IT Club To Be Founded In Armenia

IT CLUB TO BE FOUNDED IN ARMENIA

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Aug 14 2007

YEREVAN, August 14. /ARKA/. An IT Club is to be founded in Armenia
in the initiative of the Union of Information Technology Enterprises
(UITE).

The leader of the Club Arik Shaumyan reported that all people having
anything in common with the IT sector can join the club.

"No admission criteria are set for the applicants, but members can be
expelled if they are not active. Thus, only people really interested
in information technologies will remain members of the club," he said.

Shaumyan reported that the goal of the club is to form an IT-community
for students, which will allow them to hold meetings and discussions,
exchange views in a free atmosphere.

The major goal of the club is to form a community for students and
specialists to establish contacts and exchange experience, he said.

Shaumyan pointed out that the club intends to hold monthly discussions
with the participation of businessmen, managers of IT-companies and
foreign specialists. The official opening of the club is scheduled
for August 15, 2007.