Re: Meeting with Ann Bacher US Embassy Tel Aviv

["Sam Bahour" <sbahour@palnet.com>]

Please note the following comments:  

1.  At such high-profile mtgs it may be good if a few Board members would 
attended as well.  

2.  The outsourcing principle is great, esp since there are 3 firms contacted 
already.  But building upon the premise of Israel as a natural launching point 
may need more thought.  If US firms can be convinced by Ann's participation 
that's great, but we must also look beyond TLV for strategic alliances.   

3.  I like the consortium approach but this will take time.  While a consortium 
is being prepared we have firms like Bisan, Asel, ATS, Sidata, Noorsoft, etc 
that can provide services today and are not setup as a ma and pa store but 
rather as good foundation firms with over 10-20 employees each.  Facilitating 
outsourcing with these types of firms would give great insight into the needed 
setup/requirements of a real consortium and would provide here and now 
relief.  

4.  As for the consortium, can we look at PITA playing a role and making it 
happen, either through equity, consultancy, etc.

5.  Regarding the action points.  Is there a time frame?  

5.  Exhibitions are always good, but I think we need to move beyond 
exhibitions at this exact time and work for dealflow/facilitation/targeted 
marketing etc.  We would be kidding ourselves if we can properly market the 
sector and compete in the global marketplace under the present conditions 
and legal/regulatory/etc setup.  Don't misunderstand me, exposure is always 
good, but a few real business cases would be much better use of our efforts.  

Regards, Sam  


On 4 May 2001,, Mashhour Abudaka wrote:

> I am told that its going to work this time!
> regards
> 
> Mashhour Abudaka, PhD, DIC.
> Executive Director
> Palestine Information Technology Association of Companies (PITA)
> PO Box 2460, Ramallah, Palestine
> Tel: 02 296 1988 ,   Fax: 02 296 4121
> abudaka@pita-palestine.org
> www.pita-palestine.org
> 
> 



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