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I '1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I ~L~F~FRING 101 Capitol Square Building O 550 Cedar Street'~ St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 ~ 612/2~-"6-2007 December 23, 1981 MINNESOTA I?ELLSPRING COMHITTEES Introduction At its premiere dinner on September 28, 1981, Minnesota Wellspring identified five areas for action. Study committees and project task forces v/ill address issues containing within these general topics. The five topical areas are: 1. Techrlology and Job Creation ". 2. Technology Transfer 3. Technology in the Workplace 4. Technology and Education / .. 5. Technology and Public.Understandi The Minnesota Wellspring Board of DirectOrs has also agreed on general criteria for determining proposed activities. They include: Wellspring projects should demonstrate collegiality and creative collaboration across activity and interest sectors. Activities should be undertaken in partnership with other organizations and build linkages among persons in business, labor, education, and government. Projects selected should either: -" . a. Support viable or promising projects already in place; or b. Build on work occurring elsewhere; or c. Bridge gaps where no one else has been able to meet an identified need. o Wellspring should focus its efforts on those activities which are the most critical in stimulating the development and application of technology for Minnesota-based jobs.' "Technology" should be broadly defined as the process encompassing the inception of an idea to its application in the workplace. l~ellspring actions should emphasize the entrepreneurial spirit and the ne~d for innovation, flexibility, and forward-thinking activities. '- AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER