Amendment #246 to H3400

MassCAN Advisory Board Membership

Mr. Cantwell of Marshfield moves to amend the bill in Section 34 by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:

(b) There shall be a MassCAN advisory board to consist of 10 members, to be appointed by the governor: 1 of whom shall be recommended by Massachusetts Competitive Partnership, Inc.; 1 of whom shall be recommended by the Massachusetts Business Roundtable; 1 of whom shall be recommended by the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, Inc.; 1 of whom shall be recommended by a federally-funded research corporation; 1 of whom shall be recommended by the chair of the computer science department of a public university; 1 of whom shall be recommended by the president of the Massachusetts Teachers Association;  1 of whom shall be recommended by the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents, Inc.; 1 of whom shall be recommended by the Greater Boston chapter of the Computer Science Teachers Association; 1 of whom shall be recommended by the METCO program; and 1 whom shall be recommended by the Massachusetts chapter of the Society of Women Engineers.