ICANN participation

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

Contact information

1. Organization's Name: Information Technology Professional Society
of Trinidad and Tobago

2. Organization's email address: rabindra.jaggernauth@xxxxxxxx or info@xxxxxxxx

3. Organization's phone number (include country/city codes): 868-627-8544

4. Organization's address (location and postal address, if different):
P.O. Box 5087, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

5. Organization's website (URL) (if available): www.itps.org

6. Organization's contact for ALS application (email, phone, address):
Rabindra Jaggernauth, President, rabindra.jaggernauth@xxxxxxxx

868-627-8544 or 868-680-2479
10 Cirpriani Boulevard, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

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):
Constituents/membership - Professionals, Vendors, Consultants of the IT
industry in Trinidad and Tobago
Number - 109 members (54 financial)
Defining characteristic - only representative organization of the IT
industry in Trinidad and Tobago catering for privates sector needs,
consisting of corporate and individual members

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):

10. In what language/s does your organization conduct its business?
English

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):
Have been in existence since 1994 and have been self financing.

12. Describe your organization's structure (e.g. governing and
decision-making bodies and processes):
Governing - Council consisting of President, VP, Secretary, Treasurer, 4
Committee Members, Immediate Past President

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

14. Describe how your organization keeps its constituents/membership
informed about, and enables them to participate in, decisions regarding
issues of interest:
Regular technical sessions once every 2 months, sessions with feature
speakers (at least 4 per year), IT managers forum (at least 4 per year), newsletters

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)?
Yes, www.itps.org

16. Provide information on your organization's leadership (leaders' names,
positions, emails):
Rabindra Jaggernauth: President, rabindra.jaggernauth@xxxxxxxx
Fenwick Reid: VP, Fenwick.reid@xxxxxxxx
David Greene: Sec

Rosalie Chang: Treasurer

Peter Mitchell: Committee Member

Susan Hale: Committee Member

Ghislaine Agostini: Committee Member

Albert Teemul: Committee Member

George Gobin: Immediate Past President

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):
See attached Constitution and bye-laws.

18. What ICANN-related issues currently are of interest to your
organization's constituents/membership:
Internet governance; Administration of .tt top-level-domain; affordable
internet access.

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

Rabindra Jaggernauth
President,
Information Technology Professional Society of Trinidad and Tobago