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[ 8 January 2003 ]
CommerceNet Singapore Ltd's (CNSG) AGM
CommerceNet Singapore (CNSG) Board of directors met at
the Stratech Board Room, Stratech Systems Ltd on 8 January 2003. The first
board meeting of the year discussed
and reviewed the projects done for the Year 2002 and suggested new initiatives
and reviewed new proposals for the Year 2003. The
Board stated that CNSG's unique membership structure
arises when compared to global CommerceNet organisations as most of CNSG's
members are MNCs operating regionally and Singapore companies aspiring
to grow internationally. Of the other 4 CommerceNet organisations in Asia,
they are local-centric: CommerceNet Korea is part of Ministry of Infocomm,
CommerceNet Taiwan is part of National Infrastructure Institute, CommerceNet
Japan comprises of officers seconded from major corporations (e.g. Mitsubishi,
NTT etc.) and CommerceNet Hong Kong/China comprises of entrepreneurs.
The Board also stated that
CNSG primary initiatives this year will include launching general commerce
facilitation projects to showcase these companies internationally, fund
raising as well as project specific networking at the highest possible
level. Opportunities that arises from the industry,
whether IT or otherwise, both locally and internationally - creates
tremendous value for CNSG membership. Being member-centric with strategic
industry base globally, CNSG has suceeded in areas where other organisations
in Singapore
may not be able to effectively provide assistance to Singapore companies
internationally.
Other issues discussed at the
meeting were as follows:
CNSG
will focus to fill immediate industry needs
on content/subject matter e.g. postgraduate Specialist
Diploma in E-Business Management and the new postgraduate Specialist Diploma
in Intellectual Property Management. Collaboration with WIPO, CNSG members,
commercial units of other countries' embassies will be initiated and CNSG will
be able to make progress if more financial resources
for such content/subject matter projects can be financed not solely by the industry but also
by IPOS. CNSG will look into the possibilities of getting IPOS and IDA to co-finance
Singapore specific curriculum development programmes. The IP
will still rest with CNSG so that CNSG can still assist other needy universities
in the region, in particular, emerging markets like China, Sri Lanka,
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt that CNSG member companies are
currently penetrating.
CNSG
will continue to assist new
companies needing CNSG's help and seeking to work with CNSG to gain assistance
in their marketing programmes, focusing on clientele retention, acquisition,
market positioning, visibility and others. CNSG will subsidise the logistic component of these programmes
up to as much as 65% of the actual market cost, host industry invites
and access to CNSG large database.
Current focus into Internet II or Next
Generation Internet, and Grid Computing applications - had resulted to
opportunities for members to work on key projects. There is a possibility
for NGI grants receipient from Korea, USA, Taiwan and under CN programmes
to be attracted to One North and Bahrain's emerging Technology Park. CNSG
may prove to be able to attract the largest cluster of tenants in these
initiatives. CNSG will assist companies wanting critical
cluster to pilot and test-bed applications and arrange funding opportunites
locally and regionally. CNSG members and Board will match CNSG
with A"Star, JTC or other agencies where possible and tap their resources, while keeping CNSG independent amnd
leverage on our global reach.
CNSG's IT Talent
Repository Programme that helps middle and senior management (38 to 48
year age group) to avoid unemployment and to assist them to look for openings
when they are unemployed. CNSG plans to assist
in matching jobs and allow other HR companies to access to CNSG CV database
for job-matching and head-hunting. CNSG will work
out a cost effective programme to generate revenue to sustain this programme.
While remaining not-for-profit, CNSG will be able to reach out to more head-hunting
firms that profited from these programnmes to even include a token contribution back
to CNSG coffers.
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