1. WITSA Board of Director’s Meeting September 28
Expo Guadalajara Convention Center, Guadalajara, Mexico
Room: Los Arcos, Business Center II

2. Chairman’s Remarks / Introduction Santiago Gutierrez

3. Roll Call Dr. Jim Poisant

4. 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

5. Board of Directors City Name Organization 15 Kenya Waudo Siganga CSK16
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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Call to Order / Approval of Meeting Minutes Santiago Gutierrez

11. Welcome Remarks & Update from WCIT 2014 CANIETI

12. Matters Arising Dr. Jim Poisant

13. Matters Arising: BOD Call, June 24
Status on GPATS 2015, Qatar
Secretary General Contract Term

14. Treasurer’s Report Dr. Amado Espinosa

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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
Program Income
82,990.92
83,333.32
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

18. 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

19. Standing Committee Meetings
Global Policy Action Committee Nizar Zakka, PCA

20. 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

21. Standing Committee Meetings
PROPOSAL FROM Education, Training & Human Resources Committee Dr. Boris Komrakov, Info Park

22. DECISION BLOCK

23. WITSA World Congress on IT (WCIT) 2018

24. Presentation of Proposals
Each presenter would be given
15 min. Presentation, 5 min. Q&A
Discussion & Voting
(Presenters leave room)
India
NASSCOM
Armenia
UITE

25. Presentation from Malaysia

26. WITSA World Congress on IT (WCIT) 2016 Gustavo Brum, ASSESPRO

27. WITSA Awards

28. 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)

29. 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)

30. Eminent Persons Award Update
Dr. Robert Khan Co-Father of the Internet Dr. Vint Cerf

31. WITSA Advisory Council

32. WELCOME Secretary General UNCTAD

33. Group Photo

34. LUNCH