CAMS launches monthly bulletin

Computer and Media Society (CAMS), Madurai became the first association in
Confed-ITA to launch a monthly bulletin for its members. The bulletin was
launched at the annual general meeting (AGM) of the association held in Madurai
on June 9. Titled 'Winchester', the tabloid will be circulated among the members
free of cost and will inform the members about the association activities along
with other interesting stuff. Renganathan, Editor, Winchester said, “The
bulletin in print will have bi-lingual content and will be circulated among the
members absolutely free. The main aim of this bulletin is to keep our members
updated about the association's activities and introduction of any exclusive
product by the member. Apart from this, the bulletin will carry interviews of
key personalities in the IT business domain.

“This bulletin will also serve as a platform for the members and their
families to share their ideas. We believe this would bring the members and their
families together as one community. Other than this, it will also carry some
jokes and entertainment stuff,” Renganathan added.

The association has planned to conduct an expo in September this year and has
also rolled out a new set of regulations for their members relating to the
advertisements placed by the partners in the print media.

As per the new regulation, the members should not mention the price of the
product in the print media advertisements. However, if the product is advertised
with the price, then the members can avail a discount of 2.5 percent. Mainly,
the association has brought in the regulation to avoid any price confusion in
the minds of end-users.

After the incident of sales executive of SES duping the partners in Madurai
region, the association has asked for a statement of accounts from the
distributor and has pledged to be united in the face of the service tax issue.

G Ravikumar, President, CAMS, said that the association has even planned for
a get together and a family tour.

On the other hand, the association has increased its member strength from 62
to 85 and has plans to increase it further. A team under G Jegannathan, CEO,
Asian Computers and Vikas Daga, CEO, Vijay Trading has been formed to increase
the count. In an attempt to increase the number of members, the association has
planned to conduct vendor meetings in the city, which only members would be able
to attend.

CAMS also approved Confed-ITA's Soul Project unanimously after A Muthuswamy,
Secretary, Confed-ITA explained the project to the members in the gathering.