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Follow UsPunjab Association of Computer Traders (PACT) recently held its executive council (EC) meet in Hoshiarpur to resolve some of the pending issues related to the Punjab IT channel community. The meet was attended by the presidents and representatives of all the 10 associations of Punjab.
Speaking to The DQ Week Gurpreet Singh Jagdev, media advisor, PACT informed, "The EC meet was hosted by Hoshiarpur Computer Dealers Association (HCDA), where we have taken a decision that the newly formed body of PACT, will continue to head till April 2014. We have also proposed to elect 22 additional members, 2 members each from the associations, who will be taking part in the election for the next term."
One of the major issues team PACT resolved was protecting two of the Jalandhar IT dealers, who were raided by the police in the software piracy case. The association with the support of Microsoft reached to an understanding, where Microsoft agreed to quash all the charges against the two dealers. "We were having rounds of discussions with team Microsoft to relieve our dealers from the piracy charges, we have been successfully quashed all the charges against our dealers," confirmed Jagdev.
PACT is also likely to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Microsoft, which has been delaying for last 2 months. "We are in the last stage of finalizing the MoU, hopefully we will settle all the Microsoft related matter in the next meeting of PACT," he added.
It is to be noted that PACT has been working closely with Microsoft. The association's intervention rolled back a month long ban on Microsoft in entire Punjab.
PACT will be conducting the next EC meet in Nawanshahar. The association will be meeting every 2 months to cater to broader issues.
PACT is an umbrella body of 10 Punjab associations including Association of Computer Entrepreneurs (ACE) Ludhiana; Amritsar Computer Traders Association (ACTA); Jalandhar Computer Dealers Association (JCDA); Hoshiarpur Computer Dealers Association (HCDA); Nawanshahar Computer Dealers Association (NCDA); Bhatinda Computers Professional Association (BCPA); Computer Hardware Association Sangrur (CHA); Patiala Computer Dealers Association; Moga Computer Dealers Association and Chandigarh Computer Association (CCA).