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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 158
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WHEREAS, Members of the Metroplex Technology Business |
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Council are gathering at the State Capitol to celebrate Texas |
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Technology Day on February 12, 2015; and |
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WHEREAS, Since the mid-1950s, North Texas has been home to |
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major facilities of such high-technology companies as Texas |
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Instruments, Collins Radio/Rockwell, and MCI, among many others; |
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today, the region's thriving Telecom Corridor boasts a variety |
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of telecommunications, information technology, biomedical, |
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semiconductor, and nanotechnology companies that employ 230,000 |
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people; and |
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WHEREAS, In response to this rapid growth, the Metroplex |
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Technology Business Council was founded in August 1994 by four |
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former chairs of the Richardson Chamber of Commerce, Jim |
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Carmichael of Rockwell International, Joe Snayd of Fujitsu, Max |
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Kee of Nortel, and Frank J. Kozel of MCI; over the years, the |
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council's membership has grown from 80 member companies to 300, |
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making it one of the largest technology trade associations in the |
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Lone Star State and in the Southwest; and |
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WHEREAS, Under its motto "Technology Lives Here," the |
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Metroplex Technology Business Council acts as an innovation hub |
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for entrepreneurs, universities, and corporations by strengthening |
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the North Texas technology community, fostering new technology |
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talent, and creating jobs and opportunity for countless Texans; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th |
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Legislature, hereby recognize the Metroplex Technology Business |
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Council on the occasion of Texas Technology Day and extend to the |
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visiting delegation sincere best wishes for an informative and |
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enjoyable day in Austin; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
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prepared for the Metroplex Technology Business Council as an |
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expression of high regard from the Texas Senate. |
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Taylor of Collin |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on February 17, 2015. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |