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1 WITSA General Assembly October 21, 2012, Montreal, Canada as at October 21, 2012 www.witsa.org

2 Chairman’s Remarks Dato’ Dan E Khoo www.witsa.org2

3 Roll Call Dr. Jim Poisant www.witsa.org3

4 4 Roll Call CountryCategoryAssociationName 1AfghanistanMember National ICT Association of Afghanistan (NICTAA) Mr. Omar Mansoor Ansari 2ArgentinaBOD Cámara de Empresas de Software y Servicios Informáticos (CESSI) Ms. Silvia Bidart 3ArgentinaBOD Cámara de Empresas de Software y Servicios Informáticos (CESSI) Ms. Vanessa Lucchesi 4ArgentinaMember Cámara de Empresas de Software y Servicios Informáticos (CESSI) Diego Berardo 5AustraliaAdvisorWITSATim Conway 6BangladeshMemberBangladesh Computer Samity (BCS)Mr. Md. Shahid-Ul-Munir 7BangladeshMemberBangladesh Computer Samity (BCS)Anania Mondol 8BelarusBOD The Scientific and Technological Association ”Infopark” Dr. Boris Komrakov 9Belgium DIGITALEUROPEMr. John Higgins 10BermudaBODBusiness Technology Division of the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce (BTD) John Kyle

5 www.witsa.org5 Roll Call CountryCategoryAssociationName 11BermudaStanding In BOD Business Technology Division of the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce (BTD) Ms. Nancy Volesky 12BrazilBOD Asociación de Empresas Brasileras de Tecnologías de la Información, Software e Internet (Assespro) Mr. Roberto Mayer 13CanadaBOD Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) Mr. Karna Gupta 14Chinese TaipeiBOD Information Service Industry Association of Chinese Taipei (CISA) Mr. James Liu 15Chinese TaipeiStanding In BOD Information Service Industry Association of Chinese Taipei (CISA) Ms. Ivy Chang 16Chinese TaipeiMember Information Service Industry Association of Chinese Taipei (CISA) Ms. Tina Hsu 17Chinese TaipeiGlobal PartnerIndustrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)Mr. Roger Jen-Chieh Cheng 18EgyptBOD Egyptian Information Technology, Electronics and Software Alliance (EITESAL) Eng./ Tarek A. Monem Taha 19Hong KongMemberHong Kong IT Federation (HKITF)Mr. Francis Fong 20JapanMemberJapan Information Technology Services Industry Association (JISA) Mr. Hidemi Yamamoto

6 www.witsa.org6 Roll Call CountryCategoryAssociationName 21JapanStanding In BOD Japan Information Technology Services Industry Association (JISA) Ms. Junko Kawauchi 22JapanBOD Japan Information Technology Services Industry Association (JISA) Mr. Takashi Igarashi 23JapanMember Japan Information Technology Services Industry Association (JISA) Mr. Norihiro Kono 24JapanGuestFujitsuMakoto Kono 25JapanGuestFujitsu FIPTatsuya Okamoto 26KenyaBODThe Computer Society of Kenya (CSK)Mr. Waudo Siganga 27LebanonBOD Professional Computer Association of Lebanon (PCA) Mr. Nizar Zakka 28LithuaniaMember INFOBALT (Association of the information technology, telecommunications and office equipment companies of Lithuania) Ms. Vilma Misiukoniene 29LithuaniaMember INFOBALT (Association of the information technology, telecommunications and office equipment companies of Lithuania) Mr. Andrius Plečkaitis 30MalaysiaBODAssociation of the Computer and Multimedia Industry Malaysia (PIKOM) Mr. Looi Kien Leong

7 www.witsa.org7 Roll Call CountryCategoryAssociationName 31MalaysiaBODWITSADato’ Dan E Khoo 32MalaysiaMember Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry Malaysia (PIKOM) Mr. David Wong 33MalaysiaGlobal PartnerMultimedia Development Corporation (MDeC)Datuk Badlisham Ghazali 34MalaysiaSecretariatWITSAJeralyn Quinsayas 35MalaysiaMember Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry Malaysia (PIKOM) Mr. Shaifubahrim Saleh 36MalaysiaMember Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry Malaysia (PIKOM) Ms. Angie Lim 37MexicoGlobal PartnerMexicoITAmado Espinosa 38MexicoGuest CANIETI (The Mexican Electronics Telecommunications and Information Technologies Industries Chamber) Mr. Santiago Gutiérrez 39NamibiaMember Namibia Information and Communications Technology Association (NICTA) Paul Rowney 40NamibiaGuest Namibian Network Information Center Dr. Eberhard Wolfgang Lisse

