Forma # 1.ai - ICAB

management and
communication. There are
many members who do not feel
that the Institute is meeting
their needs effectively. We are
striving to improve
communications between the
secretariat , members and
council members. We are also
using technology including
e-mail and SMS to enhance
communication with
members.Till now most of our
communications with members
has been by way of paper,
which is expensive and time
consuming and often becomes
a challenge to deliver timely.
The solution is to go paperless
and move to electronic
communications.
Unfortunately, not all members
and particularly those outside
Bangladesh, have furnished
their email addresses to ICAB. I
urge all resident and
non-resident members to send
their email addresses, which
could also be included in the
latest members’ handbook. I
respect the decision of any
member who may prefer
traditional paper
communication and they
should inform the secretariat
about their option of choice.As
chairman of the Information
Communication Technology
(ICT) committee in 2010, I
introduced SMS
communication with members
regarding meetings and
seminars.
Any member not currently
availing this facility, if is
interested in doing so can
forward his/ her mobile number
to ICAB to join the SMS list. If a
member does not wish to
publish his/ her contact
information in the members’
handbook, s/he should inform
ICAB about his/her decision in
the correspondence.
ICAB currently has a website to
which the ICT committee has
brought some improvement. An
ICT sub committee is
coordinating the effort to bring
more change to the design and
introduce new content to the
website. I will provide a more
detailed update to our members
at a later date on digital
technology based initiatives of
ICAB.
In my year in office, I will give
my best effort to serve our
members and enhance
communications
and
information flow among ICAB,
its members and other
stakeholders. As capacity of
ICAB is strengthened, the office
bearers, council members and
secretariat can support our
members to cope with
challenges of the profession in
an information-based society.
Ms. Parveen Mahmud
President, ICAB
04
January - March 2011
The Bangladesh Accountant