Arizona Technology Council Foundation Announces Formation of Start-up Committee.TEMPE, Ariz. -- The Arizona Arizona (âr'əzō`nə), state in the southwestern United States. It is bordered by Utah (N), New Mexico (E), Mexico (S), and, across the Colorado R., Nevada and California (W). Technology Council Foundation announced today the formation of a start-up Start-up The earliest stage of a new business venture. committee. This start-up committee will have responsibility for formalizing the structure of the organization and drafting the Foundation's 2006 strategic plan. The Arizona Technology Council Foundation was created in 2004 and is recognized as a 501(c)(3) by the Internal Revenue Service. The organization's purpose is to provide expanded fund raising, grant making, and scholarship abilities that are currently not possible as a professional organization, or 501(c)(6). These initiates will further enhance the vision of the Arizona Technology Council, which is for the state of Arizona to be recognized as a top-tier center for technology-based businesses. "By creating this start-up committee, we will have a dedicated team of experts to help the Foundation move forward," said Donna Kent, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the Arizona Technology Council. "The Foundation will become a driving force in the technology community for our state, and we look forward to reporting back to our constituents our progress and accomplishments." About The Arizona Technology Council Since its inception in 2002, the Arizona Technology Council has stood as the largest association of technology companies in Arizona, whose shared vision is for the state to be recognized as a top-tier center for technology-based businesses. The Council works to carry out this vision by driving partnerships, policies and programs that advance the business climate for Arizona's technology community and by representing, supporting and advocating for member companies through initiatives, advocacy, networking and effective communications. The Arizona Technology Council represents 35,000-plus employees at more than 450 of the leading technology companies across Arizona. Represented industries include advanced manufacturing, aerospace, biotechnology, e-learning (Electronic-LEARNING) An umbrella term for providing computer instruction (courseware) online over the public Internet, private distance learning networks or inhouse via an intranet. See CBT. , environmental technology, software, Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the applications, semiconductors, and telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. . For more information about the Arizona Technology Council Foundation or the Arizona Technology Council, visit http://www.aztechcouncil.org See .org. (networking) org - The top-level domain for organisations or individuals that don't fit any other top-level domain (national, com, edu, or gov). Though many have .org domains, it was never intended to be limited to non-profit organisations. RFC 1591. . |
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