Information Technology Professionals for the People, Sri Lanka

27/07/2024

Citizen Brief No. 2: Sri Lanka's Debt, as of March 2024. it4psrilanka.org/e-referendums

27/06/2024

Citizen Brief No.1 : Sri Lanka's Active Military per 1000 Population, Compared to Neighboring Countries
https://www.it4psrilanka.org/e-referendums

31/01/2024

We thank the public & media for making it possible to get the voice of nearly 4000 citizens heard, and even tabled in Parliament through our SMS "e-Referendum". Await more "e-Referendums" on key policy decisions of national interest.
https://www.it4psrilanka.org/e-referendums/next-steps-for-the-sms-e-referendum

24/01/2024

Our e-Referendum results tabled in Parliament. This, we believe, is what civic activism should be -- providing fellow citizens and elected officials with the information they need to make the right decisions -- and not supporting/opposing specific parties. Video: https://youtu.be/BKwR_gsgyZ8?si=vai_wVUQhRMgAQmh

23/01/2024

Interim result from our SMS "e-Referendum" on the Online Safety Bill. Voting is still open. For more details, visit: https://www.it4psrilanka.org/e-referendums/online-safety-bill-2024

22/01/2024

මාර්ගගත ක්‍රම (අන්තර්ජාල) සුරක්ෂිතතා කෙටුම්පත (Online Safety Bill) පිළිබඳ මෙම "e-ජනමත විචාරණයට " සහභාගි වන්න.

OSB YES (එනම්, සම්මත කළ යුතුයි) හෝ
OSB NO (එපා, පරාජය කල යුතුයි)

යොදා SMS කෙටි පණිවුඩයක් 0767 001 001 වෙත යවන්න.

"IT4P" ව්‍යාපෘතියකි. වැඩි විස්තර: https://www.it4psrilanka.org/e-referendums/online-safety-bill-2024

21/01/2024

We are hiring a Research Associate (Part Time). See here for job description, qualifications, benefits and how to apply: https://www.it4psrilanka.org/opportunities .c2yo3nfvfl90

Duties:
- Conduct research to support ongoing projects
- Compile and analyse data
- Draft reports, summaries, and other documentation
- Collaborate with members, experts, specialists (e.g. designers, developers, data analysts, translators) to produce publish-quality reports, documents and infographics
- Outreach to members and affiliates for distribution

Qualifications:
- University undergraduate or recent graduate
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
- Research experience is a plus, but not mandatory
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- A passion for social impact

Benefits
- Flexible, part-time work hours that can accommodate your academic schedule
- Professional development opportunities - you will be reporting to a senior IT industry leader
- Fully remote, with ad-hoc meetings in Colombo 1-2 times a month

Hours: Approximately 8-10 hours per week
Monthly Pay: LKR 40,000

To apply, email a brief personal statement along with your CV to: info AT it4psrilanka.org

20/01/2024

Participate in this SMS "e-referendum" on the online safety bill. Send SMS to 0767 001 001 with:

OSB YES (yes = pass the bill)
OSB NO (no = defeat or withdraw bill)

More details: https://www.it4psrilanka.org/e-referendums/online-safety-bill-2024

16/01/2024

Launching our SMS based "people's e-referendum" solution -- a baby step toward a Swiss-style direct democracy where important policy decisions are made directly by citizens' vote, rather than by elected representatives. The solution is still in beta, but all your votes count! Please send in your vote (issue code followed by "yes" or "no") to 0767 001 001. Please share widely so that we can put the system to the test fully.

Why SMS: online internet polls are trivially manipulated by bots. Phone or in-person polls are prone to sampling error or conscious/subconscious bias by the pollster. Allowing only one SMS per subscriber greatly reduces vote stuffing, and the choice to participate belongs to the public (pollster does not choose the sample).

Why a referendum: we never ask about politicians, parties or sensitive opinions, only policy topics that you already discuss openly online. This allows us to use regular SMS without having to implement complicated digital anonymisation solutions.

