Election of the Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society Executive

Election of the Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society Executive

The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) held our first official AGM under our new by-laws on June 8th, 2011 and elected the following persons to the TTCS Executive:

• Chair – Dev Anand Teelucksingh (chair@ttcsweb.org)
• Vice-Chair – Anil Ramnanan (vice-chair@ttcsweb.org)
• Secretary – Ryan Shripat (secretary@ttcsweb.org)
• Assistant Secretary – Kurt Caesar (assistant-secretary@ttcsweb.org)
• Treasurer – Dulcie Furlonge (treasurer@ttcsweb.org)

Committees

In addition, the following Committees were appointed from members attending the June 8 2011 meeting in accordance with our new by-laws:

Education and Publicity Committee:

• Anil Ramnanan
• Dev Anand Teelucksingh
• Jacqueline Morris
• Richard Jobity

Financial Committee

• Chair : Dulcie Furlonge
• Anil Ramnanan
• Cintra Sooknanan
• Dev Anand Teelucksingh
• Kurt Caesar
• Ryan Shirpat

Advisory Committee

• Anil Ramnanan
• Cintra Sooknanan
• Dev Anand Teelucksingh
• Dulcie Furlonge
• Jacqueline Morris
• Richard Jobity
• Ryan Shirpat
• Sachin Ganpat

Change in TTCS Directors

With the resignation of Cintra Sooknanan, an additional Directorship became available and a decision was made to appoint Jacqueline Morris as a Director. The Executive and Directors would like to welcome Jacqueline Morris on her appointment and sincerely thank Cintra for her hard work and dedication over the years.

Joining the Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society

The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society is a computer user group formed in 1997. We:

• are a forum where computers, related technologies and related social issues are discussed;
• keep current with the events in the local Information Technology and telecommunications industries;
• “Network local computer users” so that they can share knowledge and improve upon their experiences with modern technology.

Membership in the Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society is open to anyone interested in computers regardless of the level of their computer experience or the type of hardware or software they use. To join, please fill out the online form available at https://www.ttcs.tt/jointtcs/

We have regular meetings, mailing lists, podcasts, and our website (http://ttcsweb.org) and presence on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/ttcsweb) and on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/ttcs) . We also hold membership in several international organisations and advise on technology issues in Trinidad and Tobago and the region.

Regards,

Ryan Shirpat
Secretary
Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society

(Update : 8 June 2011 as posted to our mailing lists : 

This is just a reminder of the TTCS Executive meeting today, June 8 2011 from 7-9pm at Engineering Consultants at 112A Edward Street, Port of Spain (corner of Oxford and Edward Street).

Here is an agenda for the meeting:

 

 

 

Dear All,

The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS ; http://ttcsweb.org/) has updated its bylaws to create an executive to oversee and run its affairs moving forward.

Our bylaws can be found at http://www.ttcsweb.org/Trinidad-and-Tobago-Computer-Society-Bye-laws.pdf

As a subscriber to our TTCS mailing list, our Facebook page or our Twitter feed, the directors of TTCS would like to invite you a meeting on Wednesday June 8 2011 from 7-9pm at Engineering Consultants at 112A Edward Street, Port of Spain (corner of Oxford and Edward Street).

At this meeting, you can became an member subject to our new bylaws and have a say in the future of the Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society.

Please email admin@ttcsweb.org if you will be attending. Furthermore, If you wish to be part of the TTCS executive (Chairman, a Deputy Chairman, a Treasurer, a Secretary, Assistant Secretary) send an email indicating the position in which you are interested to admin@ttcsweb.org

Kind Regards,

Dev Anand Teelucksingh
Secretary, Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society

Via http://tatt.org.tt/Judgementredominance.aspx

In March 2010, The Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) published a report titled “Final Determination: Dominance in Retail Domestic Fixed Telephony Markets” which concluded that that Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) “..is a dominant operator in the retail fixed narrowband markets for access and domestic calls” in Trinidad and Tobago.

On July 5 2010, TSTT applied for judicial review to the High Court of Trinidad and Tobago of TATT’s Determination on the basis, among other things that TATT’s Determination was procedurally irregular and/or unfair.

On May 4 2011, in a 31 page judgement by the Hon. Madam Justice C. Gobin, TSTT’s application for judicial review was dismissed and was ordered to pay costs . An excerpt from Paragraph 18 of the judgement :

“….I am more certain that the actions of the claimant [TSTT] in relation to its Single National Rate Proposal in mid 2007 were more than sufficient to provoke the defendant [TATT] to move to consider a determination of dominance. When in its insistence on imposing a rate change in the face of the defendant’s concerns, it waived the absence of a determination of dominance to justify its conduct and to flaunt its intention to do as it pleased without regard to the statutory powers of the defendant and to the public interest, it must have been clear to the claimant that it was inviting if not goading the defendant to activate a process to declare dominance. It was manifestly demonstrating that it enjoyed a position of strength which afforded it the power to behave independently of competitors, customers, and consumers. This conduct could not have been erased by any subsequent position taken in litigation or otherwise. The defendant would have been justified in taking the action that it did, indeed, it could have exposed itself to a complaint of dereliction of its duty if it had chosen to simply ignore it.”