Hello Mike,
On 02/22/2016 01:29 AM, Jules Mike Giovanni wrote:
>
> Lately, I've been complaining a lot about the lack of transparency that
> exist in Mauritius from some authorities. I want to rest assure that
> this is not the case for the ICT Advisory Council as I have a strong
> feeling that the work is NOT being done. However, I might be wrong. In
> effect, will it be possible to get a report of the work that the ICT
> Advisory Council has been doing over the year 2015?
I totally understand your concern, and they are valid ones. As an
experiment, please send your request for "Council reports" to the
Council Secretary
(
http://mtci.govmu.org/English/Dept-Bodies/Pages/ICTAdvisoryCouncil.aspx).
Then start your stopwatch. We'll see how long it takes for the request
to reach individual members.
> I, personally, think that some people on this mailing list do not have a
> strong grasp about the duties that you guys have as members of the ICT
> Advisory Council, so can you please highlight what you are supposed to
> do versus what is actually being done? Moreover, are you being paid as a
> member of the ICT Advisory Council?
>
Council members do not draw a monthly salary but rather receive a
stipend for each meeting attended. The Chairman of the Council draws a
monthly salary. At the time of my appointment I was told that Council
members have their duty to advise the Minister of TCI on selected
subjects. However, when I went through the ICT Act 2001, I corrected
that to "council members should advise the Minister in the best interest
of the consumers." It raised some eyebrows.
>
> Frankly, a consumer does not care about the internal dilemmas of an
> organisation when his/her needs are not met. You are hopefully, three
> beings that can work towards getting those deaf ears to understand that
> the consumers are not happy and this is what we expect to be done from
> you guys.
Yes, I agree, the consumer should not be dealing with internal dilemmas
but the consumer should be keen to fix a broken culture in a country.
Who tolerated bad practices since years? I take leave from my job to
attend the meetings, I request info which I never receive, for the past
year I NEVER met any of the TCI Minister as a member of the ICT Advisory
Council... Then WHO is advising the Minister? My voice all alone makes
no difference. You, Shruti, SM or a hundred more members could shout at
me, it will still make no difference. Somebody said that laws are not
properly applied in this country ;-) Does it ring the bell whether
sections of the ICT Act are being properly applied?
> If no relevant work is being done so far by the ICT Advisory Council,
> can we expect any work to be done for the year 2016 and if so what work?
> What are the objectives for the year 2016 for the ICT Advisory Council?
Sorry, I missed the first meeting of the ICT Advisory Council of this
year because my freedom was contained behind iron bars from 23 January
2016 and 2 February 2016. :)
Regards,
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Ish Sookun
I drink coffee and manage Linux servers for lexpress.mu
Received on Mon Feb 22 2016 - 16:08:59 PST