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Transcript of WITSA General Assembly October 21, 2012, Montreal, Canada as at October 21, 2012 .
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Roll Call
Country Category Association Name1 Afghanistan Member National ICT Association of Afghanistan
(NICTAA)Mr. Omar Mansoor Ansari
2 Argentina BOD Cámara de Empresas de Software y Servicios Informáticos (CESSI)
Ms. Silvia Bidart
3 Argentina BOD Cámara de Empresas de Software y Servicios Informáticos (CESSI)
Ms. Vanessa Lucchesi
4 Argentina Member Cámara de Empresas de Software y Servicios Informáticos (CESSI)
Diego Berardo
5 Australia Advisor WITSA Tim Conway
6 Bangladesh Member Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS) Mr. Md. Shahid-Ul-Munir
7 Bangladesh Member Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS) Anania Mondol
8 Belarus BOD The Scientific and Technological Association ”Infopark”
Dr. Boris Komrakov
9 Belgium DIGITALEUROPE Mr. John Higgins
10 Bermuda BOD Business Technology Division of the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce (BTD)
John Kyle
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Roll Call
Country Category Association Name11 Bermuda Standing In BOD Business Technology Division of the Bermuda
Chamber of Commerce (BTD)Ms. Nancy Volesky
12 Brazil BOD Asociación de Empresas Brasileras de Tecnologías de la Información, Software e Internet (Assespro)
Mr. Roberto Mayer
13 Canada BOD Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC)
Mr. Karna Gupta
14 Chinese Taipei BOD Information Service Industry Association of Chinese Taipei (CISA)
Mr. James Liu
15 Chinese Taipei Standing In BOD Information Service Industry Association of Chinese Taipei (CISA)
Ms. Ivy Chang
16 Chinese Taipei Member Information Service Industry Association of Chinese Taipei (CISA)
Ms. Tina Hsu
17 Chinese Taipei Global Partner Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) Mr. Roger Jen-Chieh Cheng
18 Egypt BOD Egyptian Information Technology, Electronics and Software Alliance (EITESAL)
Eng./ Tarek A. Monem Taha
19 Hong Kong Member Hong Kong IT Federation (HKITF) Mr. Francis Fong
20 Japan Member Japan Information Technology Services Industry Association (JISA)
Mr. Hidemi Yamamoto
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Roll Call
Country Category Association Name21 Japan Standing In BOD Japan Information Technology Services Industry
Association (JISA)Ms. Junko Kawauchi
22 Japan BOD Japan Information Technology Services Industry Association (JISA)
Mr. Takashi Igarashi
23 Japan Member Japan Information Technology Services Industry Association (JISA)
Mr. Norihiro Kono
24 Japan Guest Fujitsu Makoto Kono
25 Japan Guest Fujitsu FIP Tatsuya Okamoto
26 Kenya BOD The Computer Society of Kenya (CSK) Mr. Waudo Siganga
27 Lebanon BOD Professional Computer Association of Lebanon (PCA)
Mr. Nizar Zakka
28 Lithuania Member INFOBALT (Association of the information technology, telecommunications and office equipment companies of Lithuania)
Ms. Vilma Misiukoniene
29 Lithuania Member INFOBALT (Association of the information technology, telecommunications and office equipment companies of Lithuania)
Mr. Andrius Plečkaitis
30 Malaysia BOD Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry Malaysia (PIKOM)
Mr. Looi Kien Leong
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Roll Call
Country Category Association Name31 Malaysia BOD WITSA Dato’ Dan E Khoo
32 Malaysia Member Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry Malaysia (PIKOM)
Mr. David Wong
33 Malaysia Global Partner Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) Datuk Badlisham Ghazali
34 Malaysia Secretariat WITSA Jeralyn Quinsayas
35 Malaysia Member Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry Malaysia (PIKOM)
Mr. Shaifubahrim Saleh
36 Malaysia Member Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry Malaysia (PIKOM)
Ms. Angie Lim
37 Mexico Global Partner MexicoIT Amado Espinosa
38 Mexico Guest CANIETI (The Mexican Electronics Telecommunications and Information Technologies Industries Chamber)
Mr. Santiago Gutiérrez
39 Namibia Member Namibia Information and Communications Technology Association (NICTA)
Paul Rowney
40 Namibia Guest Namibian Network Information Center Dr. Eberhard Wolfgang Lisse
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Roll Call