8 www.witsa.org8 Roll Call CountryCategoryAssociationName 41NetherlandsBODICT~OfficeDrs. Bernd Taselaar 42NigeriaMember Information Technology Industry Association of Nigeria (ITAN) Florence Seriki 43Republic of KoreaBOD Federation of Korean Information Industries (FKII) Ki-Chul (Casey) Kim 44Republic of KoreaMember Federation of Korean Information Industries (FKII) Jeung Bae (Grant) Son 45Republic of KoreaMember Federation of Korean Information Industries (FKII) Dr. Dong Sup Yoon 46RomaniaBOD ATIC - Association for Information Technology and Communications of Romania Dr. Vasile Baltac 47South AfricaBOD Information Technology Association of South Africa (ITA) Roger Latchman 48SpainBODAMETICAntonio Cimorra 49SwedenGuestDIGITALEUROPEPeter Olson 50VenezuelaMemberVenezuelan Chamber of IT Companies (CAVEDATOS) Pedro Pablo Ojanguren

9 www.witsa.org9 Roll Call CountryCategoryAssociationName 51UkraineMember Association "Information Technology Ukraine" (IT-Ukraine) Igor Mendzebrovskyj 52U.K.BOD The Information Technology, Telecommunications and Electronics Association (INTELLECT) Mr. Julian David 53U.S.A.BODTechAmericaMr. Shawn Osborne 54U.S.A.GuestmCADE, llcMs. Marilyn Cade 55U.S.A.OfficerWITSAJames Poisant 56U.S.A.SecretariatWITSAAnders Halvorsen 57USAGlobal Partner 58ZimbabweMember ICT Suppliers Association of Zimbabwe (COMSA) Harold Muvuti 59ZimbabweMemberICT Suppliers Association of Zimbabwe (COMSA) Mr. Cuthbert Mapurazi

10 www.witsa.org10 Call to Order / Approval of Meeting Minutes

11 www.witsa.org11 Welcome Remarks & Update from WCIT 2012 ITAC

12 Thank You for your generosity Sponsorship: WCIT 2012 Gala Dinner www.witsa.org 12

13 www.witsa.org13 Matters Arising Dr. Jim Poisant

14 www.witsa.org14 MatterStatus All MattersAll matters arising from the General Assembly meeting in 2010 to date have been addressed and resolved. Matters Arising: BOD Call, Aug 28

15 Priority Initiatives / WITSA’s Passion FULFILLING THE PROMISE OF THE DIGITAL AGE Strategic Planning Report www.witsa.org 15 Strategic Planning Session: Oct 29, 2010 Johannesburg, South Africa

16 Strategic Planning Report 16 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)

17 www.witsa.org17 WITSA Treasurer’s Report Roger Latchman

18 2010 / 2011 Summary Report www.witsa.org 18 20112010 REVENUES AND SUPPORT World Congress on IT$ 174,985$ 1,050,005 WCIT 2010-2014 Membership 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

19 Global Trade David Wong Standing Committee Meeting Report www.witsa.org19

20 EconomiesTotal Delegates Malaysia25 Sri Lanka2 Nepal1 Thailand3 Total31 Update of WITSA Trade Mission www.witsa.org20

21 WTM at a Glance: WTM www.witsa.org21 November 2011Guadalajara, MexicoLatin America March 2011Damascus, SyriaMENA December 2010Taipei, Chinese TaipeiAsia May 2010Amsterdam, NetherlandsEurope December 2009Melbourne, AustraliaAsia May 2009Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaAsia

22 Suggestion Discussion WITSA GPATS 2013 www.witsa.org22 AreaActivity 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

23 WITSA Calendar of Events 2012 www.witsa.org23 DateEventLocationRegion Aug 6-8 APEC Telecommunications and Information Ministerial St. PetersburgEurope Aug 9Australia 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 11-15Turkmentel 2012Ashgabat, IranMENA Sep 24-25IT Future 2012 Oct 5-7Digitec Expo Oct 11-12SOFTIC 2012 International Business

