RE: Meeting with Ann Bacher US Embassy Tel Aviv

["PITA" <abudaka@pita-palestine.org>]

This is what we are going to do, hopefully soon

rgds

Mashhour Abudaka

-----Original Message-----
From: Rama International [mailto:info@rama-intl.com]
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 12:01 AM
To: abudaka@pita-palestine.org; Members of PITA
Subject: Re: Meeting with Ann Bacher US Embassy Tel Aviv

Marhaba Mashhour and all

We have gone through this consortium concept and certification in Jordan
through our new venture - Clicomm.com. This issue will not be resolved
through conducting workshops and seminars. This is a serious business that
requires firm commitments, quality control and proper delivery mechanisms.


- Issa







----- Original Message -----
From: "PITA" <abudaka@pita-palestine.org>
To: "Members of PITA" <members@pita-palestine.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 2:39 AM
Subject: RE: Meeting with Ann Bacher US Embassy Tel Aviv


> Dear Issa,
> We are in the middle of putting PITA action plan for this year and one
> prominent activity is certification and standardization. PITA will
proposed
> workshops and programmes of firm level assistance.
> But business has to take consortium forming or forming other businesses
> alliances as a matter attracting international investments.
>
> Rgds
>
>
>
> Mashhour Abudaka
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rama International [mailto:info@rama-intl.com]
> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 7:46 PM
> To: sbahour@palnet.com; Members of PITA; abudaka@pita-palestine.org
> Subject: Re: Meeting with Ann Bacher US Embassy Tel Aviv
>
> Dear All,
>
> Outsourcing could be a way out for the Palestinian IT sector especially
> during these rough times. However, and out of personal experience, there
is
> an important pre-requisite for outsourcing services that American and
> European firms require, and this is mainly certification - for Systems and
> Software Engineering.
> Qualifying for certification requires hard work and may take a long time.
I
> suggest that we start thinking along these lines to be effective in this
> endeavor. I have more information about this subject should anyone require
> it.
>
>
> Regards;
>
>
> Issa Eways
> President and CEO
> Rama International www.rama-intl.com
> Clicomm Inc. www.clicomm.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sam Bahour" <sbahour@palnet.com>
> To: "Members of PITA" <members@pita-palestine.org>;
> <abudaka@pita-palestine.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 4:22 AM
> Subject: Re: Meeting with Ann Bacher US Embassy Tel Aviv
>
>
> > 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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