About ViTA Introductory Contact Us Join ViTA Forum Member List	Home->About ViTA->About ViTA  1. ViTA Forum’s Objective: IP telecom certification industrial forum (ViTA Forum) is a non-profit organization formed by a co-operative industry, its goal is to promote and certificate qualified IP telecom related products in order to accelerate to produce time-to-market products. The verified products are guaranteed in quality and interoperability which is beneficial in branding value and marketing for vendors. It also aids service providers to select products with better quality and high interoperability, so that users can enjoy telecom services with good quality.  2. ViTA Forum’s Missions (1) Establish a world-wide known IP telecom certification brand (2) Establish the certification standard to enhance the quality of IP products. (3) Assist vendors to increase the competitiveness and add-on value in products and services. (4) Assist users to select the products and services with good quality.  3. Organization and its Tasks (1)  The Forum comprises of Board, Marketing & Services Group, Technical Working Groups and Secretariat. (2) A Board shall be placed under the Forum. The Board consists of Board members, who are commissioned by the Chairman after being selected from the Members of the Forum and approved by the Plenary Meeting. The Board shall have one Chairman and two or three Co-Chairmen. Chairman and Co-Chairmen are selected from the Members of the Board. Their term of office is one year and they can be re-appointed for multiple terms. (3) The Chairman and Co-Chairmen are the representatives of the Forum. Their responsibilities include business and budget planning, coordinating the Technical Working Groups, assisting the Forum to moderate opinions and make decisions. If it deems necessary, the Chairman may appoint representatives of government, research institutes etc. as advisors. (4) A Secretariat shall be placed under the Forum. It comprises of one executive secretary and related personnel. Their responsibilities include handling membership applications, organizing meetings, dealing with the general administration and financial matters of the Forum. (5) A Marketing & Services Group shall be placed under the Forum. Their responsibilities include acquisition of new members and promoting the Forum. (6) If it deems necessary, the Board may set up Technical Working Groups. Each Technical Working Group comprises of one Chairman and one Vice-Chairman who are appointed by the Chairman of the Board. Responsibilities of a Technical Working Group includes defining the scope of test specifications, evaluating and accepting test specification proposals, drafting new test specifications and submission of new test specifications to the Board. (7) One Plenary Meeting will be held annually. Chairman, Co-Chairmen and Secretary give their reports. Responsibilities of the Plenary Meeting are deciding about proposals from the Board, electing the members of the Board, and voting about what events the Forum should participate in. If it deems necessary, the Chairman of the Board can call for an extraordinary meeting.  4. Member There are two kinds of members: principal member and observer member, the application and fee are decided by the board.  5. Right & obligation  (1) Member has the following rights:  1. Principle member：   I. To attend the member meeting and working group II. To participate in setting up the specification III. To vote IV. To have the discount of certification service and attending conference V. To obtain the whole document of the forum VI. To vote and be selected as board member, and working group  2. Observer member：   I. To attend member meeting and working group discussion but cannot express opinions and join discussion. II. To participate in setting up the specification but cannot express opinions and join discussion. III. Cannot vote IV. To have the discount of certification service and attending conference V. To obtain part of the document of the forum VI. Cannot vote and be selected as board member, and working group  (2) All members require to obey the regulation of the forum and the decisions in the meeting.  (3) All members have the obligation to join member meeting.
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