1. WITSA General Assembly 13:30-14:25 October 2, 2016
Royal Tulip Brasilia Alvadora, Brasilia, Brazil
Room: Room JK - Convention Center

2. WI-FI Network: Meeting web site: RoyalEventos Password: 2813
Or “Members-Only” at Password: witsa123

3. Roll Call Dr. Jim Poisant
Presentation of Proxies, Bylaws and 8.1.3; Record Remote Participants
Dr. Jim Poisant

4. Participating Members (eligible to vote)
COUNTRY:
NAME:
ORGANIZATION:
RSVP: REMOTELY OR ATTENDING 1
Afghanistan
Mr. Omar Ansari
NICTAA
Pending visa 2
Argentina
Mr. Anibal Carmona [New BOD]
CESSI
Attending 3
Armenia
Mr. Hayk Chobanyan
UITE 4
Australia
Mr. Kee Wong [New BOD]
AIIA
Remotely & Proxy 5
Bangladesh
Md. Sabur Khan
BCS 6
Belarus
Dr. Boris Komrakov
InfoPark 7
Bermuda
Mr. John Kyle
Bermuda Chamber of Commerce 8
Brazil
Dr. Raul Colcher
ASSESPRO 9
Canada
Mr. Robert Watson
ITAC
No RSVP 10
Cyprus
Mr. Andreas Kashiouris
CITEA
Proxy 11
Egypt
Eng. Tarek A Monem Taha
EITESAL 12
El Salvador
Ms. Iris Palma
CASATIC
Remotely 13
Greece
Mr. Yannis Sirros
SEPE

5. Participating Members (eligible to vote)14
Guatemala
Mr. Oscar Garcia Colon
AGEXPORT
No RSVP 15
Hong Kong
William Chan
HKITF
Attending 16
India
Mr. R. Chandrashekhar
NASSCOM
Remotely. Alternate: Shivendra Singh 17
Japan
Mr. Kazunori Hamano
JISA 18
Jordan
Mr. Nidal Bitar
Remotely 19
Kenya
Mr. Waudo Siganga
CSK 20
Lithuania
Mr. Paulius Vertelka
INFOBALT 21
Malaysia
Mr. Stan Singh
PIKOM 22
Mexico
Mr. Carlos Funes Garay
CANIETI 23
Mr. Santiago Gutierrez (Chairman) 24
Myanmar
Htin Aung Khine
MCIA
Proxy 25
Nepal
Er. Binod Dhakal
CAN Federation 26
New Zealand
Mr. Graeme Muller [New BOD]
NZTech
Remotely & Proxy 27
Nigeria
Ms. Florence Seriki
ITAN
Remote 28
Philippines
Mr. Christopher Papa
ITAP 29
Republic of Korea
Mr. Woo-Keon Park
FKII 30
Romania
Dr. Vasile Baltac
ATIC 31
Singapore
Ms. Ho Se Mun
SiTF
Proxy (TBC) 32
South Africa
Mr. Roger Latchman (Deputy Chair)
ITA 33
Spain
Mr. Antonio Cimorra
AMETIC 34
Taiwan
Ms. Yvonne Chiu
CISA 35
Thailand
Dr. Thanachart Numnonda
ATCI 36 UK
Mr. Julian David
TechUK 37
Vietnam
Dr. Truong Gia Binh
VINASA 38
Zimbabwe
Mr. Cuthbert Mapurazi
ICT Suppliers’ Association of Zimbabwe

6. Proxy Votes (Jim Poisant)
Country
Appointing Member
Proxy 1
Romania
Dr. Vasile Baltac, ATIC
Santiago Gutierrez 2
Thailand
Dr. Thanachart Numnonda, ATCI
Mr. Kazunori Hamano 3
U.K.
Mr. Julian David, TechUK 4
Hong Kong
Mr. Erwin Huang, HIKTF 5
Singapore
Ms. Ho Semun, SiTF 6
New Zealand
Mr. Graeme Muller, NZTech 7
Bermuda
Mr. John Kyle, BTD 8
Australia
Mr. Kee Wong, AIIA 9
Philippines
Mr. Christopher Papa, ITAP 10
Vietnam
Dr. Truong Gia Binh 11
Nepal
Mr. Binod Dhakal 12
Myanmar
Mr. Htin Aung Khine 13
Cyprus
Mr. Andreas Kashiouris
Yannis Sirros
Proxy Count:
Santiago Gutierrez: 11 proxies | Yannis Sirros: 1
Kazunori Hamano: 1

