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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Sandra Shaw, president and CEO of the Brazosport |
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Area Chamber of Commerce, celebrated four decades of exemplary |
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service to the chamber on January 13, 2017; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Shaw began her career with the Brazosport |
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chamber in 1977, when she joined the organization as its |
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bookkeeper; over the following years, she served successively as |
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membership director, membership and finance director, and |
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executive director before becoming the chamber's president and CEO |
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in 1991; a graduate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for |
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Organization Management, she has led the Brazosport chamber in |
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garnering 43 State Awards of Excellence; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to serving on myriad chamber committees, |
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Ms. Shaw has given generously of her time and talents to such worthy |
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groups as the Texas Association of Business, the Shoreline Erosion |
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Task Force, the Women's Health Care Conference Advisory Committee, |
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and the Brazosport Business Roundtable; a valued resident of Lake |
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Jackson, she has served the people in her community and beyond as |
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president of the Gulf Coast Chamber Executives, and she has held two |
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terms on the Texas Chamber of Commerce Executives Board of |
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Directors; other organizations to have benefited from her |
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involvement include the Memorial Child Care Center, the Freeport |
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Mainstreet Advisory Board, The Facts Unsung Heroes Selection |
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Committee, and the Houston Sheltie Sanctuary; and |
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WHEREAS, For her outstanding efforts in behalf of her fellow |
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citizens, Ms. Shaw has been recognized by the American Society of |
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Economic and Community Developers, and she received the Jane Long |
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Pioneer Spirit Award from the Brazoria County Historical Museum in |
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2008; in all her endeavors, she enjoys the support of a loving |
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family that includes her husband of 34 years, Wayne, and their four |
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sons and seven grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout her 40-year tenure with the Brazosport |
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Area Chamber of Commerce, Sandra Shaw has made significant |
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contributions to advancing the chamber's mission and played a key |
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role in ensuring the vitality of Brazoria County, and she may take |
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well-deserved pride in her exceptional record of achievement; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Sandra Shaw for her 40 years of service to |
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the Brazosport Area Chamber of Commerce and extend to her sincere |
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best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Shaw as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Bonnen of Brazoria |
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| Allen |
Gonzales of Williamson |
Ortega |
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| Alonzo |
González of El Paso |
Paddie |
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| Anderson of Dallas |
Guillen |
Perez |
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| Anderson of McLennan |
Gutierrez |
Phelan |
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| Biedermann |
Howard |
Reynolds |
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| Bonnen of Brazoria |
Isaac |
Rodriguez of Bexar |
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| Bonnen of Galveston |
Israel |
Rodriguez of Travis |
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| Burkett |
Johnson of Dallas |
Romero, Jr. |
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| Burns |
Johnson of Harris |
Rose |
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| Cain |
King of Hemphill |
Schofield |
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| Canales |
King of Parker |
Schubert |
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| Capriglione |
King of Uvalde |
Shaheen |
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| Cosper |
Landgraf |
Stephenson |
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| Davis of Dallas |
Longoria |
Thompson of Brazoria |
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| Davis of Harris |
Lozano |
Thompson of Harris |
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| Dean |
Lucio III |
Tinderholt |
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| Gervin-Hawkins |
Nevárez |
Zedler |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 740 was adopted by the House on March 7, |
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2017, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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