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XII Meeting of PCC.II will be held in Mar del Plata, Argentina from September 16 to 19, 2008 |
The Eighth Meeting of the Permanent Executive Committee of CITEL, COM/CITEL,
HAVING SEEN:
a) That at its VI meeting, the Steering Committee proposed that CITEL publish a magazine in order to disseminate CITEL’s activities;
b) That furthermore it was understood that there could be a magazine of current events alongside other or future forms of dissemination; and
c) That the Steering Committee requested the Administration of Argentina to present to COM/CITEL a project for the creation of CITEL’s magazine in consultation with the Chairs of the PCC´s;
CONSIDERING:
a) That the goal of CITEL’s magazine will be to disseminate the activities of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission among political, economic and professional leaders of all the continent’s countries;
b) That, in addition, it will attempt to reflect the status of services in each region and to be at the very heart of the political, strategic, and technological debate that both the public and private sector are conducting in order to spearhead the development of telecommunications in the Americas;
c) That the project that was presented provides that the representatives of the various countries before CITEL will be able to act as local editors of the publication, to gather information about what happens in each region, as well as to analyze and interpret noteworthy matters stemming from the nations they represent; and
d) That the latter will enable a dual objective to be achieved: first, to keep the entire continent up-to-date on what happens in each country, and second to support the cohesiveness of the Inter-American institution, bringing together all of its members, governments, regulators and the business sector of service and equipment suppliers.
CONSIDERING ALSO:
a) That the submitted project envisages that CITEL’s magazine will be financed by private-sector advertisement and sponsoring, just like a commercial publication;
b) That this way of ensuring financing will avoid requests for special entries or subsidies from either CITEL or OAS;
c) That the proposal that was presented provides that editorial control of CITEL’s magazine will be ensured by an Editorial Board comprised of: the Chair of COM/CITEL, the Vice-Chair of COM/CITEL, the Chair of PCC.I Public Telecommunication Services, the Chair of PCC.II Broadcasting, the Chair of PCC.III Radiocommunications, and the Executive Secretary of CITEL; and
d) That the Editorial Board has the necessary and sufficient authority to guarantee that the contents of CITEL’s magazine will comply with the organization’s policy guidelines.
AND TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION:
a) That it is of the utmost importance for CITEL, as an institution, to play a leading role in the Americas and the world during the new millennium and
b) That CITEL’s magazine will help reach the objectives that CITEL has set.
RESOLVES:
1. To publish, as of the year 2000, a quarterly magazine in keeping with the general characteristics established in Annex I of the present resolution.
2. To approve the format and name of the magazine on the basis of issue No. 0, which is attached to the present Resolution as Annex II.
3. To establish that the above-mentioned publication will be developed only if self-financing is guaranteed for each issue.
4. To establish that the present resolution will be in force once the cognizant offices of the Organizations General Secretariat have agreed on the legal and administrative issues, to ensure compliance with what was specified in Annex I of the present Resolution, and that the suggestions made by the Secretary General have been included.
5. To instruct the Executive Secretary of CITEL:
Objective:
The purpose of CITEL’s magazine will be to disseminate the activities of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission among member administrations, associate members, and the telecommunication sector in general so as to reach, on the basis of these activities, the political, economic and professional leaders of all the region’s countries. In addition, it will attempt to reflect the status of services in the region as a whole and in each subregion in particular, and it will strive to be at very heart of the political, strategic and technological debate that both the private and public sector are conducting in order to spearhead the development of telecommunications in the Americas.
Contents:
The following are among the main subject areas to be considered:
Style:
The style of the publication will be that of a current specialized periodical, with a modern format in terms of both graphics and writing. The design will be in line with current breakthroughs in telecommunications in society, albeit with the sobriety that is characteristic of the inter-American organization.
Format:
It will be a 48-page, full-color magazine printed on paper for illustrations with magazine cover and format.
Print run:
In its first stage, the print-run will consist of 5,000 copies in Spanish and 5,000 copies in English.
Distribution:
Distribution will be done via a mailing list selected by CITEL, which will include officials, regulators, telecommunication companies executives, consultants and professionals.
Periodicity:
CITEL magazine will be a quarterly periodical.
Correspondents:
Representatives of the Administrations can act as local correspondents, in order to contribute information from each country.
At the same time, representatives of subregional organizations can do the same, informing and examining noteworthy issues stemming from each organization.
There will be a dual objective: on the one hand, keeping the entire region up-to-date on what happens in each country and subregion; and on the other hand supporting the cohesiveness of the inter-American institution, bringing together all of its members.
Management and writing:
CITEL, through an Editorial Board, will be in charge of managing the magazine.
Professionals with recognized journalistic reporting experience in the field of telecommunications will be in charge of the writing. Both management and journalists will work closely so that the magazine will reflect the objectives and viewpoints of CITEL in all areas.
By means of a disclaimer, CITEL will not accept responsibility for any opinions made in the magazine, which will exclusively reflect the personal viewpoints of the authors.
Editorial Board:
The Editorial Board will be comprised of the following CITEL authorities:
Responsibilities of the Editorial Board:
The following will be responsibilities of the Editorial Board:
Editor-in-Chief
The Executive Secretary of CITEL will act as Editor-in-Chief.
Responsibilities of the Editor-in-Chief:
The following will be the responsibilities of the Editor-in-Chief:
Responsibilities of the Editorial Coordinator:
In the event that the Editorial Board considers the appointment and/or contracting of an editorial coordinator the following will be the responsibilities, amongst others. If this is not the case, the above mention responsibilities will be carried out by the Editor-in-Chief:
Financing:
CITEL’s magazine will be financed by private-sector advertising, just like a commercial publication, without the need for any special entries or subsidies from either CITEL or OAS.
The Editorial Board through its Director will select a company to produce the magazine. This company, according with the reference terms established by the Editorial Board for the bidding, must carry out the advertisement sales, production, editing, printing and distribution of the magazine. At the same time, it will retain incurred costs plus management commission from the advertising sales. The company will provide CITEL with a percentage of the sales and will allow the auditing of the accomplished sales.
The magazine will offer the associate members special prices in comparison to non-associate CITEL members advertising in it.
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