24 WITSA Calendar of Events 2012 www.witsa.org24 DateEventLocationRegion Oct 14-19ICANN 45Toronto North America Oct 20-21WITSA Meetings / GAMontreal, Canada North America Oct 22-24World Congress on IT 2012Montreal, Canada North America Nov 6-9Seventh Annual IGF Meeting (IGF)Baku, AzerbaijanMENA Nov 15-16ASOCIO Summit 2012Dakka, Sri LankaAsia TBASmart Sourcing Summit 2012 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Asia Nov 29 - Dec 2CeBIT Bilisim EurasiaIstanbul, Turkey Dec 3-14 ITU World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT12) Dubai, UAEMENA Dec 25-29BCS ICT World 2012Dhaka, Bangladesh

25 WITSA Calendar of Events www.witsa.org25 Lead by the WITSA Secretariat Supported by the GTC Suggestions for improvement of the Calendar of events Items of info can be included (Events, Mission, exhibition) Update the WITSA calendar of events website Every Vice Chairman to recommend events Proposal members can offer for participation complimentary tickets to WITSA members base on first come first serve basis, excluding flight, hotel

26 Options: WITSA Trade Missions 2013 www.witsa.org26 MonthEconomyRegionMajor Events February 13-15, 2013 IndiaAsia PacificNASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2013 March 5-9, 2013GermanyEuropeCeBIT May 2013MalaysiaAsia PacificAsia Pacific Outsourcing Summit May 21-23, 2013PragueEuropeEurope Shared Services and Outsourcing Week November 13-14, 2013 BrazilLatin AmericaWITSA GPATS 2013 November 2013LithuaniaEuropeICT Conference

27 Membership Committee Nizar Zakka Standing Committee Meeting Report www.witsa.org27

28 Membership Status www.witsa.org 28 200868 members 200971members 201078 members 201182 members 2012 (October)84 members

29 Trending www.witsa.org 29 2009 survey 2010 survey

30 Annual Membership Survey Key topics  Communications,  Events, Public Policy, B2B,  WITSA Trade Missions,  WITSA Business Centers,  Suggestions & Recommendations Membership Surveys www.witsa.org30

31 Public Policy  GPPS 2011 in Guadalajara (including GDL Declaration)  Global Policy Action Brochure  Established WITSA Advisory Council  Established new priority areas Membership Surveys Outcome www.witsa.org31

32 B2B  6 Trade Missions Organized Membership Surveys Outcome www.witsa.org32 November 2011Guadalajara, MexicoLatin America March 2011Damascus, SyriaMENA December 2010Taipei, Chinese TaipeiAsia May 2010Amsterdam, NetherlandsEurope December 2009Melbourne, AustraliaAsia May 2009Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaAsia

33 Communications  Members rated that communication is improving  New web site with enhanced news and social media features within 30 days www.witsa.org33

34 Global Policy Action Committee John Higgins Standing Committee Meeting Report www.witsa.org34

35  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

36 Nominating Committee Verified that all Candidates for Chairman and Directors have paid their membership dues and are in Good Standing Standing Committee Meeting Report www.witsa.org36

37 Nominating Committee www.witsa.org 37 Received & Publicized slate of directors & nominations of chairman Posted on web

38 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 www.witsa.org 38

39 Events Committee Dr. Jim Poisant Standing Committee Meeting Report www.witsa.org39

40 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 www.witsa.org 40 Global Public Policy Summit (2011)  Approximately 500 delegates  Outstanding Program  Entire licensing fee paid in full to WITSA

41 2013 Global Policy Action & Trade Summit Status on WITSA Events www.witsa.org 41 Brasil San Paulo, Brasil awarded right to host

42 WITSA Global Policy Action and Trade Summit (GPATS) 2013 Roberto Mayer Events Update www.witsa.org42

43 WITSA World Congress on IT (WCIT) 2014 Santiago Gutierrez, Dr. Amado Espinosa Events Update www.witsa.org43

44 WITSA World Congress on IT (WCIT) 2016 Bid Presentation ASSESPRO, Brazil Events Update www.witsa.org44 20 min-Presentation 10 min-Q & A

45 (Presenters leave room) General Assembly WCIT 2014 Review www.witsa.org45 Evaluation Discussion Vote

