WITSA Board of Director’s Meeting November 11, 2013; Sao Paulo

Chairman’s Remarks Santiago Gutierrez

Roll Call Dr. Jim Poisant

Board of Directors 4 CityNameOrganizationAttendance 1AfghanistanOmar AnsariNICTAABy phone 2ArgentinaDr. Silvia BidartCESSI 3BangladeshShaheen Mahmud IqbalBCSBy phone 4BelarusDr. Boris KomrakovInfoPark 5BermudaJohn Kyle Nancy Volesky (Alternate) Bermuda Chamber of Commerce 6BrazilRoberto MayerASSESPRO 7CanadaKarna GuptaITACBy phone 8ChileLuis SteinGechs 9Chinese TaipeiJames LiuCISA 10EgyptEng. Tarek A Monem TahaEITESALBy phone 11GreeceYannis SirrosSEPEBy phone 12Hong KongFrancis FongHKITF 13IndiaSom MittalNASSCOM 14JapanTakashi Igarashi Junko Kawauchi (Alternate) JISA

Board of Directors 5 CityNameOrganizationAttendance 15KenyaWaudo SigangaCSKBy phone 16LebanonNizar ZakkaPCA 17MalaysiaLooi Kien LeongPIKOMBy phone 18MexicoDr. Amado EspinosaCANIETI 19MexicoSantiago GutierrezCANIETI 20NigeriaFlorence SerikiITAN 21South KoreaKi-Chul KimFKIIBy phone 22RomaniaDr. Vasile BaltacATIC 23South AfricaRoger LatchmanITA 24SpainAntonio Cimmora Juantxo Guibelalde (Alternate) AMETIC 25U.S.AShawn OsborneTechAmericaBy phone 26UKJulian DavidTechUKBy phone

CityNameOrganizationAttendance 1ArgentinaVanessa LuchessiCESSI 2BelgiumJohn HigginsDIGITALEUROPE 3Chinese TaipeiIvy ChangCISA 4Chinese TaipeiTim LeeCISA 5Chinese TaipeiRobin ChuGuest 6Chinese TaipeiJay HsiehGuest 7ColombiaPaola Restrepo OspinaFEDESOFT 8ColombiaXimena DuqueFEDESOFT 9El SalvadorJuan Francisco Martinez CasaTIC (Member applicant) 10El SalvadorMario PadillaCasaTIC (Member applicant) 11El SalvadorJim HoughtonCasaTIC (Member applicant) In Attendance: Non Board Members 6

CityNameOrganizationAttendance 1GermanyBernd FriedrichGuest 2U.N.Tobjorn FredrikssonGuest 3GuatemalaAntonio SobalvarroAGEXPORT 4JapanHidemi YamamotoJISA 5KenyaKimiti Charles KyaloCSK 6KenyaKaringo NjokaCSK 7MexicoYunive MorenoCANIETI 8NigeriaMatthias IfesiehITAN 9PortugalJoão BrazãoAnetie 10VenezuelaPedro Pablo Ojanguren CAVEDATOS In Attendance: Non Board Members 7

CityNameOrganizationAttendance 1MexicoVictor Hugo EstradaWITSA 2U.S,ADr. Jim PoisantWITSA 3U.S.AAnders HalvorsenWITSA 4AustraliaTim ConwayWITSA 5MalaysiaJeralyn QuinsayasWITSA In Attendance: Non Board Members 8

9 Call to Order / Approval of Meeting Minutes

Welcome Remarks ASSESPRO

Matters Arising Dr. Jim Poisant

MatterStatus Finance Committee to discuss actions to be taken regarding WCIT 2012 outstanding debt Call took place September 17 th.. Matter on today’s agenda Status on WITSA’s new web site Matter on today’s agenda Spring Meeting proposed in Portugal Matter on today’s agenda Matters Arising: BOD Call, Sep 4

WITSA Treasurer’s Report Dr. Amado Espinosa

Summary Balance Sheet Summary Balance Sheet for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013 ASSETSSept 30, 2013 Current Assets Cash Accounts70, Accounts Receivable Net of Allowance135, Prepaid Expenses4, Investments - CD's104, Net Fixed Assets2, TOTAL ASSETS317, LIABILITIES & EQUITY Liabilities Current Liabilities Credit Cards Accrued Expenses30, Deferred Revenue140, Total Liabilities171, Equity Unrestricted Net Assets373, Net Income-227, Total Equity145, TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY317,494.14

Summary Statement of Income for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013 Summary Income Statement Ordinary Income/ExpenseJan - Sep 13 Income Investment Income2, Program Income107, Special Events Income0.00 Other Income63, Total Income173, Expenses Contract Services71, Operations10, Salary and Benefits291, Travel Expenses22, Other Expenses4, Total Expense400, Net Income-227,170.41

