WITSA Board of Director’s Meeting September 28 Expo Guadalajara Convention Center, Guadalajara, Mexico Room: Los Arcos, Business Center II www.witsa.org
Chairman’s Remarks / Introduction Santiago Gutierrez www.witsa.org
Roll Call Dr. Jim Poisant www.witsa.org
Board of Directors City Name Organization 1 Afghanistan Omar Ansari NICTAA 2 Argentina Dr. Silvia Bidart CESSI 3 Bangladesh Shaheen Mahmud Iqbal BCS 4 Belarus Dr. Boris Komrakov InfoPark 5 Bermuda John Kyle (remote) Bermuda Chamber of Commerce 6 Brazil Raul Colcher ASSESPRO 7 Canada Karna Gupta ITAC 8 Chile Luis Stein Gechs 9 Chinese Taipei Yvonne Chiu CISA 10 Egypt Eng. Tarek A Monem Taha EITESAL 11 Greece Yannis Sirros (remote) SEPE 12 Hong Kong Francis Fong (remote) HKITF 13 India R. Chandrashekhar NASSCOM 14 Japan Takashi Igarashi JISA www.witsa.org
Board of Directors City Name Organization 15 Kenya Waudo Siganga CSK 16 Lebanon Nizar Zakka PCA 17 Malaysia Looi Kien Leong PIKOM 18 Mexico Dr. Amado Espinosa CANIETI 19 Santiago Gutierrez 20 Nigeria Florence Seriki ITAN 21 South Korea Ki-Chul Kim FKII 22 Romania Dr. Vasile Baltac ATIC 23 South Africa Roger Latchman ITA 24 Spain Antonio Cimmora AMETIC 25 UK Julian David Intellect www.witsa.org
Attending Members - Non Directors City Name Organization Remarks 1 U.S,A Dr. Jim Poisant WITSA 2 U.S.A Anders Halvorsen 3 Australia Tim Conway AIIA / WITSA 4 Malaysia Jeralyn Quinsayas 5 Argentina Vanessa Luchessi CESSI 6 Armenia Hayk Chobanyan UITE 7 Bangladesh Md Sabur Khan BCS 8 Rahman Md Mazibur 9 Muneem Hossain 10 Belarus Sergei Martynov EPAM Corporation Advisory Council 11 Brazil Jeovani Salomao ASSESPRO 12 Marco Tulio Chaparro www.witsa.org
Attending Members - Non Directors City Name Organization Remarks 13 Brazil Gustavo Brum ASSESPRO 14 Chinese Taipei Richard Yin CISA 15 Dr. Warren Chen III Global Partner 16 Roger Jen-Chieh Cheng ITRI Guest 17 Colombia Paola Restrepo Ospina FEDESOFT 18 Maria Camila Moreno 19 Costa Rica Otto Rivera CAMTIC 20 Minister Alex Mora Delgado Government of Costa Rica 21 El Salvador Mario Padilla CasaTIC 22 Juan Francisco Martinez 23 India Som Mittal Advisory Council 24 Shivendra Singh NASSCOM www.witsa.org
Attending Members - Non Directors City Name Organization Remarks 25 India Akansha Tete NASSCOM 26 Japan Hidemi Yamamoto JISA 27 Junko Kawauchi 28 Norihiro Kono 29 Dr. Mac Yokozawa JISA / NRI 30 Tatsuya Okamoto Fujitsu Guest 31 Lithuania Vilma Misiukoniene INFOBALT 32 Andrius Pleckaitis 33 Malaysia Dato’ Dan E Khoo PIKOM 34 David Wong 35 Cheah Kok Hoong 36 Ong Kian Yew 37 Stephanie Wong www.witsa.org
Attending Members - Non Directors City Name Organization Remarks 38 Mexico Luiz Ferezin AMITI 39 Javier Allard 40 Nigeria Matthias Ifesieh ITAN 41 Tayo Adeniyi 42 Paraguay Victor Manuel Ailon S. CiSoft 43 Portugal Raquel Relvas ANETIE 44 Rep of Korea Grant Son FKII 45 Dr. Dong Sup Yoon 46 Spain Jesus Martinez Ons AMETIC 47 U.S.A Marilyn Cade mCADE Advisor 48 Danielle Kriz ITI 49 Venezuela Pedro Pablo Ojanguren CAVEDATOS www.witsa.org
Call to Order / Approval of Meeting Minutes Santiago Gutierrez www.witsa.org
Welcome Remarks & Update from WCIT 2014 CANIETI www.witsa.org
Matters Arising Dr. Jim Poisant www.witsa.org
Matters Arising: BOD Call, June 24 Status on GPATS 2015, Qatar Secretary General Contract Term www.witsa.org
Treasurer’s Report Dr. Amado Espinosa www.witsa.org
Summary Balance Sheet (1/2) (as of Aug 31, 2014) ASSETS Current Assets Cash Accounts 343,161.69 Cash in operating accounts Accounts Receivable Net of Allowance 86,885.00 Outstanding dues and other receivables Prepaid Expenses 15,162.08 Insurance and Mexico D&B Report Investments - CD's 256,188.68 Certificate of Deposits Net Fixed Assets 4,002.77 TOTAL ASSETS 705,400.22 www.witsa.org
Summary Balance Sheet (2/2) (as of Aug 31, 2014) LIABILITIES & EQUITY Liabilities Current Liabilities Accounts Payable 1,205.00 Credit Card Payables 839.98 Accrued Expenses 28,377.70 Expenses incurred such as vacation and pension amounts Deferred Revenue 88,042.42 Amounts invoiced to customers that have not been earned yet. Total Liabilities 118,465.10 Equity Unrestricted Net Assets 818,635.65 Net Income -231,700.53 Total Equity 586,935.12 TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY 705,400.22 www.witsa.org
