Talk:Silicon Valley Leadership Group

Copyright Violations

So far:

• 4 Jun 2010, edit by 68.65.78.242 is blatant copy from the organization's website. Looking for more.
• 9 May 2011, edit by User:SVLG removed quotes around a block quote taken form the website. substituted one problematic block quote for another. The block quote shouldn't even be here, let alone removing the quotes.
• 22 Jun 2012, the first point in this edit, "on time and on budget." appears to be an unattributed quote from an OP-ed written by the CEO himself.

I suggest rollback to this edit from 30 Aug 2009. This edit actually has more sources than the present revision. It's unfortunate to lose the good-faith contributions since then, but luckily most of these edits are minor. We can re-add an info-box and so forth.Forbes72 (talk) 03:40, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

That would have been my choice too, Forbes72, if there hadn't been foundational copy-pasting from another source (http://www.calcars.org/calcars-news/854.html) as well. That left me nowhere to roll back to, so I've reluctantly opted for radical surgery instead. As always, I regret the pointless waste of the time and effort of good-faith editors that copyright violation all too often causes. Your work below seems to provide an excellent starting-point for anyone who now wants to expand this article, so thank you! Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 13:31, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Sources for later revisions

Immigration reform:

• Jennifer Martinez (1 Aug 2013). "Tech and agriculture industries team up to lobby for immigration reform". The Hill. Retrieved 10 Nov 2014.
• Jeremy Quittner (26 Nov 2013). "Immigration Reform Pressures Mount". Inc.com. Retrieved 10 Nov 2014..
• Greg Baumann (2 Apr 2014). "If you want to see immigration reform in 2014, contact John Boehner". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved 10 Nov 2014.
• Lauren Hepler (5 Apr 2014). "Tech amasses lobbying clout on immigration". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved 11 Nov 2014.

California Proposition 30 opposition:

• Josh Harkinson (2 Nov 2012). "Is Silicon Valley Voting Itself out of Business?". Mother Jones. Retrieved 10 Nov 2014.</ref>

Founding/General:

• George Avalos (18 July 2012). "Silicon Valley Leadership Group marks 35th anniversary". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 10 Nov 2014.
• "Member Companies". Silicon Valley Leadership Group. Retrieved 11 Nov 2014.

CEO Carl Guardino:

• Marc Lifsher (3 Apr 2011). "Carl Guardino wants to improve quality of life in Silicon Valley". LA Times. Retrieved 11 Nov 2014.
• Patt Morrison (10 Mar 2012). "Patt Morrison Asks: Carl Guardino, Silicon Valley's big wheel". LA Times. Retrieved 11 Nov 2014.

PACs and Political donations:

• Mike Rosenberg (30 May 2014). "PACs leave big imprint on San Jose mayor's race". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 11 Nov 2014.
• Sharon Noguchi (1 Nov 2012). "PAC Money Floods Local School Board Races In California, Attacks Incumbent Anna Song". Huffington Post. Retrieved 11 Nov 2014.
• JONATHAN ALLEN and TONY ROMM (5 Apr 2012). "Republicans woo Silicon Valley". Politico. Retrieved 11 Nov 2014.

Transport:

• Michael Cabanatuan (26 Oct 2014). "Business, Caltrain group looks to improve rail commute system". SF Gate. Retrieved 11 Nov 2014.

For later reference. Forbes72 (talk) 20:41, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed

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Proposed merge with Carl Guardino

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.

The result of this discussion was to merge as Carl Guardino has "little or no independent notability". BananaCarrot152 (talk) 02:46, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

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Guardino appears to have little or no independent notability, equally little coverage in reliable sources. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 23:09, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Agreed. Unless there are objections I will merge in the coming days. BananaCarrot152 (talk) 07:24, 3 February 2018 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Ahmad Thomas as the new CEO

This says the new CEO is Ahmad Thomas, effective August 10, 2020. The website, however, says the CEO is Ahmad Thomas. The official website is, in my opinion, enough, but I'd personally wait until August 10. Ahmad^talk 18:18, 6 August 2020 (UTC)