Country Category Association Name41 Netherlands BOD ICT~Office Drs. Bernd Taselaar
42 Nigeria Member Information Technology Industry Association of Nigeria (ITAN)
Florence Seriki
43 Republic of Korea BOD Federation of Korean Information Industries (FKII)
Ki-Chul (Casey) Kim
44 Republic of Korea Member Federation of Korean Information Industries (FKII)
Jeung Bae (Grant) Son
45 Republic of Korea Member Federation of Korean Information Industries (FKII)
Dr. Dong Sup Yoon
46 Romania BOD ATIC - Association for Information Technology and Communications of Romania
Dr. Vasile Baltac
47 South Africa BOD Information Technology Association of South Africa (ITA)
Roger Latchman
48 Spain BOD AMETIC Antonio Cimorra
49 Sweden Guest DIGITALEUROPE Peter Olson
50 Venezuela Member Venezuelan Chamber of IT Companies (CAVEDATOS)
Pedro Pablo Ojanguren
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Roll Call
Country Category Association Name51 Ukraine Member Association "Information Technology Ukraine"
(IT-Ukraine)Igor Mendzebrovskyj
52 U.K. BOD The Information Technology, Telecommunications and Electronics Association (INTELLECT)
Mr. Julian David
53 U.S.A. BOD TechAmerica Mr. Shawn Osborne
54 U.S.A. Guest mCADE, llc Ms. Marilyn Cade
55 U.S.A. Officer WITSA James Poisant
56 U.S.A. Secretariat WITSA Anders Halvorsen
57 USA Global Partner
58 Zimbabwe Member ICT Suppliers Association of Zimbabwe (COMSA)
Harold Muvuti
59 Zimbabwe Member ICT Suppliers Association of Zimbabwe (COMSA)
Mr. Cuthbert Mapurazi
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Call to Order /Call to Order /
Approval of Meeting MinutesApproval of Meeting Minutes
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Welcome Remarks Welcome Remarks
& &
Update from WCIT 2012Update from WCIT 2012
ITACITAC
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Matter Status
All Matters All matters arising from the General Assembly meeting in 2010 to date have been addressed and resolved.
Matters Arising: BOD Call, Aug 28
Priority Initiatives / WITSA’s Passion
FULFILLING THE PROMISE OF FULFILLING THE PROMISE OF THE DIGITAL AGETHE DIGITAL AGE
Strategic Planning Report
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Strategic Planning Session: Oct 29, 2010 Johannesburg, South Africa
Strategic Planning Report
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WITSA 2011 Priority Initiatives The World Congress of Information Technology (in progress) The Global Public Policy Summit (completed) Digital Planet (exceeded sales projections) Multiple Year WITSA Event Corporate Sponsor Program / Corporate
Advisory Council Global Partner Program (2012/(4) Global and (1) Associate Partner) Membership (China/Germany) (China - MOU signed) Global Organizational Relationships (Expanded through Advisory
Council) G20 ICT Network (Discontinued) Advisory Council Established Global ICT Impact Study replaced by Policy Action Document UN Global Alliance for ICT Development / Expanded by Advisory
Council ICT Excellence Awards (completed)
2010 / 2011 Summary Report
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2011 2010REVENUES AND SUPPORT
World Congress on IT $ 174,985 $ 1,050,005 WCIT 2010-2014Membership dues 116,384 107,569 Global partners 66,183 78,808 GPPS licensing fees 56,110 Advertising & publications 6,503 750 Interest 6,199 594
TOTAL REVENUES AND SUPPORT 370,254 1,293,836 EXPENSES
Programs General 332,977 336,208 Special events 18,171 16,077
Total Programs # 351,148 352,285
Administrative 214,515 215,062 TOTAL EXPENSES # 565,663 567,347 CHANGE IN NET ASSETS # (195,409) # 726,489 NET ASSETS AS OF BEGINNING OF YEAR 887,025 160,536 NET ASSETS AS OF END OF YEAR 691,616 887,025 Contributed Services Income 15,000 755,000 Contributed Services Expenses 15,000 755,000
Economies Total Delegates
Malaysia 25
Sri Lanka 2
Nepal 1
Thailand 3
Total 31
Update of WITSA Trade Mission
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WTM at a Glance:
WTM
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November 2011 Guadalajara, Mexico Latin America
March 2011 Damascus, Syria MENA
December 2010 Taipei, Chinese Taipei Asia
May 2010 Amsterdam, Netherlands Europe
December 2009 Melbourne, Australia Asia
May 2009 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Asia
WITSA GPATS 2013
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Area Activity