Summary Statement of Income (for the eight months ended Aug 31, 2014) Jan - Aug 2014 Budget Over Budget Ordinary Income/Expense Income Investment Income 2,048.20 2,666.68 -618.48 Program Income 82,990.92 83,333.32 -342.40 Dues, Global Partner Program Other Income 54,450.00 45,600.00 8,850.00 Corporate Advisory Program, In-Kind Revenue Total Income 139,489.12 131,600.00 7,889.12 Expenses Contract Services 50,253.89 56,166.68 -5,912.79 Accounting, Legal and Consulting Operations 10,297.73 13,113.32 -2,815.59 Communications, Website, Payroll Processing Fees Salary and Benefits 262,009.40 263,424.32 -1,414.92 Travel Expenses 40,117.27 27,000.04 13,117.23 All Travel Other Expenses 8,511.36 15,399.96 -6,888.60 Bank Fees, Insurance, Membership Dues, Depreciation, Awards Total Expense 371,189.65 375,104.32 -3,914.67 Net Income -231,700.53 -243,504.32 11,803.79 www.witsa.org
Summary Cash of Flows (for the eight months ended Aug 31, 2014) CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES Cash received from members $ 180,100 Cash paid to vendors . (379,161) Interest received 1,603 Net Cash Provided by (Used In) Operating Activities (197,458) CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES Cash used to purchase property and equipment (2,205) Cash used to purchase investments (150,959) Net Cash Provided by (Used In) Investing Activities (153,164) CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES Net Cash Provided by (Used In) Financing Activities - NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH (350,622) CASH, BEGINNING OF YEAR 693,784 CASH, August 31, 2014 343,162 www.witsa.org
Standing Committee Meetings Global Policy Action Committee Nizar Zakka, PCA www.witsa.org
GPAC Report “e-friction” study (BCG for ICANN) International Trade Valuable analysis of obstacles to delivering the promise of the digital age; possible extension into trade effects International Trade TISA, ITA slow progress; ITA push ahead of October APEC Ministerial Principles – privacy, security & data protection Straw man draft in circulation for review and comment, recommendation from new GPAC to BoD for next meeting Internet Governance NETmundial; WSIS/WSIS+10, IGF Turkey Multistakeholder vs Multilateral “Roadmap” of the impact on, and process for, ICT of governance change proposals www.witsa.org
Standing Committee Meetings PROPOSAL FROM Education, Training & Human Resources Committee Dr. Boris Komrakov, Info Park www.witsa.org
DECISION BLOCK www.witsa.org
WITSA World Congress on IT (WCIT) 2018 www.witsa.org
Presentation of Proposals Each presenter would be given 15 min. Presentation, 5 min. Q&A Discussion & Voting (Presenters leave room) India NASSCOM Armenia UITE www.witsa.org
Presentation from Malaysia www.witsa.org
WITSA World Congress on IT (WCIT) 2016 Gustavo Brum, ASSESPRO www.witsa.org
WITSA Awards www.witsa.org
Global ICT Excellence Awards Category Nominee Nominated by CHAIRMAN’S AWARD Telekom Research & Development Sdn. Bhd. (Project: Advanced Internet Lighting Application: A Multifunction Communication System & A Bright Entertainment Device) Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry Malaysia (PIKOM) PUBLIC SECTOR EXCELLENCE AWARD Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division: Bangladesh Ministry of Posts, Telecommunication and Information Technology)nt Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS) PRIVATE SECTOR EXCELLENCE AWARD President Chain Store Corporation Information Service Industry Association of Chinese Taipei (CISA) DIGITAL OPPORTUNITY AWARD Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. TRUE TELLER (Big data analysis/text mining application) Japan Information Technology Services Industry Association (JISA) www.witsa.org
Global ICT Excellence Awards Category Nominee Nominated by SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AWARD Institute for Information Industry: Smart Energy Management System Information Service Industry Association of Chinese Taipei (CISA) MOBILE EXCELLENCE AWARD Banglalink Digital Communications Ltd. Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS) www.witsa.org
Eminent Persons Award Update Dr. Robert Khan Co-Father of the Internet Dr. Vint Cerf www.witsa.org
WITSA Advisory Council www.witsa.org
WELCOME Secretary General UNCTAD www.witsa.org
Group Photo www.witsa.org
LUNCH www.witsa.org