* Data privacy: Raw data is stored by the telecom provider and is protected by their privacy policy. Data is downloaded for tabulation purposes and then deleted at the conclusion of each poll. Data will never be shared with third parties.

22/07/2022

Our statement on yesterday's predawn assault on the Galle Face protesters.
PDF version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g2FXrPh3MzFK40IFemhQna5DkK3dR5Fv/view?usp=sharing

20/07/2022

Our statement on the election of an interim president and cabinet. PDF link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dnf_kEHou_1s_W0d6f1MndaQ3AV_j08W/view?usp=sharing

13/07/2022

Our statement on the events following the July 9th protests. Link to PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qs2QLpzsTMoSVd9kZjIU-qdhhKoMKohM/view

06/07/2022

If you care about Sri Lanka, this should be the first and only thing you do on this 9th of July! Starting 9AM at Trace - Maradana bus stop, join us and many other professional/social/student/trade groups, and the general public, as we come together in a final, massive push to save Sri Lanka. Many of us are determined to take buses, ride bicycles or even walk a dozen kilometers if necessary. Your future, your children's future, hangs in the balance. Do not stay home!

16/06/2022

Save Sri Lanka IT Professionals Group Supports “Human Chain” for change. Join the peaceful protest 18th Saturday 4.30pm - 6.30pm. Let’s gather at Galle Face roundabout.

08/06/2022

While we plan our next large action, we will continue to lend our support to citizens actions that take place in and around Colombo. This is one such action taking place tomorrow, 9th June (one month anniversary of the attack), in Fort, from 2pm onwards.

31/05/2022

Last Saturday's combined protest walk (50th day celebration), stretching from Colpetty junction to Galle Face roundabout.

27/05/2022

A reboot has been initiated... We know that transport/fuel has been a major hurdle for you in the past two weeks, so do your best to share rides with your friends, other members of this community. What do we call for? Our original manifesto is now more relevant than ever: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wr-sy6Sjxh7ntZo2O_HVqQk7H_l49D0F/view?usp=sharing

23/05/2022

23/05/2022

Our statement on the events following the appointment of the new Prime Minister

22/05/2022

Peter De Almeida sharing his views on current situation, IT industry & more..

https://youtu.be/YUoWjhtwTMY

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22/05/2022

With the 21st Amendment going for cabinet approval tomorrow, learn why the popular call for must translate to and in the long run. With the recent change of Prime Minister, the public is seeing that changing people doesn't work. The Law must change.

22/05/2022

We have done quite a bit since our inception just 5 weeks ago: from several large, prominent protests, widely circulated statements on government policy, organizing food donation drives, looking into promoting solar energy, e-voting systems, parliament transparency to studying the constitution.

But we have not done a very good job of keeping you up to date! This is changing from today. Stay tuned for our next action towards rapidly rebuilding Sri Lanka.

In spite of the dark mood, there is now significant cause for long term optimism!

12/05/2022

https://www.newswire.lk/2022/05/11/statement-from-savesrilanka-it-industry-professionals-group/

, the IT Industry Professionals Group, condemned the violence that was instigated by pro-government mobs against the peaceful protestors nearContinue Reading

12/04/2022

අවුරැද්දට ඩොලර් බිලියන ගේන කර්මාන්ත එකක්...අපි අතරමන් වෙලා ඉන්නේ!....මේ ප්‍රශ්න වලට විසඳුමක් දෙන්න...ගොඩක් වෙලාව නැහැ!
හකීම් හනිප්- අලෙවිකරණ ප්රධානියා, ප්රසිද්ධ තොරතුරු තාක්ෂණය සමාගමක

12/04/2022

"Today we (have) built a 1.5 billion export (IT) industry..Entrepreneurs put their blood and sweat to build companies...we need to be able to compete with world-class companies..and need these issues to go away in the next couple of weeks" -
Jiffry Zulfer, Leading Technopreneur, Founder and Startup Personality.
Representing the IT industry ✊