <a href="mailto:gregalchin@mac.com">gregalchin@mac.com</a></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Verdana; "><b>M:</b> 0403273063</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Verdana; ">-----------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(136, 30, 255); ">Remember every day we wake up is a good day. How we choose to approach it can make it a great day! You choose! To make your day a great one embrace the four simple tenets of the FISH! Philosophy!" 1. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Play</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- Have a little fun at work. 2.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Make their day</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- Go M.A.D. [Make a Difference], engage others. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Make them part of the fun. 3. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Be there</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- actually pay attention, to make sure you take care of the person in front of you right now! 4. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Choose your attitude</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- Before you go to work in the morning, pick out an attitude, just like you choose your underwear.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(136, 30, 255); min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(65, 4, 255); "><i>"Character is what you have left when you've lost everything you can lose."</i><span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Verdana; "> - Evan Esar </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(65, 4, 255); "><i>"Laughter is the closest distance between two people."</i><span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Verdana; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- Victor Borge</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(65, 4, 255); "><i>"Humor is a rubber sword - it allows you to make a point without drawing blood."</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- Mary Hirsch<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><br></span><i>"Each day, and the living of it, has to be a conscious creation in which discipline and order are relieved with some play and some pure foolishness."</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- May Sarton</div></span> </div><br></body></html>