Cash Flow Statement of Cash Flow for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013 CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES Cash received from members131,538 Cash paid to vendors(415,605) Interest received 2,328 Net Cash Provided by (Used In) Operating Activities(281,739) CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES Cash used to purchase property and equipment (2,312) Cash used to purchase investments 151,366 Net Cash Provided by (Used In) Investing Activities 149,054 CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES Net Cash Provided by (Used In) Financing Activities - NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH (132,685) CASH, BEGINNING OF YEAR 203,385 CASH, September 30, ,700 RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) OPERATING ACTIVITIES: Net income (227,170) Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: Depreciation and amortization - (Increase) decrease in accounts receivable (54,165) (Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses (3,005) Increase (decrease) in accounts payable & accrued expenses (12,023) Increase (decrease) in deferred revenue 14,625 (54,569) NET CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) OPERATING ACTIVITIES (281,739)

 ITAC owes WITSA US$400K  Recognizing the financial difficulty, the BOD approved allowing ITAC to pay back US$300K if the money is being paid within 3 years  If not paid within this time frame, the total amount to be paid to WITSA, reverts to US$400K  Karna Gupta submitted a proposal which was rejected by the Finance Committee due to lack of specific commitments Event License Fees: WCIT

 The SG and Chairman reviewed options and concluded that a legal option was not feasible based on legal counsel  SG and Chairman have been working with Karna Gupta on a more definitive agreement  The following is the proposal to move the payment process forward Event License Fees: WCIT

Event License Fees: WCIT ITAC/WITSA to agree in principle for ITAC to launch the MillenniumEdu project in Canada “Potential Initial Estimate-$ K” ITAC agrees that SoftChoice will become a member of the WITSA Advisory Council for 4 years “US$60K” ITAC agrees to hire part time person dedicated to MillenniumEdu project Intel’s Canadian President to be on ITAC’s BOD After 200K is raised ITAC/WITSA will split proceeds until debt is paid in full Not feasible to affix a time frame for results, so the request is to remove the 3 years requirement

Working together in a cooperative manner is the underlying principle going forward  Approval to lift the requirement for the 3 years pay back  Discussion  Vote WCIT 2012 Going Forward

Total $75,  1/2 Paid  Balance to be paid in December 2013 GPATS 2013 Payment

 PAID in Full October 23 rd  Thank you ASSESPRO WCIT 2016 License Fee Payment

Decision Block 1.Suggested Bylaw Changes: Request for approval 2.Approval of Membership Application/s Vice Chairperson Silvia Bidart to present application. Membership request from: a) El Salvador: Consultores de Sistemas S.A. de C.V. (CASATIC) 3.Review and recommendations for dropping member not in good standing from WITSA’s membership rolls 4.WITSA Global Policy Action & Trade Summit (GPATS) 2015 approval

Bylaw Review

Bylaw Change Recommendations Recommendation: The BOD of Directors should elect a Chairperson from among its members. Presently the Chairman is elected by the General Assembly. Discussion / Vote Recommendation: The Chairperson should be employed within the ICT industry during his/her tenure as Chairperson. Presently bylaws state “Only a member Representative or alternate are eligible to serve as a director.” Discussion / Vote D 1

Membership Application El Salvador: Cámara Salvadoreña de las TIC (CASATIC) Presented by Dr. Silvia Bidart (Regional VC)

 Vision: to support sustainable economic growth to position El Salvador as a real player in the global economy from the ICT perspective & Becoming a business organization representing the industry of Information and communication technologies in the country  Mission: Being a business organization representing the industry of Information Technology and Communications, established as a reference to the public and private, national and international, becoming the promoter of technological development in the country CASATIC Qualifications 27  Composed of the biggest companies of the technologies industry in El Salvador  Representing the various branches such as hardware, software and services D 2

The following members are not in good standing in Those with an asterisk are delinquent for more than one year. Review of Members Not in Good Standing

Members Not In Good Standing (1/3) COUNTRYORGANISATIONACCRONYMRegion 1GambiaInformation Tech. Association of the Gambia ITAGAfrica 2ZimbabweComputer Suppliers' Association of Zimbabwe COMSAAfrica 3CambodiaICT Association of CambodiaICT:CAMAsia Pacific 4LaosLao ICT Commerce AssociationLICAAsia Pacific 5MongoliaMongolian National Information Technology Association / Mongolian Information Development Association MIDAS/MONITAAsia Pacific 6HaitiHaitian Association for the ICTsAHTICCaribbean 7Netherlands Antilles Curacao Information & Communication Association CICACaribbean 8Trinidad & Tobago The ICT Society of Trinidad and Tobago (ICTS) ICTSCaribbean 9BarbadosBarbados ICT Professionals’ Association, Inc. BIPACaribbean

