Ok jazakallah :-) On Jan 9, 2012 1:18 PM, "Raja Iskandar Shah" <rajaiskand...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Salam hormat > > Berikut apa yg saya dapat utarakan berkaitan Computing Professional Act > yang akan melibatkan Koperasi. > > Ini adalah perkara-perkara khusus bagi Koperasi yang berfungsi sebagai 'a > member based organisation'. > > Kalau ada yg lain, masih boleh dikemukakan terus kepada Mosti sebelum 15 > Jan 2012. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Raja Iskandar Shah <rajaiskand...@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 1:04 PM > Subject: Comment on Draft BCPM: Further Clarification is Required on > Computing Services Providers > To: b...@oscc.org.my > > > Salam hormat > > As a representative of the Koperasi Sumber Terbuka Selangor Berhad (Dalam > Penubuhan), we would like to seek further clarification on the following > matters contained in the draft of the Computing Professionals Act 2011 (as > downloaded today from > http://www.mosti.gov.my/mosti/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3677&Itemid=5 > ) > > > 1. Critical National Information Infrastructure (CNII) > 1. References: Para 2.(2), 3, 34 > 2. Commentary: Would the scope of CNII, also include govt funded / > sponsored community programs ? We have members who are actively > involved in > the use of OSS, for enhancing computer literacy for the underprivilieged > (such as Tamil Schools). The tutors are part-time volunteers. If the > Act is > passed, would such volunteer groups be (1) denied to do such community > work > at public sector institutions (such as schools, colleges, universities) > ?, > and (2) also denied against seeking funding for community work from any > govt agencies (computer literacy for single mothers) ? Para 34 would > imply > that CNII are entities, such as whole agencies, rather than projects / > programs. > 3. Recommendation: Clarity on the extent of CNII is required where > it involves community service programs. > 2. Computing Services by Subject Matter Experts (eg accountants, > educators, econometricians, statisticians) > 1. References: Para 2.(2) > 2. Commentary: The definition of computing services includes "use > and manage of information technology" which is too broad a scope, as it > would also encompass subject matter experts, and other cross-domain > specialists, particularly for expert systems (eg economist intelligence > system, or even google analytics). Other than proprietary databases who > provide commercial training, there are many more peer-based systems > which > do not have any formal training programs (such as World Bank's Open Data > Initiative, the US Government Open Government Initiative). > 3. Recommendation: that the definition excludes "use and manage" > 3. Computing Services by Community on Govt OSS Projects / Products > 1. References: Para 2.(2), 34 > 2. Commentary: Para 34 explicitly prevents govt agencies from > engaging the OSS community to provide fixes / patches to software that > are > implemented in CNII projects / programs. This would even extend to > automated software fixes subscriptions from software vendors (such as > Oracle) > 3. Recommendation: Further clarification is required. > 4. Computing Services Provider: Change of shareholders > 1. References: Para 15.(3) > 2. Commentary: Clarification is sought whether the Act would allow > for Cooperatives (registered under Suruhanjaya Koperasi Malaysia) to > provide computing services. Also as Cooperatives are public entities > (Berhad), where members of the public can become shareholders at any > point > of time, it would not be feasible to comply to 15.(3) > 3. Recommendation: That the requirement for the notice of change of > shareholder, be exempted for public companies, that the register of > shareholders is submitted only on an annual basis. > > > -- > To unsubscribe from and detail about this group > http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information > > OSDC.my Discussion Group In Facebook > http://www.facebook.com/groups/osdcmalaysia/ > > Malaysia Open Source Conference 2012 > MOSC2012 http://portal.mosc.my/ > -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information OSDC.my Discussion Group In Facebook http://www.facebook.com/groups/osdcmalaysia/ Malaysia Open Source Conference 2012 MOSC2012 http://portal.mosc.my/
