Some cool stuff AZ Tech Council is doing that came up at the AZ Tech Council forum.
CEO Network
Mentoring Program
Political Action Committee
520 Members and Growing
New law library
Member promotion services
Relaunching career center
Quarterly speakers (NASA, Google)
University Changes
Relocate major tech university (like MIT) <– not happening
Bolster standards of AZ universities
Year long study <– barf
Public policy
S1254 job training; tax; suspension
H2701 electric utilities; renewable energy standards
Moving towards superPAC standing
Capital
Fund of funds (angels are not cutting it)
closing first 20-30m round by Q2
Early stage investment vital
Workforce / Education
Science bowl
AZ Science Fair
2013 will host international
Avnet tech games
This is just a quick post from my iPhone..
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SB 1254 is actually a bad idea. It will kill the Job Training Program.
Currently, employers pay 0.1% of the first $7,000 in wages to a fund which then pays back to offset training costs for employers who apply (difficult application process!). Trouble with the program is that the Legislature, in its foolishness, keeps stealing (they call it “sweeping”) the money frm the fund, so no training grants are made.
The logic behind SB 1254 is that, since there’s no money in the fund, quit taxing businesses for this purpose, thereby preventing the theft (sweeps). This idea is dumb. It’s like cutting off your head because you have a headache.
A better policy is to make the Legislature stop stealing (sweeping) the fund!
No excuses; one must leave comment after reading. That is what keeps the bloggers going besides many other things.