Here is a link to an e-mail exchange on that was posted on the Laurel Group Web site.

In it, Susannah Malarkey (Executive Director of the Technology Alliance, Ken Myer (President and CEO of the WSA, and John Drescher (Executive Director of TechNet Northwest) engaged in a nearly two week long email discussion about what they see as the crucial issues that might impact the business and technology communities in the Puget Sound.

It's a good read.