7. General Assembly Voting Rules (Chairperson of WITSA & Board Directors)
There are three ways to vote for members in good standing: 1) by being physically present; 2) remotely by being connected via web conference or telephone call; or 3) by assigning a proxy

8. General Assembly Voting Rules (Chairperson of WITSA & Board Directors)
If you are physically present, you will receive a written ballot or will be asked to vote by raising your hand
If you are participating remotely by phone or web conference, you will vote by or web conference messaging system only at the time when voting sessions are taking place

9. General Assembly Voting Rules (Chairperson of WITSA & Board Directors)
If you are connected though WITSA’s conference call system, you will need to use either the link provided for GoToMeeting or the phone numbers provided therein. If, for any reason, you get disconnected during the voting session, please use one of the following alternate numbers: ; ; ; +1 (702) )

10. General Assembly Voting Rules (Chairperson of WITSA & Board Directors)
If you vote by proxy, you need to assign a member in good standing or the Chairman to vote on your behalf.
The proxy form is available at the meeting web site (

11. General Assembly Voting Rules (Chairperson of WITSA & Board Directors)
After you have completed and signed the proxy form, you or your assigned proxy member must send the proxy form to either the Chairman or the Secretary General no later than FRIDAY, September 30th before 1:30pm Brasilia time (12:30pm EDT).

12. General Assembly Voting Rules (Chairperson of WITSA & Board Directors)
No proxy forms will be allowed after this time
No oral proxies are permitted
In the event of a tie vote of the General Assembly or the Board, the Chairman may elect to break the tie with his/her vote (Bylaws 9.5.2)

13. Election of 2016 – 2018 Term Dr. Jim Poisant WITSA Board of Directors
WITSA Chairman

14. Election of WITSA Directors
Nominating Committee Chairman announces the slate of Director nominees
WITSA Chairman calls for vote on entire BOD slate of nominees (simple majority) by a show of hands
Discussion & Vote
WITSA Chairman announces the results of the vote.
Dr. Jim Poisant

15. Announcement of Slate of Directors Santiago Gutierrez

16. WITSA Board of Directors (2016-18)
Mr. David Wong
PIKOM, Malaysia 2
Mr. Yannis Sirros
SEPE, Greece 3
Mr. Erwin Huang
HKITF, Hong Kong 4
Ms. Yvonne Chiu
CISA, Taiwan 5
Mr. John Kyle
BTD, Bermuda 6
Dr. Boris Komrakov
InfoPark, Belarus 7
Dr. Raul Colcher
ASSESPRO, Brazil 8.
Dr. Vasile Baltac
ATIC, Romania 9.
Mr. Antonio Cimorra
AMETIC, Spain
10.
Mr. Graeme Muller
NZTech, New Zealand
11.
Mr. Kee Wong
AIIA, Australia
12.
Mr. R. Chandrashekhar
NASSCOM, India 13
Mr. Kazunori Hamano
JISA, Japan 14
Mr. Julian David
techUK, United Kingdom 15
Er. Binod Dhakal
CAN Federation, Nepal 16
Mr. Woo Keon Park
FKII, Korea 17
Mr. Sabur Khan
BCS, Bangladesh 18
Hayk Chobanyan
UITE, Armenia 19
Ms. Iris Palma
CasaTIC, El Salvador 20
Mr. Waudo Siganga
CSK, Kenya 21
Mr. Omar Mansoor Ansari
NICTAA, Afghanistan 22
Mr. Anibal H. Carmona
CESSI, Argentina 23
Mr. Dele Ajisomo
ITAN, Nigeria 24
Eng. Tarek Abd-elmonem Taha
EITESAL, Egypt 25
Mr. Santiago Gutierrez
CANIETI, Mexico

17. Discussion & Vote Santiago Gutierrez

18. Election of WITSA Chairperson
Nominating Committee Chairman announces the Chairman nominees
10 minute presentations by each candidate (only presenting candidate remains in room)
Comments and questions
Voting by members on ballots provided by WITSA staff (candidates leave the room; votes counted by Anders and Cathryn)
Only eligible voters remain at table
Remote participants present at the time of the voting will be allowed to send their vote electronically
WITSA Chairman announces the results of the vote.

19. WITSA Chairperson Nominees
Name
Association
Ms. Yvonne Chiu
CISA, Taiwan
Mr. Roger Latchman
ITA, South Africa

20. Discussion & Vote Santiago Gutierrez

21. Congratulations to the new Board of Directors & Chairman Group Photos