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Wednesday January 19 2011
Held at Pizza Hut, Valsayn
Wednesday March 2 2011
Topics discussed at Pizza Hut, Roxy:
- the recent consultation by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Teritary Education on a draft document for the implementation of a National Research and Education Network (NREN) for Trinidad and Tobago.
- the recent consultation by the Ministry of Public Administration to review and update of the National Electronic Transactions Policy
- the upcoming ICANN meeting from 13-18 March 2011.
- upcoming TTCS meetings
Sunday March 27 2011 – open leadership positions in #ICANN
Held at ENCO, the focus of this meeting was to give an overview of the various leadership positions available at ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (See http://www.icann.org/en/about/ for background information about ICANN) presented by the ICANN’s Nominating Committee (NomCom) Associate Chair, Jacqueline Morris.
Thursday April 14 2011
At Pizza Hut, Roxy, we talked about :
- The Electronics Transactions Bill
- The Data Protection Bill
- Ideas for content for servers in schools
- Ideas for upcoming TTCS tech meetings
Wednesday 27 April 2011 – Wii Whiteboard
Held at ENCO, we At this meeting, we will be attempting to update the Nintendo Wii Remote Interactive WhiteBoard setup that we demonstrated in 2008, but using two remotes instead of one.
Wednesday May 18 2011
At Pizza Hut, Valsayn, we talked about
- Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) “Draft Implementation Plan for Number Portability in Trinidad and Tobago” . The TTCS planned to submit comments and this session talked about our possible responses.
- updated TTCS byelaws
- the launch of TSTT’s “MyHotSpotIYP” (IYP – “In Your Pocket”)
Wednesday June 8, 2011 – AGM
See https://www.ttcs.tt/blog/general-meeting-and-election-of-trinidad-and/ and
https://www.ttcs.tt/blog/announcing-the-trinidad-and-tobago-computer-s/ on the outcomes.
Wednesday July 13 2011
Held at Joe’s Pizza, St. Augustine
The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) will be having its pizza lime on Wednesday July 13 2011 at Joe’s Pizza, St. Augustine from 7 to 9pm.
Come join us as we discuss various computing and ICT topics including :
- TATT proposed Consumer Rights and Obligations Policy document
- Launch of Google+
- The Seventh Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (CIGF)
- Fourth Regional Latin American and the Caribbean Preparatory Meeting for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
August 8-11 2011
Several TTCS members participated, including being a rapporteur and moderator for one of the sessions at the 4th regional Preparatory Latin American and Caribbean Internet Governance Forum
Wednesday September 14, 2011
At Joe’s Pizza, St. Augustine, we talked about:
- The upcoming C.T.O. forum
- The TTCS OSSWIN DVD
- The recent LAC IGF held in POS in August 2011
- The advent of Imax in T&T
- The abandonment of the PC market by HP and discontinuation of WebOS
- Steve Jobs retiring as CEO of Apple
Wednesday October 12, 2011
Held at Martin’s Piano Bar, Port of Spain, we talked about:
- Apple’s Future without Jobs
- Cheaper School Laptops
- Broadband for all in T&T?
Wednesday November 9 2011
At Joe’s Pizza, St. Augustine, we talked about:
- Discussion of latest ICANN meeting in Senegal in October
- Teleios CodeJam and local ICT Education initiatives
- The recent BlackBerry Outage
- Free Internet / Wi-Fi
Saturday November 19 2011 – Tablet showcase
Held at Room 413, 3rd floor, Natural Sciences Building at the University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine, we looked at the feature set of several tablets on hand
- Apple iPad 2 ;
- Apple iPad
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1”
- Archos 7 Internet Media Tablet
Saturday December 10th, 2011
Held at Asian Buffet, Trincity Mall, we chatted about
- Cell Phone Tracking
- Customs Charges
- Local Coding Competitions (OpenData, ImagineCup)
- Device usage affecting In Flight Electronics