Structure Program runs parallel with policy summit
Educational Site Visit 2 groups (Policy and Trade
fields) meet during opening and closing
Program Include trade policy topic
WITSA Calendar of Events 2012
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Date Event Location Region Aug 6-8 APEC Telecommunications and
Information MinisterialSt. Petersburg Europe
Aug 9 Australia 3.0 Melbourne, Australia
Asia
Sep 3-4 PIKOM Leadership Summit @ NIM 2012
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Asia
Sep 7-9 PIKOM Digital Lifestyle Expo / World Cyber Games 2012
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Asia
Sep 11-15 Turkmentel 2012 Ashgabat, Iran MENA
Sep 24-25 IT Future 2012
Oct 5-7 Digitec Expo
Oct 11-12 SOFTIC 2012 International Business
WITSA Calendar of Events 2012
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Date Event Location Region Oct 14-19 ICANN 45 Toronto North
AmericaOct 20-21 WITSA Meetings / GA Montreal, Canada North
AmericaOct 22-24 World Congress on IT 2012 Montreal, Canada North
AmericaNov 6-9 Seventh Annual IGF Meeting (IGF) Baku, Azerbaijan MENA
Nov 15-16 ASOCIO Summit 2012 Dakka, Sri Lanka Asia
TBA Smart Sourcing Summit 2012 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Asia
Nov 29 - Dec 2 CeBIT Bilisim Eurasia Istanbul, Turkey
Dec 3-14 ITU World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT12)
Dubai, UAE MENA
Dec 25-29 BCS ICT World 2012 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Options:
WITSA Trade Missions 2013
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Month Economy Region Major Events
February 13-15, 2013
India Asia Pacific NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2013
March 5-9, 2013 Germany Europe CeBIT
May 2013 Malaysia Asia Pacific Asia Pacific Outsourcing Summit
May 21-23, 2013 Prague Europe Europe Shared Services and Outsourcing Week
November 13-14, 2013
Brazil Latin America WITSA GPATS 2013
November 2013 Lithuania Europe ICT Conference
Membership CommitteeMembership Committee
Nizar ZakkaNizar Zakka
Standing Committee Meeting Report
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Membership Status
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2008 68 members
2009 71members
2010 78 members
2011 82 members
2012 (October) 84 members
Annual Membership Survey
Key topics
Communications, Events, Public Policy, B2B, WITSA Trade Missions, WITSA Business Centers, Suggestions & Recommendations
Membership Surveys
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Public Policy
GPPS 2011 in Guadalajara (including GDL Declaration)
Global Policy Action BrochureEstablished WITSA Advisory CouncilEstablished new priority areas
Membership Surveys Outcome
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B2B
6 Trade Missions Organized
Membership Surveys Outcome
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November 2011 Guadalajara, Mexico Latin America
March 2011 Damascus, Syria MENA
December 2010 Taipei, Chinese Taipei Asia
May 2010 Amsterdam, Netherlands Europe
December 2009 Melbourne, Australia Asia
May 2009 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Asia
Communications
Members rated that communication is improving
New web site with enhanced news and social media features within 30 days
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Global Policy Action CommitteeGlobal Policy Action Committee
John HigginsJohn Higgins
Standing Committee Meeting Report
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2010 Johannesburg: strategic review; theme: fulfilling the promise of the Digital Age Proactive, Global Policy Action Committee
2011: “Policy Actions…” brochure; GPPS Guadalajara sustainable economic growth protecting information & infrastructure building a thriving ICT sector effective & efficient public services Well received by members
2012: three new areas of focus: Focus on Internet governance; international trade; data management
Enhanced outreach via formation of WITSA Advisory Council
GPAC 2010-2012
Nominating CommitteeNominating Committee
Verified that all Candidates for Chairman and Directors have paid their membership dues and are in
Good Standing
Standing Committee Meeting Report
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General Assembly votes for
1.Board of Directors
2.Chairman
3.Chairman Emeritus
