Microsoft worrying moves

[Harry Noble]

As some members may have noticed in the News Microsoft seems to be
making a big move to have GOB use it products. Starting last year when
GOB and Microsoft signed an MOU "to combat government inefficiency and
corruption using digital technology." does any member have a copy of
this MOU or know how to get it.
Now last month they have began training public officers in office 365
a cloud cloud based web app, does anyone know where the data will be
stored if its not in Belize it will not be subject to any of our laws
https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2018/03/19/microsoft-coming-to-belize-to-train-public-officers/

I think that this is something as an open source group we should speak
out against as most people know microsoft products are not cheap to
the average belizean, does this MOU now mean all GOB docs will be in a
format that requires an expensive program for a regular citizen to be
able to read?
We should speak out about this this type of Vender lock in and ask GOB
to use open document standards.

I am asking members as to what as a group we can do to help GOB use
open source not necessarily apps but standards to avoid being locked
in to one vender that has no ties to Belizean economy

[Amilcar Vasquez]

I think we need an education/media campaign

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Amilcar Vasquez
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[Harry Noble]

Agried perhaps updating the websites to educate more on open source, 

Also we have not had a meeting in a while would like to do one next week Saturday, only question is how Meetup or online or both any suggestions welcome

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[Cayo Buay]

The only things I seem to find are from 2017 in the news. Would be nice to be able to see what the MOU actually entrails for real. They were selling it off as cost effective and minimal vulnerabilities (ROTFL)

Apart from being cost effective, the system will help to combat corruption within various government departments and offices. The Rt. Hon. Prime Minister Dean Barrow shed some light on this aspect; “the plans to switch to digital technology should also visibly assist in the combating of corruption by minimizing the human agency and personality elements in the interaction between citizen and public officer.” Because there would now be minimal interaction, time, money, and vulnerabilities are considered, saved, and avoided.

http://www.guardian.bz/index.php?view=article&catid=40%3Apolitics&id=13588%3Amicrosoft-and-gob-sign-mou-to-minimize-corruption&tmpl=component&print=1&layout=default&page=&option=com_content&Itemid=90

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