NEWS:

¤ Content Board Nominations Are Open!
If you would like to become more involved in SIIA Content Divisions activities, run for the Division Board of Directors. Meetings are held four times a year, with some conference calls. All that’s required is that your firm is a member in good standing and that you submit a nomination statement by February 22, 2007.  Elections will commence on February 26. To nominate go here: http://www.siia.net/elections/nominate.asp?eID=12

¤ 2007 Global Information Industry Summit Steering Committee
The Steering Committee had its first meeting on Thursday February 15th in preparation for this September Conference to be held in Berlin. This Committee will meet weekly on Thursday mornings at 11:30 EST. If you are interested in participating, please contact Ed Keating at ekeating@siia.net or 860-663-5535.

Collarity, Deborah Richman, Senior Vice President, Palo Alto, CA.
Collarity provides the only community based search technology that automatically tailors each search to the specific interests of the individual. The Collarity Compass enables publishers to deliver more effective search results, which means more page views and revenue for your site. Benefit from the wisdom of your audience!

FT Americas, Robin Johnson, President New York, NY.
Financial Times is one of the world's leading business information brands, internationally recognized for its authoritative news, comment and analysis. Whether in print or online, the Financial Times is essential reading for the global business community. Printed at 24 sites worldwide, the Financial Times newspaper has a daily circulation of over 434,000 and a readership of more than 1.5 million people worldwide. FT.com is one of the world's leading business information portals, and the Internet partner of the Financial Times. FT.com has 5 million unique monthly users that generate more than 45.7 million monthly page views.

Greenhill SAVP, Brian Hirsch, Managing Director New York, NY.
Silicon Alley Venture Partners ("SAVP") was originally founded in 1998. In early 2006, SAVP and Greenhill & Co. combined resources in 2006 to create Greenhill SAVP ("GSAVP'), a $100 million fund focused on early growth stage Technology-Enabled Services (TES) and Business Information Services (BIS) companies. GSAVP typically invests from $1 million to $8 million in companies primarily located in the Greater Tri-State Area from eastern Pennsylvania to northern Connecticut.

Onvia, Inc. Mike Pickett, Chairman and CEO Seattle, WA.
Information company providing revenue opportunity content for businesses working on public sector infrastructure projects.

The Real Time Matrix, Jeff Whitehead, Chief Executive Officer, Oakland, CA.
We match and deliver personally relevant content from the web the instant it is published. The Real Time Matrix provides technology to find what is relevant to "Me" from the continuous flow of live, Web content and send it on my personal channel. The content finds me in real time on cell phone, IM, browser, reader, PDA, or any other Internet-connected device.

Stockgroup Media Inc., Bruce Nunn, Vice President, Marketing, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Stockgroup is a leading financial media company that licenses client portfolio products and web-based financial content to retail investment institutions, designed to increase customer retention and profitability. Top brokerage firms use Stockgroup products to differentiate their brands and develop stronger, more profitable client relationships. Stockgroup owns and operates StockHouse.com, an online financial portal that hosts the BullBoards message board - Canada's largest community of active investors. StockHouse.com provides a highly targeted audience and sought-after demographic for advertisers.
 

The Government Affairs Council met in Washington, DC on December 14. New briefing materials were prepared for that meeting and are available to members at www.siia.net/govt. There is a large red box at the top right side called GAC Digital Briefing Book that links to the reports.