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At long last summer is upon us! I don't
know of many better ways to kick off the season than to
meet up with friends on a warm night. So throw on your shorts,
grab your shades, and join us and over 20 partner organizations
for our annual Summer
Celebration at Pyramid
Brewery in Seattle.
We'll be taking over the beer garden with food, live music and lots of
cold beer!
And speaking of great things to do in the summer - if you
are interested in joining leaders from across the technology industry for a round
of golf, join us at our 13th Annual Golf Tournament, July 28th
at Glendale Golf and Country Club. You don't need to be a
low handicapper to play - this is a best ball tourney.
On behalf
of all of us at the WTIA we wish you a great summer in the Northwest and if you
haven't officially become part of the WTIA community we encourage you to
join us!
Ken
Myer
President & CEO
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| ADVOCACY & OUTREACH |
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 Please
Act Now to Extend Federal R&D Credit
In addition to being very
active at the state level on public policy issues of importance to the technology
community, WTIA also weighs in with our elected officials in the "other Washington"
on important issues. The federal R&D tax credit is one of those issues.
Congress has dithered on extending the federal R&D tax credit for too long and
now it is time for the tech community to let Congress, particularly the U.S. Senate,
know in no uncertain terms to get this done, and in fact, make this tax credit
permanent.
Below is the text of the e-mail we received from the Software
Finance and Tax Executives Council urging the employees of software and technology firms to weigh in now.
"As you know, the R & D credit expired at the end of last year.
The House has passed a bill extending several expired or expiring tax provisions,
including a one-year extension of the credit (effective Jan. 1 2008). The
Senate has been unable to take the bill up over a dispute about whether the revenue
cost of certain extenders should be offset by tax increases in other areas.
Click
below to read this entire email.
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| MEMBER SPOTLIGHT |
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Meet Blink Interactive, Inc
Tell us about your company and specifics on your
product/service.
Founded in 2000, Blink Interactive is a Seattle based
User Experience consulting firm, specializing in User Research, Usability Testing
and Interaction Design. Blink has designed systems and enhanced user experiences
for organizations ranging from start-ups to fortune 500 companies trying to solve
complex business problems while delivering a great user experience.
Who
are your clients/customers?
New clients and projects for 2008 include:
Amdocs, American Greetings, Children's Hospital, Eventbrite, Flow International,
KnowledgeAdvisors, McGraw-Hill Education, Microsoft Digital Advertising, Microsoft
Codeplex, Providence Healthcare, Reply!com, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle
Public Utilities, Starbucks, Tamarac and WebJunction.
Click below to read more about Blink
Interactive, Inc.
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| MARKETPLACE |
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Operations - Office Equipment
Pacific Office
Automation and the WTIA have teamed up!
The
Northwest's largest independently owned provider of office technology and the
WTIA announce an exciting partnership for all WTIA members! Offering
the industries most advanced, and complete product options from- HP, Lexmark,
Konica/Minolta, Sharp, and Xerox! Color and monochrome MFP's, network printers,
and scanners! Pre-negotiated discounts on the industries leading products. Over
35% off of retail price. WTIA members can buy at manufacturers pre-set major account
pricing, reserved for purchases of 100 machines or more! Take advantage of the
buying power of the WTIA organization.
Click below to read more this offering.
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| NEW MEMBERS |
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 Industry
F5 Networks, Inc.
Macrosearch Inc. dba Macrostaff
CyberSecurity Institute
Big Canvas
WowRack Technologies
Force10 Networks
Cooler Planet
Force10
Networks
Individual & Student
Hal Hofherr
Mark Houston
Tom Lahti
Hiram Machado
Click below for renewing members.
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| UPCOMING EVENTS |
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Summer in Seattle has arrived!
Make the most of the sunshine this
month with two great outdoor events hosted by the Washington Technology Industry
Association.
"Take Me Out to the Beer Garden,"
the Technology Industry's Summer Celebration. We have partnered with
nearly 20 technology organizations to make
this the technology event of the summer. Mark your calendars for July 17th and
stop by the Pyramid Brewery Beer Garden in Seattle for an opportunity to take
a swing at Pyramid's seasonal beers, win raffle prizes and connect with Washington's
technology community.
"13th Annual WTIA Golf Open", warm up your golf swing for a fun day on the course at Glendale Country Club
July 28th! This full-day exclusive
tournament brings together executives from Washington State's leading technology
and associate firms for a day of golf and networking, complete with a post tournament
awards banquet. You will have the opportunity to have your swing analyzed by
GolfTEC, receive
an unprecedented swag bag full of exciting items, participate in Contests and
win great Raffle Prizes!
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