Title: Strategy Committee Meeting
Date:19 Jul 2006
Time:16:00-17:30
Chair: Lawrence Wong
Meeting Minutes (Draft)
1. Attendance: David West, Ma Yan, Shigeki Goto, Jianping Wu, George McLaughlin, Lawrence Wong, Kazunori Konishi, Simon Lin, Denis Villorente, Sureswaran Ramadass, Kanchana Kanchanasut, Bok-Gyu Joo, Byung-Kyu Kim, Borhanudin Mohd. Ali, Panjai, Chalermpol.
2. Due to the high tax liability that APAN-Secretariat had been incurring, a new non-profit entity, APAN Foundation, had been proposed and in the process of being set up. This would significantly reduce taxation. The establishment of APAN Foundation was initiated a month before the 22nd APAN Meeting and is estimated to take another 2 months.
3. APAN-Secretariat proposed a budget for 2006 with reduced expenses and greater efficiency. This reduction in expenses arose partly through the support of organisations in Thailand, such as UniNet and Nectec, who are contributing resources in kind. APAN appreciates this support. As such the Committee concluded that APAN Secretariat should continue to operate in Thailand.
4. Jianping Wu suggested setting up legal APAN-International entity in a cost-effective location, such as Hong Kong or Taiwan. The Committee agreed that Prof. Wu, assisted by Lawrence Wong should prepare a comparative survey and report, benchmarking Thailand at the same time for Committee evaluation.
5. The Committee discussed issues related to TEIN3 and how APAN should respond to this initiative. The Committee decided to form a TEIN3 Task Force Team (TFT) to work out recommendations/options. The TFT would comprise the following members:
- Byung-Kyu Kim (Chair)
- Lawrence Wong (Secretary)
- George McLaughlin
- Kazunori Konishi
- Jianping Wu [or alternate to be confirmed]
6. BK Kim will draft the Terms of Reference for the TFT and arrange the TFT to deliberate on the recommendations/options.
[Post-meeting Note: George McLaughlin had accepted BK Kim's request for him to be Co-Chair.]
(Prepared By: Vimolrat)
(Vetted By: Lawrence Wong)