[TRU Research] Scheduling poll for next meeting

Sun Jan 23 10:48:54 PST 2022

Well that’s annoying! I also heard back from the Dept. of Revenue: “Please provide more specific details describing how you will be using the requested list.”  I already told them we were researching potential impacts of a minimum wage measure, but apparently that doesn’t justify wanting every single business’s name, address, employee count, industry classification and contact info… My guess is we won’t be able to convince them to give us this information, but if you have ideas let me know. I will try one more time to get some of it.

> On Jan 21, 2022, at 2:37 PM, Wes Mills <wesmills at wesmills.com> wrote:
> 
> Sometimes the state astounds me in a good way, sometines in a bad way.  Today is the latter.  They have a downloadable data extract on the Secretary of State's web site: https://www.sos.wa.gov/corps/alldata.aspx <https://www.sos.wa.gov/corps/alldata.aspx>
> 
> And here's a sample entry:
> 
> Ubi                    : 601720490
> BusinessName           : AMAZON.COM <http://amazon.com/>, INC.
> RecordStatus           : Active
> Category               : REG
> StateOfIncorporation   : DELAWARE
> DateOfIncorporation    : 1996-06-18T00:00:00
> ExpirationDate         : 2022-06-30T00:00:00
> DissolutionDate        :
> Duration               : PERPETUAL
> Type                   : PROFIT
> TypeDescription        : FOREIGN PROFIT CORPORATION
> RegisteredAgentName    : CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY
> RegisteredAgentAddress : 300 DESCHUTES WAY SW STE 208 MC-CSC1
> RegisteredAgentCity    : TUMWATER
> RegisteredAgentState   : WA
> RegisteredAgentZip     : 98501
> 
> The one field that's missing (other than the address of the business, which is in another file)?  Nature of Business.
> 
> So hopefully the PRA data Katie is getting will have it.  I'm also trying to see if I can do some light scraping so we can get the "Nature" field faster.
> 
> On Fri, Jan 21, 2022, at 07:55, Thomas Meyer wrote:
>> I don't have the skills to scrape the data, but yes it would be doable to map that. I would just sort different industries into separate lists and upload them each with a different color. 
>> 
>> On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 9:34 PM Jim Walseth <jim.walseth at gmail.com <mailto:jim.walseth at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> Wow no kidding! This sheds a lot light on Tukwila, so many businesses. 
>> 👍
>> Jim
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 8:43 PM Katie Wilson <katie at transitriders.org <mailto:katie at transitriders.org>> wrote:
>> That’s a lot of businesses! Here’s one idea. If we had industry classification as well as business name, and if we could do different color pins for different industries, it could be interesting to see a few key industries mapped— that could help inform our worker outreach strategies. I’m hoping that my public records request will give us that, but if it doesn’t, could we scrape the data from the SOS website <https://ccfs.sos.wa.gov/#/>? If you input business name you do get “nature of business” among other things.
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jan 20, 2022, at 8:17 PM, Thomas Meyer <thomas32492 at gmail.com <mailto:thomas32492 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Not sure this is remarkable, but as promised, I put the business list on a google map. 
>>> https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1SykaOXHP9jwDgmlvGpZJYIlOVsEgXNBd&usp=sharing <https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1SykaOXHP9jwDgmlvGpZJYIlOVsEgXNBd&usp=sharing> 
>>> 
>>> Not terribly illuminating when zoomed out, since the pins pretty much cover all of Tukwila. Zooming in and snooping around might yield something, though nothing really jumps out. 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 1:35 PM Katie Wilson <katie at transitriders.org <mailto:katie at transitriders.org>> wrote:
>>> Ok! We’re on for Tuesday, Feb. 8, 6:30-7:30pm. Here’s a zoom and a calendar invite.
>>> 
>>> If you come upon anything remarkable in the meantime, feel free to share over email.
>>> 
>>> - Katie
>>> 
>>> ——————————
>>> 
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>>> 
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>>> 
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>>>> On Jan 18, 2022, at 9:14 AM, Katie Wilson <katie at transitriders.org <mailto:katie at transitriders.org>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi All,
>>>> 
>>>> We had a good meeting last night, notes here <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiCgRv9epAC_OD2zq6V0n1Q_ybE1COENgXpB3hf5qcQ/edit?usp=sharing>.
>>>> 
>>>> I’m hoping we can reconvene in early Feb. Here’s a scheduling poll for some possible dates <https://www.when2meet.com/?14202966-FSmaZ>, please fill it out by the end of the day this Wednesday so we can choose a time.
>>>> 
>>>> And here, for reference, is the folder where we’re collecting research materials <https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Hlb9i4TDotVjjcFmxkCykHO6sO9i4zWO?usp=sharing>. It’s a little messy but if you poke around you can probably figure out what stuff is.
>>>> 
>>>> - Katie
>>>> 
>>>> Katie Wilson
>>>> General Secretary
>>>> Transit Riders Union
>>>> https://transitriders.org <https://transitriders.org/>
>>>> 206-781-7204
>>>> 
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