46 Election of Board of Directors WITSA Chairman Chairman Emeritus 2012-2014 TERM www.witsa.org 46

47 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 www.witsa.org 47

48 WITSA Board of Directors Nomination www.witsa.org 48 #CountryName & TitleAssociationGood S/gRe-Nom 1AfghanistanMr. Omar AnsariNICTAAYNew 2ArgentinaDr. Silvia BidartCESSIYYES 3BangladeshMr. Shaheen Mahmud IqbalBCSYNEW 4BelarusDr. Boris KomrakovInfoParkYNEW 5BermudaMr. John KyleBermuda ChamberYYES 6BrazilMr. Roberto MayerASSESPROYNEW 7CanadaMr. Karna GuptaITACYYES 8ChileMr. Luis SteinGechsYNEW 9Chinese TaipeiMr. James LiuCISAYYES 10Egypt Mr. Tarek M. Abdel Monem Taha EITESALYNEW 11GreeceMr. Yannis SirrosSEPEYYES 12Hong KongMr. Francis FongHKITFYNEW 13IndiaMr. Som MittalNASSCOMYYES 14JapanMr. Takashi IgarashiJISAYYES

49 WITSA Board of Directors Nomination www.witsa.org 49 #CountryName & TitleAssociationGood S/gRe-Nom 15KenyaMr. Waudo SigangaCSKYYES 16KoreaMr. Casey(KC) KimFKIIYYES 17LebanonMr. Nizar ZakkaPCAYYES 18MalaysiaMr. Looi Kien LeongPIKOMYYES 19Mexico*Mr. Santiago GutierrezCANIETIYNEW 20MexicoDr. J. Amado SantiagoCANIETIYNEW 21NigeriaMs. Florence SerikiITANYNEW 22RomaniaDr. Vasile BaltacATICYYES 23South AfricaMr. Roger LatchmanITAYYES 24SpainMr. Antonio CimorraAMETICYNEW 25 Trinidad and Tobago Mr. Owen FieldICTSYYES 26United KingdomMr. Julian DavidIntellectYNEW 27United States of America Mr. Shawn OsborneTechAmericaYNEW

50 WITSA Board of Directors: Call for Vote www.witsa.org 50 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

51 Mr. Santiago Gutierrez CANIETI, Mexico WITSA Chairman Nominee: Presentation www.witsa.org 51 Presentation 10 min.

52 WITSA Chairman www.witsa.org 52 DiscussionVote

53 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

54 WITSA Awards Anders Halvorsen www.witsa.org54

55 CategoryNomineeNominated by CHAIRMAN’S AWARD EasyHear by Logital Co. Ltd. Hong Kong Information Technology Federation (HKITF) PUBLIC SECTOR EXCELLENCE AWARD Taipei City GovernmentInformation 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 www.witsa.org 55

56 Honorable Mentions (Merit Awards) WITSA Global ICT Excellence Awards www.witsa.org 56 NomineeNominated by Malaysian Administrative Modernization and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU): Initiative: myIDENTITY Association of the Computer And Multimedia Industry Malaysia (PIKOM)PIKOM Pointe de l’Ile Community Healthcare CentreInformation Technology Association of Canada (ITAC)ITAC Taiwan CAF AllianceInformation Service Industry Association of Chinese Taipei (CISA)CISA Carvajal Tecnologia y ServiciosS.A.S.Colombian Software Industry Federation (FEDESOFT)FEDESOFT ECDL ROMANIA: Large-Scale Dissemination of Basic Skills to Use ICT (eInclusion) Association for Information Technology and Communications of Romania (ATIC)ATIC EMPLEARTEC Program - CESSI Camara de Empresas de Software y Servicios Informaticos (CESSI)CESSI Amar Desh Amar Gram (My Country My Village) Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS)BCS CISCO HELLAS: Make Innovation Work Compilation Federation of Hellenic Information Technology and Communications Enterprises (SEPE)SEPE ICT~OFFICE: For outstanding results in sustainability ICT~Office

57 THANK YOU Looi Kien Leong, Ong Kian Yew, Anders Halvorsen & Committee WITSA Global ICT Excellence Awards www.witsa.org 57

58 Mike Lazaradis, Founder RIM Mike Lazaradis Selected for Eminent Person’s Award www.witsa.org58  Founder and Vice Chairman of Research In Motion (RIM), which created and manufactures the BlackBerry wireless handheld device.Research In MotionBlackBerry  He is also a former chancellor of the University of Waterloo, and an Officer of the Order of Canada.chancellorUniversity of WaterlooOrder 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. Forbes  Responsible for starting SMARTPHONE business segment

