European Barter Assembly Chooses to Create IRTA Europe
The second Conference of the Euro-Asian Barter Assembly was held on May 1st and 2nd 2010 at the Napoleon Hotel in Paris France. The two day Conference was convened by Assembly Secretary and Barter Hall of Fame Member Paul Suplizio and was attended by leaders of the Modern Trade and Barter industry representing eighteen companies from across Europe Asia and North America.
The Conference attendees made important decisions regarding the future of Barter in Euro-Asia and featured seminars and discussions of the impact of the barter process on the global economy, barter exchange dynamics and other financial and worldwide issues.
In a motion approved unanimously the Euro-Asian Assembly voted to form IRTA Europe as a new not for profit entity registered in Europe. IRTA Europe will direct European barter operations and will be part the IRTA Global system of standards, ethics, education and regulation. “I totally support the Assemblies decision to form IRTA Europe I see this as a unifying endeavor that will further the Global economic impact of the Modern Trade and Barter Industry” declared IRTA President David Wallach.
Alina Piddubna from BartEx Ukraine and Dorottya Szabo from GlobalXchange Hungary were elected as project leaders and will work IRTA Executive Director Ron Whitney to establish the new IRTA Europe entity and have the necessary documents in place and ready for approval by the IRTA Global Board of Director during the IRTA International Convention scheduled for October 2010.
A major focus of the new non-profit IRTA European entity will be to obtain grant and other monetary assistance from the European Union to help fund IRTA European programs and initiatives. Dorottya Szabo, who is experienced with the EU grant system, was assigned to make inquires and report back to the group with her findings within 30 days.
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Semi Simsek promptly at on May 1, 2010 8:30 am. What followed was a full schedule of presentations, meetings, discussions and seminars that on both days lasted until 1800H/6:00 pm.
Chairman Simsek and Secretary Suplizio made their opening remarks setting the tone and presenting the agenda for the meeting. After thanking Maximilien Urso for hosting the event IRTA President David Wallach was introduced.
Wallach made his presentation entitled “A Parallel Capital System” which describes how the process of Modern Trade and Barter will solve some of the world’s most devastating problems by creating millions of jobs through the capitalization of businesses using Excess Business Capacity as a resource base; something that up to now has been ignored and wasted. Wallach stressed that because of current worldwide economic conditions now is precisely the time for our industry to educate both government and business community about our tremendous potential to create significant global employment.
An array of very valuable and informative seminars and panels were presented. Gary field a member of IRTA Global Board of Directors and President of Nubarter, USA, provided a detailed power point presentation regarding hiring, retaining, compensating and managing a barter company sales force. Gary’s partner in Nubarter Linda Tillinger offered a comprehensive review of on how to plan and account for revenue and barter company expenses. David Selikowitz President Active International Europe explained how retail trade exchanges and corporate barter companies can buy and sell to one another. Bob Bagga President BizXchange Dubai, Seattle and Sirri Simsek President Turk Barter Istanbul Turkey shared a lively panel that discussed the role trade brokering and increasing trade volume. David Wallach and David Selikowitz discussed and took questions on media trading techniques. Ron Whitney IRTA Executive Director provided information on alternative credit extension approached and explained the UC Euro platform to the delegates.
Members of the Assembly also agreed to utilize the UC Euro-Platform to trade between them and to all place selected goods and services on the pre-existing IRTA UC software. This will allow seamless trading within the UC system. IRTA and UC will provide administrative support in this effort
Atul Sharma was elected treasurer of the Assembly
Names of Conference Attendees:
David Wallach, President, International Reciprocal Trade Association, San Francisco, CA, USA
Dr. M. Sirri Simsek, President, Turk Barter, Istanbul, Turkey and Chairman of the Assembly
Dr. Lee Oi Kum, President, BarterXchange, Singapore, and Member, IRTA Global Board of Directors
Taha Mehli Arvas, Turk Barter, Istanbul, Turkey
Maximilien Urso, President, Efficio France and Member, IRTA Global Board of Directors
David Selikowitz, President, Active International (Europe), Paris, France
Alejandro (Alex) Canino, Vice President, Communications, Argent Trading, Madrid, Spain
Muriel Blais-Ballayer, Director of Development, Argent Trading, Paris, France
Walther Smets, President, RES, Brussels, Belgium and Paris, France
Bob Bagga, President, BizXchange, Dubai, UAE and Seattle, Washington, USA
Alina Piddubna, Managing Director, Bartex, Kiev, Ukraine
Dorottya Szabo, President, GlobalXchange, Budapest, Hungary
Nuno Ladeiras, CEO, RedeBarter, Lisbon, Portugal
Guiseppe Littera, President, SARDEX, Sardinia, Italy
Maximos (Max) Giannopoulos, President, Euro Barter Club, Athens, Greece
Mariano Bazterrica, President, Reciproco, Madrid, Spain
Sanjay Thakrar, Partner, Prestige Brands Holdings, Ltd., London, UK
Atul Sharma, Partner, Prestige Brands Holdings, Ltd, London, UK
Andrew Lee, CEO, BizTrade Korea, Seoul, Korea
Claude Lemeberger, Paris, France
Angel Navarro, Paris, France
Arthur Bard, Paris, France
Gary Field, President, Nubarter, Savannah, GA, USA and Member, IRTA Global Board of Directors
Ron Whitney, Executive Director, International Reciprocal Trade Association, Portsmouth, VA, USA
Linda Tillinger, Chief Financial Officer, Nubarter, Savannah, GA USA
Sally Selbman, Partner, Trade Consultants, San Francisco, CA
Paul E. Suplizio, Member, IRTA Global Board of Directors and General Secretary of the Assembly
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