Association for the Advancement of Innovative Information and Communication Technologies for Rural Development

Village Scribe Association

 

On route to foundation

The Foundation of the South African Village Scribe Association Trust! (May 2010)

The VSA founded its first partner association, the VSA Trust.  The South African Trust has the same aims and assignments as the European VSA, which you can find here.

The founders of the Trust are Dr. Anna und Ronald Wertlen, trustees are: Thozamile Ngeju, Clifford Evanson, Craig Renaud, Ronald and Anna Wertlen. The VSA Trust has sent an application to the Department of Social Development for registration as a non-profit organisation, awaiting reply. 


Official Registration of the VSA (June 2009)

The Village Scribe Association vzw. has been made official! After some difficulties it has been registered with the Belgian Authorities in June 2009.

The registration enabled us to finally open up a bank account for donations and membership fees. (For the bank details click here.)


The Village Scribe Association has been founded. Congratulations! (Dec 2008)

The Foundation of the Village Scribe Association took place on the 3rd of December 2008 at 'Huis van Rooi' in Sint-Agatha-Rode, Belgium. The three board members, Dr. Anna Wertlen, Amanda McPhail and Jan Baekelandt, and two of the founder members, Ronald Wertlen and Christoph Flügge, attended the foundation meeting. The statutes and further documents were then sent to the the absent founder members, Robert Tolksdorf in Berlin and Antonino Gulli' in Pisa, for signatures. In the following, the documents for the legal foundation of the Village Scribe Association were handed in and will be finalised by the Belgian legal authorities shortly.

A big step has been taken after a year's preparation. A huge thank-you goes to Ronald Wertlen for the vision of the VSA and important networking, to Anna Wertlen for implementing the vision and making it public through the website, the wiki and the newsletter, to Amanda McPhail and Jan Baekelandt for designing the statutes, lots of translations and other administrative work, and to Robert Tolksdorf, Antonino Gulli' and Christoph Flügge, for being our founder members and agreeing to contribute name, ideas and network to our joint cause.

Jan Baekelandt, Amanda McPhail, Ronald Wertlen, Anna Wertlen and Christoph Flügge signing the statutes at the VSA foundation meeting.

Founding members are:

  1. Bullet Ronald Wertlen, Grahamstown, IT Specialist, CEO of eKhaya ICT, Research Associate at the Department of Anthropology, Rhodes University

  2. Bullet Prof. Robert Tolksdorf, Berlin, IT Specialist, Professor for Computer Science and Head of the Group on Networked Informationsystems, Free University of Berlin

  3. Bullet Christoph Flügge, Berlin, The Hague, Lawyer, Judge in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)

  4. Bullet Dr. Antonino Gulli', London, Principal Development Manager, Head of Engineering Development for UX and Verticals at the Microsoft Search Technology Centre (STC)


Board members are:

  1. Bullet Dr. Anna Wertlen, Grahamstown, Biologist, COO of eKhaya ICT (chair person)

  2. Bullet Amanda McPhail, Biologist, Boortmeerbeek (Belgium), Research Database Specialist (secretary)

  3. Bullet Jan Baekelandt, Boortmeerbeek (Belgium), Gynaecologic Oncologic Surgeon (treasurer)

(CVs of the Board members)


Trustees are:

  1. Bullet Dr. Anna Wertlen, Grahamstown, Biologist, COO of eKhaya ICT

  2. Bullet Ronald Wertlen, Grahamstown, IT Specialist, CEO of eKhaya ICT, Research Associate at the Department of Anthropology, Rhodes University

  3. Bullet Thozamile Ngeju, Grahamstown, Writer, Scriptwriter, Community Coordinator for eKhaya ICT and the VSA

  4. Bullet Ford Evanson, Grahamstown, Entrepreneur,  Director and Lecturer at Rhodes University

  5. Bullet Craig Renaud, Grahamstown, Lawyer and Lecturer at Rhodes University

(CVs of the Trustees)