59 WITSA Advisory Council John Higgins (Council Member Hand Out) www.witsa.org59

60 Presentation from Malaysia www.witsa.org60

61 Group Photo 1.Outgoing Board of Directors 2.Newly Elected Board of Directors 3.All members www.witsa.org61

62 Network Luncheon 13:00 – 14:00 Room: 514C www.witsa.org 62

63 WITSA Board of Directors Meeting www.witsa.org New Term 2012-2014

64 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 Nominee/s: 1.James Liu, CISA, Chinese Taipei

65 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 Nominee/s: 1.Dr. Amado Espinosa

66 Bylaw 6.11 Election of Regional Vice Chairman Asia Pacific North America Latin America Europe Africa Middle East & North Africa Caribbean Presently, we have 7 Regions. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 www.witsa.org 66

67 5 minutes given for each presentation Vice Chairman Regional Presentation www.witsa.org 67 REGION1 ST NOMINEEVOTE2 ND NOMINEEVOTE 1.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

68 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) 4.North America (1 post) – nominee: Open 5.Latin America (1 post) – nominee: Silvia Bidart 6.Asia Pacific (1 post) – nominee: Takashi Igarashi 7.Caribbean (1 post) – nominee: John Kyle Vice Chairman Regional Presentation www.witsa.org 68

69 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)

70 COMMITTEENominee/sVote Finance/CompensationDr. Amado Espinosa AuditOpen MembershipChairperson to be selected from Vice Chairmen EventsDr. Jim Poisant (appointment) Global Policy & ActionJohn Higgins Global TradeDavid Wong / Omar Ansari NominatingNizar Zakka Standing Committee 70

71 THANK YOU and and Congratulations to All ! Congratulations to All !

72  Review WCIT 2012 Financial www.witsa.org 72

73 Albanian Information and Communication Technology Association (AITA)  59 Members  Represent 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 www.witsa.org 73 DiscussionVote

74 Women in IT by Association of the information technology, teleacommunications and office equipment companies of Lithuania (INFOBALT), Vilma Misikuone Members Presentation www.witsa.org 74

75 MalaysiaMultimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) Chinese TaipeiIndustrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) MexicoMexicoIT BelarusConfederation of Industrialist & Entrepreneurs of Belarus Global Partner Presentations www.witsa.org 75

76 2013 BOD Meetings Schedule www.witsa.org 76 MeetingsDate 1 st Quarter 2013 Conference Call BOD meetingJanuary / Date to be announced 2 nd Quarter 2013 Physical BOD meetingJune 4-6, Taipei 3 rd Quarter 2013 Conference Call BOD meetingAugust 2013/Date to be announced 4 th Quarter 2013 Physical BOD meeting WITSA Global Policy Action and Trade Summit (GPATS) 2012 November 13-14, 2013, Sao Paolo

77 Open Discussion www.witsa.org 77

78 MEETING ADJOURNED www.witsa.org 78

79  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 www.witsa.org 79

80 WITSA Dues Report www.witsa.org 80 OrganizationDec 31, 10Dec 31, 11Oct 15, 12 1Afghanistan--50 2Algeria IT Association--525 3Benin275 4Bulgarian Association of Information Tech525 5Cambodia275 6Chilie--10 7Cisco--15,025 8France-5,025 9Gambia-275 10Hungarian Association of IT Companies--525 11ICT Norway1,275 12Indonesian Telematic Software Association525 13Israeli Association of Software Houses1,025 14Jamaica275- 15Lao ICT Commerce Association--275 16Mongolia-275

81 WITSA Dues Report www.witsa.org 81 OrganizationDec 31, 10Dec 31, 11Oct 15, 12 17Morocco525 18Myanmar--275 19Nepal--275 20Netherlands - Curacao Info & Comm525 21Pakistan525 22Republic of Macedonia--525 23Republic of Moldova-525 24Rwanda ICT Association275 25Senegalese Information Technology Assoc275 26Serbia525 27Syrian Computer Society-525 28The Tanzania ICTA275 29Tunisian IT Chamber-525 30Turkish Informatics Industry Association-1,275 31Uganda275 32Uruguayan Chamber of IT--525 7,375290,56058,810

82 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

83 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.


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