Board of Directors votes for
1.Deputy Chairman
2.Treasurer
3.Vice Chairmen
4.Standing Committee Chairperson
Nominating Committee
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Events CommitteeEvents Committee
Dr. Jim PoisantDr. Jim Poisant
Standing Committee Meeting Report
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WCIT 2010 over 3,000 delegates Voted best event in Europe World Class Program Entire licensing fee paid in full to WITSA
Status on WITSA Events
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Global Public Policy Summit (2011) Approximately 500 delegates Outstanding Program Entire licensing fee paid in full to
WITSA
2013 Global Policy Action & 2013 Global Policy Action & Trade SummitTrade Summit
Status on WITSA Events
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San Paulo, Brasil Brasil
awarded right to host
WITSA Global Policy Action and WITSA Global Policy Action and Trade Summit (GPATS) 2013Trade Summit (GPATS) 2013
Roberto MayerRoberto Mayer
Events Update
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WITSA World Congress on IT WITSA World Congress on IT (WCIT) 2014(WCIT) 2014
Santiago Gutierrez, Santiago Gutierrez,
Dr. Amado EspinosaDr. Amado Espinosa
Events Update
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WITSA World Congress on IT WITSA World Congress on IT (WCIT) 2016(WCIT) 2016
Bid PresentationBid Presentation
ASSESPRO, Brazil
Events Update
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20 min-Presentation10 min-Q & A
Election of Election of
Board of DirectorsBoard of Directors
WITSA ChairmanWITSA Chairman
Chairman EmeritusChairman Emeritus
2012-2014 TERM2012-2014 TERM
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Request for Nominations for Chairman and BOD
Nominations Due (Nominees reviewed by Nominating Committee )
Slate of Qualified Candidates Published and submitted to the entire membership
Election
Sent request to the entire membership on August 8, 2012
August 31, 2012
September 9, 2012
GA meeting on October 21, 2012
WITSA Chairman & Board of Directors: Nomination Process
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WITSA Board of Directors Nomination
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# Country Name & Title Association Good S/g Re-Nom1 Afghanistan Mr. Omar Ansari NICTAA Y New
2 Argentina Dr. Silvia Bidart CESSI Y YES
3 Bangladesh Mr. Shaheen Mahmud Iqbal BCS Y NEW
4 Belarus Dr. Boris Komrakov InfoPark Y NEW
5 Bermuda Mr. John Kyle Bermuda Chamber Y YES
6 Brazil Mr. Roberto Mayer ASSESPRO Y NEW
7 Canada Mr. Karna Gupta ITAC Y YES
8 Chile Mr. Luis Stein Gechs Y NEW
9 Chinese Taipei Mr. James Liu CISA Y YES
10 Egypt Mr. Tarek M. Abdel Monem Taha
EITESAL Y NEW
11 Greece Mr. Yannis Sirros SEPE Y YES
12 Hong Kong Mr. Francis Fong HKITF Y NEW
13 India Mr. Som Mittal NASSCOM Y YES
14 Japan Mr. Takashi Igarashi JISA Y YES
WITSA Board of Directors Nomination
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# Country Name & Title Association Good S/g Re-Nom15 Kenya Mr. Waudo Siganga CSK Y YES
16 Korea Mr. Casey(KC) Kim FKII Y YES
17 Lebanon Mr. Nizar Zakka PCA Y YES
18 Malaysia Mr. Looi Kien Leong PIKOM Y YES
19 Mexico *Mr. Santiago Gutierrez CANIETI Y NEW
20 Mexico Dr. J. Amado Santiago CANIETI Y NEW
21 Nigeria Ms. Florence Seriki ITAN Y NEW
22 Romania Dr. Vasile Baltac ATIC Y YES
23 South Africa Mr. Roger Latchman ITA Y YES
24 Spain Mr. Antonio Cimorra AMETIC Y NEW
25 Trinidad and Tobago
Mr. Owen Field ICTS Y YES
26 United Kingdom Mr. Julian David Intellect Y NEW
27 United States of America
Mr. Shawn Osborne TechAmerica Y NEW
WITSA Board of Directors: Call for Vote
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Chairman Khoo to Call for Motion to Elect Entire Slate of Nominees for Directors unless there’s any objection
Chairman Khoo Calls for Show of Hands for any objection / telephone call-ins
•Voting assessment complete •Decision announced
Mr. Santiago GutierrezMr. Santiago Gutierrez
CANIETI, Mexico
WITSA Chairman Nominee: Presentation
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Presentation 10 min.
Chairman Emeritus, Bylaw 9.7
Format of Casting Votes
Election Officer: Dr. Jim Poisant calls for Nomination for Dato’ Dan E Khoo to
Chairman Emeritus
Requests a Show of Hands for Vote
Category Nominee Nominated by
CHAIRMAN’S AWARD EasyHear by Logital Co. Ltd.
