RE: Today's Meeting

["Ibrahim Barham" <ibrahim_barham@safad.com>]

Dear Jameel

I agree with you about our partnership with the industrial association, but
we have to make it officially through a general assembly meeting in the near
future. And about the meeting itself, I can see the following results:

1- The great and respectful response from our members to all the non
valuable discussion from the minister and his colleagues, and I am thinking
of sending a big thanks to all the members for such response.
2- We should insist that PITA is an independent association, and works hard
to have good relations with the other private sector associations.
3- To be always diplomatic enough to protect our members interest, which
means to be neutral in our relations with the ministers, but when it comes
to protect our interests, we should be very clear such as what we were
yesterday and with Mr. Sha'ath last week and with Mr. Falouji before.
4- Our expected meeting with Mr. Masri should be very solid and to the point
where we could achieve our intersects.

Best regards,

Ibrahim


-----Original Message-----
From: JAMEEL J. DAHER [mailto:jdaher@offtec.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 6:43 PM
To: PITA BOARD (E-mail)
Cc: PITA Mashhour Abudaka (E-mail); PITA Safa' Abdel Rahman (E-mail)
Subject: Today's Meeting


Dear All,
In reference to our meeting this morning at MOI, I believe it has become
extremely essential that we resolve the following issues ASAP, preferably in
our next board meeting.
1- PITA's final position and decision on NOT joining the Palestinian
Federation of Industries, since there is absolutely no point in having to
justify the delay in such decision to anybody, but in the contrary I feel
our official decision should be made clear to everybody once and for all.
2- I very much agree with Tareq's remark during the meeting on having to
work to eliminate any "missing link" between PITA and the MOI, and I would
suggest an immediate letter to further emphasis on our willingness to open
and start a productive dialogue with the
suggested committee, BUT not before we are provided with their clear and
specific objectives, which is to myself personally was rather vague and
ambiguous too.
Regards.

Jameel DAHER (Mr.)
OFFTEC - Palestine Office Technology
P.O.Box 2166 Ramallah - Palestine
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