Resolution 120238

..Title Proclaiming the week of April 20, 2012 to April 28, 2012 as the "Second Annual Philly Tech Week presented by AT&T," and again honoring the broad Philadelphia technology community. ..Body WHEREAS, The Philadelphia technology, innovation and creative communities are again coming together to celebrate their importance to region's economy, culture, and future; and WHEREAS, The Philadelphia technology community - with leadership from local technology news organization Technically Philly - has again organized a series of more than 70 scheduled events around technology and innovation in Philadelphia called "Philly Tech Week" and scheduled for April 20, 2012 to April 28, 2012; and WHEREAS, This week includes events such as Startup Weekend, Switch Philly, What it Takes to be a Black Entrepreneur, Computer Literacy for Senior Citizens, Social Media for Nonprofits, the Philly Robotics Expo, the Digital Bridge, Entrepreneur Expo, the Hack Gallery Show, the Future of iOS Games; and WHEREAS, The organizing groups include Independents Hall, Philly Startup Leaders, NextFab Studio, Hive 76, the Hacktory, Nonprofit Technology Resources, the Little Berlin exhibition space, and the Philadelphia Game Lab; and WHEREAS, The participating institutions include the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, the City of Philadelphia, the Wharton School of Business, Temple and Drexel universities, the University of the Arts, the University City Science Center, the Knight Foundation, the Franklin Institute and WHYY; and WHEREAS, The sponsoring businesses include Comcast, Ticketleap, Aweber, First Round Capital, Dell Boomi, SEER Interactive, DreamIt Ventures, Morgan Lewis, Tropo, T-Mobile, Azavea, RJ Metrics, Chariot Solutions, Duck Duck Go, and Little Giant Media; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That it declares the week of April 20, 2012 to April 28, 2012 as the "Second Annual Philly Tech Week presented by AT&T"; encourages all Philadelphians to participate in the series of scheduled events, conversation, and action around technology and innovation; and commends the broad technology community for creating jobs, increasing community and remaining committed to the betterment of Philadelphia. FURTHER RESOLVED, That an Engrossed copy of this resolution be presented to representatives of Philly Tech Week as evidence of the sincere sentiments of this legislative body. ..End