It is the role of the Advisory Council, which meets quarterly, to collectively prioritize the order in which enhancements will be implemented. As always, if you have any questions, concerns or ideas for improving the system, please feel free to contact Sharon Seffrood by February 22nd and she will add those to the group's wish list and discuss those at the meeting. The next Advisory Council meeting has been scheduled for February 24.

Data has been purchased from the Institute for Decision Making for three new MSA's. They are Chicago, Duluth and Minneapolis. Soon, LOIS will be uploading the new MSA's and updating existing MSA data. You will be notified when the upload has been completed.

New State and County data was also purchased and will be uploaded at the same time as the MSA data. Some of you may have been assigned to help us enter some of the data that was missing in the Counties tab. The folks at LOIS have assured me that your data will not be overwritten. Just in case, I'd highly suggest that you save a hardcopy of your work, as a precaution.

Statistics prove it. More and more site selection consultants are conducting online searches. They depend on LOIS to provide them with the data they are looking for, including property contact information. We at Forward Wisconsin also depend on that information, to pass on to site selectors, who make confidential search requests. It's more important now than ever to make sure that your contact information appears in LOIS.

Two main contact sections in LOIS:

1. At the bottom of all main pages:
-User Settings tab, Contact Information

2. In each building and site property contact link:
-Edit, Overview dropdown, Contact Information
-This information rolls up into Forward's view which is why it is crucial to have this part of LOIS populated with data!

• Print multiple records into one PDF flyer (Shopping Cart)
• XML for State, County and Metro sections - By 1st quarter 2006
• Modify Date Filter in User Settings

Did you know that you can link to other web pages in LOIS besides the buildings and sites pages? You can do so much more to enhance your organization's web site by linking to LOIS. It's a great way to benefit from one of the best free tools ever made available to the public! The link below will open a page which highlights all the possible links you can set up on your web site.