Hong Kong Information Technology Federation (HKITF)
PUBLIC SECTOR EXCELLENCE AWARD
Taipei City Government
Information Service Industry Association of Chinese Taipei (CISA)
PRIVATE SECTOR EXCELLENCE AWARD
TinyEYE Therapy Services
Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC)
DIGITAL OPPORTUNITY AWARD
Virtusa Corporation: For the Application: Akura School
Sri Lanka Association of Software and Services Companies (SLASSCOM)
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AWARD
Green Billing (by iDotTV)
Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry Malaysia (PIKOM)
WITSA Global ICT Excellence Awards
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Honorable Mentions (Merit Awards)
WITSA Global ICT Excellence Awards
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Nominee Nominated byMalaysian Administrative Modernization and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU): Initiative: myIDENTITY
Association of the Computer And Multimedia Industry Malaysia (PIKOM)
Pointe de l’Ile Community Healthcare Centre Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC)
Taiwan CAF Alliance Information Service Industry Association of Chinese Taipei (CISA)
Carvajal Tecnologia y ServiciosS.A.S. Colombian Software Industry Federation (FEDESOFT)
ECDL ROMANIA: Large-Scale Dissemination of Basic Skills to Use ICT (eInclusion)
Association for Information Technology and Communications of Romania (ATIC)
EMPLEARTEC Program - CESSI Camara de Empresas de Software y Servicios Informaticos (CESSI)
Amar Desh Amar Gram (My Country My Village)
Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS)
CISCO HELLAS: Make Innovation Work Compilation
Federation of Hellenic Information Technology and Communications Enterprises (SEPE)
ICT~OFFICE: For outstanding results in sustainability
ICT~Office
THANK YOU THANK YOU
Looi Kien Leong,
Ong Kian Yew,
Anders Halvorsen
& Committee
WITSA Global ICT Excellence Awards
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Mike Lazaradis, Founder RIM
Mike Lazaradis Selected for Eminent Person’s Award
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Founder and Vice Chairman of Research In Motion (RIM), which created and manufactures the BlackBerry wireless handheld device.
He is also a former chancellor of the University of Waterloo, and an Officer of the Order of Canada.
With an estimated net worth of $US 800 Million (as of June 2011), Lazaridis was ranked by Forbes as the 17th wealthiest Canadian and 651st in the world.
Responsible for starting SMARTPHONE business segment
Group Photo
1.Outgoing Board of Directors
2.Newly Elected Board of Directors
3.All members
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Deputy Chairman, Bylaw 9.6
Format for selection of Deputy Chairman
Election Officer calls for additional nominations
Election Officer calls for discussion and vote by (Show of Hands) unless there are more than one
candidates (Ballot form)
Nominee/s: 1.James Liu, CISA, Chinese Taipei
Treasurer, Bylaw 9.10
Format for selection of Treasurer
Election Officer calls for additional nominations
Election Officer calls for discussion and vote by (Show of Hands) unless there are more than
one candidates (Ballot form)
Nominee/s:1.Dr. Amado Espinosa
Bylaw 6.11
Election of Regional Vice Chairman
Asia Pacific
North America
Latin America
Europe
Africa
Middle East & North AfricaCaribbean
Presently, we have 7 Regions.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
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5 minutes given for each presentation
Vice Chairman Regional Presentation
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REGION 1ST NOMINEE VOTE 2ND NOMINEE VOTE1. Africa (1 post) Roger Latchman Florence Seriki
2. Middle East & North Africa (1 post)
Nizar Zakka
3. Europe (2 post) EU: Yannis Sirros
Non-EU: Dr. Boris Komrakov
4. North America (1 post)
5. Latin America (1 post)
Dr. Silvia Bidart
6. Asia Pacific (1 post) Takashi Igarashi
7. Caribbean (1 post) John Kyle
5 minutes given for each presentation
1.Africa (1 post) – nominees: Roger Latchman (Anders to present) & Florence Seriki
2.Middle East and North Africa (1 post) – nominee: Nizar Zakka
3.Europe (2 post)
EU countries – nominee: Yannis Sirros (EU+EEA) (Dr. Jim Poisant to present)
Non-EU countries – nominee: Dr. Boris Komrakov (non-EU)•North America (1 post) – nominee: Open•Latin America (1 post) – nominee: Silvia Bidart•Asia Pacific (1 post) – nominee: Takashi Igarashi•Caribbean (1 post) – nominee: John Kyle
Vice Chairman Regional Presentation
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Format for selection of Standing Committee Chairperson
Election Officer calls for additional nominations
Election Officer calls for discussion and vote by (Show of Hands) unless there are more
than one candidates (Ballot form)
COMMITTEE Nominee/s Vote
Finance/Compensation Dr. Amado Espinosa
Audit Open
Membership Chairperson to be selected from Vice Chairmen
Events Dr. Jim Poisant (appointment)
Global Policy & Action John Higgins
Global Trade David Wong / Omar Ansari
Nominating Nizar Zakka
Standing Committee
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Albanian Information and Communication Technology Association (AITA)59 MembersRepresent the interests of its members by: identifying, recognizing and addressing barriers to growth in the ICT sector; promoting the Albanian ICT products/services in and outside Albania; introducing and encouraging expansion of internationally accepted ICT standards in the country; supporting innovation in Albania; driving education toward, and improving the educational curricula in the ICT field.
