Here are highlights from our GWATA board meeting held November 30th, 2005.

Technology Alliance Nov. 9th conference call

Al recapped the TA teleconference which included a election debrief, national academies’ recommendations, draft 2006 TA policy priorities and a reminder that the Technology Alliance’s annual State of Technology Luncheon featuring keynote speaker Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos will be held Monday, May 15, 2006, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm, at the Westin Hotel in downtown Seattle.

Port of Chelan County

Laura reported that the Port has a willingness and interest in helping GWATA with resources to leverage those initiatives that are congruent to both organizations. Ron Rodriguez with the Port has agreed to share a short presentation of why the Advanced Vehicle Initiative is significant for local businesses at our Jan. 25th meeting.

Focus for GWATA Directors

In the short-term, the Directors agreed we will continue to focus on 1) holding events to bring people together 2) collect data/ideas from other technology groups and local businesses to meet our groups needs 3) work on developing the key initiatives for GWATA and announce those initiatives in first quarter of 2006.

2005/2006 Schedule

The Wenatchee World has kindly offered to host the March 29th GWATA Program meeting.
Dec 21, Wed, 3:00 Board Meeting, NTI
Jan 25, Wed, 3:30 GWATA Event, Advanced Vehicle Initiative & 2006 Planning at the CTC (Confluence Technology Center, hosted by NCW Community Bank (UPDATED LOCATION!)
Feb 22, Wed, 3:30 Board Meeting, Stemilt
Mar 29, Wed, 3:30 GWATA Event, Wenatchee World
Apr 26, Wed, 3:30 Board Meeting, Cordell, Neher
May 15, Mon, 11:30 TA State of Technology Luncheon, Jeff Bezos, CEO Amazon.com, Westin Hotel, Seattle

Membership

We will be reviewing our membership structure at the Dec. 21 Board Meeting. We welcome your opinions as we develop this new structure and expect to have the details available by early 2006.

Bylaws

Minor changes were requested to the bylaws presented. Nena was requested to ask Pete Fraley to update and finalize the bylaws. Martin requested that all Directors sign these finalized bylaws on or before the Dec. 21st meeting.

Job Opportunities

As a courtesy to our readers, here are several job opportunities we have been asked to pass on.

• Web Programmer: Top Web Development Firm has FT opportunity for a PHP programmer. Will work under supervision of lead PHP developer; should be well versed in PHP and MySQL and at least one year's experience in wide variety of PHP programming. Job description at www.cevado.com/jobs or send resume to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
• Web Developer: The Wenatchee World; Web Developer with PHP/MySQL experience and a good sense for design. E-mail résumé to Marc Filby at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Attendees present were: Al Neace, Martin Straub, Don Stone, Jenny Rickel (via-teleconference), Nena Walton, Laura Jaecks and Kevin Bromiley.

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