Dear Editors, Reporters and the Goan media community: *(160+ invitees in Bcc from the Goan press and media community)*
Greetings from GITP! As you are aware Goa IT Professionals (GITP) has been working selflessly towards promoting the cause of a locally sustainable IT industry in Goa. We have been voluntarily supporting the Goa government in various ways to achieve this objective of making Goa an IT-friendly state. Over the past many months we have had a number of successes, certain challenges and have developed a plan to get things done along with the government in several areas that are necessary for attracting the IT industry to Goa. Kindly refer our detailed press note (dated Sep 8, 2015 at 4:12 PM) in relation to which we would like to elaborate further on our next course of action with special emphasis on following key points: - Launch of Goa Skills Registry to create a database of Goan professionals across occupations worldwide - Empowerment of village children through IT education - Current status of Goa IT Policy - Need for a conclave on IT industry in Goa - Need for the spread of IT industry beyond the IT and ESDM parks - Need for the Government to actively pursue industry and invite them to Goa - Need to improve business-friendliness of Goa Hence we invite you to an *INTERACTIVE PRESS CONFERENCE *as per details below: *DATE: Sep 19, 2015 (Saturday)* *TIME: 4:30pm-5:30pm* *PLACE: Lecture Hall, Central Library, Patto Plaza, Panaji, Goa* Prior to the press conference we have a GITP Open-house meeting of all our members based in Goa as well as those visiting Goa for the Ganesh festival. We seek wholehearted support in our earnest endeavor from the Goan press and media community which has always upheld matters of significance to Goa and Goans. We look forward to meeting you / your team in person at our press conference this Saturday afternoon and are grateful for your kind co-operation and support despite the festive session and holidays. -- Regards, Goa IT Professionals www.goaitpro.org Gurudev Naik: [email protected], +919167260039 Vincent Toscano: [email protected], +917219510020