Members Not In Good Standing (2/3) COUNTRYORGANISATIONACCRONYMRegion 10BulgariaBulgarian Association of Information Technologies BAITEurope 11HungaryHungarian Association of IT Companies IVSZEurope 12KazakhstanAssociation of IT Companies of Kazakhstan ITKEurope 13NetherlandsNetherland ICTEurope 14NorwayICT NorwayIKT NorgeEurope 15PolandPolish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications PIITEurope 16PortugalAnetie - Associação Naconal das Empresas das Tecnologias de Informação e Electrónica ANETIEEurope 17PortugalBusiness Association, Communication Portugal ACISTEurope 18Republic of Moldova Moldovan Association of Private ICT Companies ATICEurope 19SerbiaUnion of ICT Societies of SerbiaJISAEurope

Members Not In Good Standing (3/3) COUNTRYORGANISATIONACCRONYMRegion 20UruguayUruguayan Chamber of Information Technology CUTILatin America 21AfghanistanNational ICT Association of Afghanistan NICTAAMENA 22MoroccoMoroccan Federation of Information Technology, Telecommunication and Offshoring APEBIMENA 23PakistanThe Pakistan Software Houses Association 24SyriaSyrian Computer SocietySCSMENA 25TurkeyTurkish Informatics Industry Association TUBISADMENA 26CanadaInformation Technology Association of Canada ITACN. America

 Drop or allow to remain as members Recommendations on action to be taken with Members not in Good Standing D 3

WITSA Global Policy Action & Trade Summit (GPATS) 2015 Regional Nizar Zakka

GPATS MOU between WITSA and IJMA (Middle East & N Africa) was submitted to the Supreme Council of Information and Communications Technology of Qatar. The Council agreed in principle to the MOU. MOU includes Qatar paying WITSA 75K plus travel expenses for SG and Chairman of WITSA. Concept is to combine MENA ICT Week with GPATS in Qatar in Decision should be made by the end of the year D 4

Global Trade Committee David Wong (Call in)

Presently:  Organize trade mission – 2 to 3 times a year  Objective: Provide a platform for members interested in doing business with other countries  Maintained Soft Landing Zone  Objective: Created business facilities for members  Maintained Events Calendar  Objective: Created opportunities for members to promote their events Responsibilities Review

WITSA Trade Missions December 15, 2013Announcement to members (Request for Proposal) December 31, 2013RFP Deadline January 15, 2014Selection of country for the trade mission January 20, 2014Announcement of trade mission (general)

Planning:  World Congress of IT (WCIT) 2015 in Guadalajara, Mexico;  Any other event – invitation would be sent to members who are interested to host 2014 trade mission WITSA Trade Missions

Soft Landing Zone  There are 20 business centres  A survey was conducted in June to access the effectiveness of all centres - result: received little response from members  Planning: to revisit the centres benefit and reach out to members to use the centres

MORNING BREAK

Regional Vice Chairmen Report 1.AfricaRoger Latchman 2.Middle East & North AfricaNizar Zakka 3.Europe (EU + EEA)Yannis Sirros 4.Latin AmericaDr. Silvia Bidart 5.CaribbeanNancy Volesky for John Kyle 6.Asia PacificJunko Kawauchi for Takashi Igarashi

Status: 2014 Business Plan James Liu/CISA

Criteria for 2014 Business Plan New Business Plan  Value to Members  Revenue implications  Branding value to WITSA  Based on the work done by the Business Plan committee an updated Plan will emerge to be shared and vetted by all WITSA members.

Status on Business Plan Process 1Lead by Deputy Chairman 2Made up of Regional VCs, Chairman and Secretary General 3Process for plan defined 4First draft published 5Discussion in November 2013 in Sao Paulo 6Draft to all members in December Completed by January 31 st, 2014

LUNCH BREAK

Global Policy Action Committee Tim Conway

 WITSA’s Trade Paper –Approved at September meeting; for release at GPATS.  WITSA’s Information Management Paper –Delayed, now subject to discussions regarding government surveillance activities.  WITSA’s Cyber Hygiene Paper –Delayed, now subject to discussions regarding government surveillance activities. WITSA Policy Papers

 Report from GPAC Meeting (10 November)   Two policy papers to be prepared  Contribute to a successful WCIT2014 WITSA 2014 Policy Priorities

 Previous Declarations  Bermuda, Amsterdam, Guadalajara, Montreal  “Fulfilling the Promise of the Digital Age”  In 2013, we face reactionary change  Internet governance  Data localization  Fragmentation of trade liberalization These undermine the critical importance of access  Declaration: Re-commit to multilateral trade liberalization The São Paulo Declaration

Announcement from John Higgins

WITSA World Congress on IT (WCIT) 2014 Dr. Amado Espinosa

Status on WITSA’s Web Site Anders Halvorsen/Victor Estrada

Meeting Calendar Conference Call February 2014 Spring 2014 Date to be Determined

OPEN DISCUSSION

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