New Membership Application
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Women in IT by Association of the information technology,
teleacommunications and office equipment companies of Lithuania
(INFOBALT), Vilma Misikuone
Members Presentation
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Malaysia Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC)
Chinese Taipei Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)
Mexico MexicoIT
Belarus Confederation of Industrialist & Entrepreneurs of Belarus
Global Partner Presentations
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2013 BOD Meetings Schedule
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Meetings Date
1st Quarter 2013
Conference Call BOD meeting January / Date to be announced
2nd Quarter 2013
Physical BOD meeting June 4-6, Taipei
3rd Quarter 2013
Conference Call BOD meeting August 2013/Date to be announced
4th Quarter 2013
Physical BOD meetingWITSA Global Policy Action and Trade Summit (GPATS) 2012
November 13-14, 2013, Sao Paolo
WITSA Audits were conducted in 2010 & 2011
Form 990 (Detailed reports) were posted for both years for all members
Overall results: WITSA continues to improve its financial position (Exception WCIT 2012 Licensing Fee)
WITSA Audits
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WITSA Dues Report
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Organization Dec 31, 10 Dec 31, 11 Oct 15, 121 Afghanistan - - 502 Algeria IT Association - - 5253 Benin 275 275 2754 Bulgarian Association of Information Tech 525 525 5255 Cambodia 275 275 2756 Chilie - - 107 Cisco - - 15,0258 France - 5,025 5,0259 Gambia - 275 27510 Hungarian Association of IT Companies - - 52511 ICT Norway 1,275 1,275 1,27512 Indonesian Telematic Software Association 525 525 52513 Israeli Association of Software Houses 1,025 1,025 1,02514 Jamaica 275 - 27515 Lao ICT Commerce Association - - 27516 Mongolia - 275 275
WITSA Dues Report
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Organization Dec 31, 10 Dec 31, 11 Oct 15, 1217 Morocco 525 525 52518 Myanmar - - 27519 Nepal - - 27520 Netherlands - Curacao Info & Comm 525 525 52521 Pakistan 525 525 52522 Republic of Macedonia - - 52523 Republic of Moldova - 525 52524 Rwanda ICT Association 275 275 27525 Senegalese Information Technology Assoc 275 275 27526 Serbia 525 525 52527 Syrian Computer Society - 525 52528 The Tanzania ICTA 275 275 27529 Tunisian IT Chamber - 525 52530 Turkish Informatics Industry Association - 1,275 1,27531 Uganda 275 275 27532 Uruguayan Chamber of IT - - 525
7,375 290,560 58,810
Article VI: Directors, Section 6.11
Election of Regional Vice Chairman
The Board shall appoint from among the Directors a vice chairman of each Region (“Regional Vice Chairman”), with particular responsibility to ascertain and to voice the interest and concerns of Members within such geographical Regions as the Board shall designate, to retain Members, and to generate new Members and Associate Members
Article VI: Directors, Section 6.10
Appointment of Standing Committee
The Board shall establish, and appoint two or more directors to serve on, certain Standing Committees (including bunt not limited to a Nominating Committee, a Finance Committee, Membership Committee, Global Trade Committee and a Public Policy Committee) and may establish such other special committees as in its discretion the Board deems appropriate. Individuals who are not Directors, including Associate Member Representatives or alternates, may also be allowed to serve on such committees. All member of such committees serve at the pleasure of the Board.