MINUTES OF GHAJICT MEETING on 29 June, 2007

MINUTES OF GHAJICT MEETING on 29 June, 2007 at

BusyInternet, Ring Road

 

 

Present:

n               Ruby Amable, Ag. VICE-PRESIDENT

n               E.K.Bensah, Ag. PRESIDENT

n               Fred Sarpong, Ag. PRO

 

Apologies:

·         Mawutodzi Abissath, Executive member

·         Emily Aggrey, asst Treasurer

·         Veronica Kwablah, Treasurer

·         Listowell Fordjour, Secretary

 

ISSUES

1. Follow-ups:
1. Emily on Finances
2. emmanuel on registration form on website
3. ruby on contact with parliamentary corps (for ict bills)
4. fred on list of invites, or pssibilities from list sent

 

2. status of meeting
3. outreach with ginks(.org)
4. aob

 

1. Follow-ups:

1. Emily on Finances

·         Emily had earlier sent an eml explaining that only her and Ruby had paid. Mawu had promised money, but had not taken it yet

·         Recommendation:

o        Emmanuel will pay GHC30.00 (ç300,000) to cover two quarters July-ending

o        Executive must provide deadlines on payment

o        Ruby can pay GHC15.00 (ç150,000) by end of July

o        Prospective amts:

§         Veronica – GHC15.00

§         Listowell – GHC15.00

§         Fred        -- GHC15.00

§         Mawu    --GHC15.00

TOTAL: GHC105.00 (ç1,050,000)

 

2. emmanuel on registration form on website

·         only Enoch has signed the form through the GHAJICT blog. Even members of the executive are yet to do so!

 

3. ruby on contact with parliamentary corps (for ict bills)

·         according to Fred and Ruby, there are some bills on e-governance that have not yet been laid before parliament

·         Ruby can obtain copies of e-communications bill

·         Suggestion to check National Communications Authority(NCA) website

·         Catch about the e-comm's bill is that World Bank is sponsoring a number of them; as per usual, providing conditionalities

 

4. fred on list of invites, or possibilities from list sent

·         Fred will take a look at the list again, and prune them

·         Will invite (almost) all from ICT industry

 

2. status of meeting

·         this is a pre-strategy meeting

·         we STILL might need to have an online meeting

·         we WILL assign roles and responsibilities to the LAUNCH for 20/25/27 ^th July

·         we WILL memorialize registration, and assign a "digi-cammer" to take a picture

·         recommendations:

o        invite Radio Gold's Isaac Tetteh and Mutala Muntari

o        send eml invite to Isaac

 

 

3. outreach with ginks(.org)
• tba

 

4. aob
• add Isaac Tetteh to GHAJICT list-servc
• GHAJICTERS should begin to think about submitting feature articles to Graphic
• Emmanuel suggested articles in Sunday World paper, since they have a section on ICTs
• Let's encourage and follow Mawu's example of having works published on ICTs
• On registration:

                                                              i.      Speak to executive

                                                            ii.      Commit them to pay GHC15.00/GHC30.00 every month till month-ending

• Re-think incumbent secretary's constraints on getting to meetings (he works in Tema!)
• NEXT STEPS:

                                                              i.      6 July @ 6pm – online meeting

                                                             ii.      13 july – online

                                                           iii.      20 july—physical meeting

                                                          iv.      27^th july—come with commitments /…and money!

                                                         v.      we launch association in august 2007!

 

 

Ends

 

Emmanuel.k.bensah