(76) Barbados Information & Communications Technology Professionals Association (BIPA)

Date: 
20 October, 2006
Status: Step VII - Certified as At-Large Structure

Application for "At-Large Structure" (ALS) Designation

Contact information

1. Organization's Name: Barbados Information & Communications Technology Professionals Association (BIPA)

2. Organization's email address:inf@@xxxxxxxx

3. Organization's phone number (include country/city codes): 246-429-5357

4. Organization's address (location and postal address, if different):
BIPA c/o Barbados Coialition of Services Industries, 4th Ave. Belleville, St. Michael, Barbados, West Indies.

5. Organization's website (URL) (if available): www.bipa.bb

6. Organization's contact for ALS application (email, phone, address):
Steven Williams (President) swilliams@sunisle.com

Description

7. Is your organization constituted so that participation by individual
Internet users who are citizens or residents of countries within the
Geographic Region in which your organization is based will predominate in
your organization's operation?

Yes

8. Describe your organization's constituents/membership (number,
citizenship/location, defining characteristic - e.g. profession for
professional societies):

Our members of technology and commuincations professionals such as IT consultant, Managers, IT security sonsultants and researchers.

9. Explain the eligibility requirements (if any) for your organization's
constituents/membership (if you provide a written application for admission
as a member, you may attach a copy):
Memebers should be either working in the field of ICT or certified in the field by a recognised ICT institution. Please see attached membership form for BIPA

10. In what language/s does your organization conduct its business? We speak english only.

11. Provide support for the statement that your organization is
self-supporting (by answering "yes" you confirm that it will not rely on
ICANN for funding):
Our organisation was recently formed and will be a challenge for some levels of particpation.

12. Describe your organization's structure (e.g. governing and
decision-making bodies and processes):
Our organisatin is comprised of a 7 member executive headed by a president and a vice president, a Secretary-Tresurer and 3 floor members.

13. Does your organization commit to supporting its individual
constituents'/membership's informed participation in ICANN?
yes we do

14. Describe how your organization keeps its constituents/membership
informed about, and enables them to participate in, decisions regarding
issues of interest:
We meet monthly and the use of email has been the primary form of communication.

15. Does your organization post on the Internet publicly-accessible, current
information about your organization's goals, structure, description of
constituent group(s)/membership, working mechanisms, leadership, and
contact(s) (if this information currently is available, provide URLs)?
The website is due for completion with 20 working days

16. Provide information on your organization's leadership (leaders' names,
positions, emails):

President - Steven Williams - swillams@xxxxxxxx
Vice President - Anthoney Hinkson - hinksoncomputers@xxxxxxxx
Janelle Tudor - Sectary Teasurer - jan_tudor@xxxxxxxx

Objectives

17. What is your organization's primary goal or mission (please attach any
mission or policy statement for your organization, if in writing, or provide
a URL, if posted):
Please find attached requested document.

18. What ICANN-related issues currently are of interest to your
organization's constituents/membership:

19. If formed, will your organization commit to assisting the Regional
At-Large Organization (RALO) for the region in which your organization is
based in performing its function?
Yes.

Signature