CB Meeting

16 September 2011
LDP Room MVP 217-218

Attendance/People in the Meeting: -Absent :Late

Drew Copuyoc Nicole Reyes

Gio Alejo AJ Elicano
Ian Agatep Felix Mintu
Steph Gumaru Harvey Parafina

Alwyn Chua Ken Abante – Jan Quing

Alvin Yllana Justin Tan
Joben Odulio
Ryan Yu Ana Raymundo
Alyssa Gaisano
Cheth Mundin Claudia Vega
Charm Chan Lance Viado -
Cate Sison
Philippe Bitong Gerald Chua
Tin Andujare
Alyssa Nuqui
Moses Albiento Chris Reyes
Dan Remo Reg Guevara
Polo Martinez Jove Sinco
Bryan Chua
Kyla Javellana
Jiggy Villamin

Video Recording? No
*Audio Recording? No
Time Start: 6:22 pm
Time End: 9:34 pm

Agenda
1) World Vision Invite
2) WYD Report
3) Budget Hearing
4) Resource Speaker on Peace
5) Office of the President Report
6) Constitutional Review
7) Buklod Update
8) Important Announcements
Minutes:

Prayer was led by Tin Andujare followed by the National Anthem led by Moses Albiento

Motion to move Consti review agenda before budget hearing by Gio Alejo seconded
by AJ Elicano . There were no objections from the Central Board.

Motion to approve by Gio Alejo agenda by seconded by Ian Agatep. There were no
objections from the Central Board.

1) World Vision Invite

a. Albiento: World Vision event now moved to Ynaris Center Antipolo
i. Presents videoon last year’s event
ii. November 19, 8am-8pm
iii. Applications through ADSA

2) WYD Report
a. Andujare: WYD w/ 34 Ateneans
i. Fara Supetran and Tin Andujare from Sanggu at Loiola, Azpeita
ii. Mass with Fr. General of SJ
iii. Next WYD Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
i.
3) Constitutional Review
a. Alejo: 3 speakers regarding Consti Review
i. Chua, Gerald SJC Chief Magistrate
i. SJC: six Magistrates to seven magistratesto avoid
deadlock decisions
ii. 2 sections will be taken out
iii. Definition of Arms is vaguedepartments vs. official
judicial arm
i. Part of SJC from departments as to arms
ii. Tan, Margaux, COMELEC Chief Commissioner
i. In terms of COMELEC Appointments
ii. ICs by COMELECStart of terms of Commissioner from 1st
sem2nd sem
i. Hard for commissioners to start at Gen El right
away
ii. No transitioning was made
iii. Limcumpao, Gino 4th Yr SOSS CB
i. The constitution is very out-dated
ii. Chairs asking for cut system for the reps
iii. A lot has been amended but no plebiscite was done
iv. ECA vs. CB as
4) Budget Hearing
 a. Basic Cap Costs
i. EvSem 31, 500

b. SOM
i. EvSem
ii. TOTAL: P 59,020
i. Food (Lunch and Dinner) 13, 760
ii. Food (Breakfast) 4,300
iii. Snacks 5160
iv. 25, 800
iii. Raymundo: Confirmation?
iv. Yllana: Do you have the
v. Gumaru: We don’t have to sagad cap costswe can go down
with regards to the costs
vi. Copuyoc: In the budget prop you can ask for your 10%
contingency this is still SAF, if you go beyond this we have to go
for a retroactive budget proposal.
vii. Odulio: If we end up spend 59,600. Will we pay for it talaga?
viii. Copuyoc: What is assured 34,650 (w/10% contingency)
ix. Odulio: Last time we asked for people to go for

Motion to approve 31,500 of SOM budget proposal by Odulio seconded by Chua

YES-16 NO-3
Gio Alejo Moses Albiento
Ian Agatep AJ Elicaño
Steph Gumaru Harvey Parafina
Alwyn Chua
Alvin Yllana
Joben Odulio
Ryan Yu
Cheth Mundin
Charm Chan
Cate Sison
Philippe Bitong
Dan Remo
Polo Martinez
Nicole Reyes
Ken Abante
Justin Tan

Budget is approved.

c. SOSS
 i. EvSem
ii. TOTAL: 27,216
iii. Gas 2400
iv. Transpo 2416
v. Breakfast 2400
vi. Lunch 3200
vii. Dinner 3200
viii. Snacks 1,600
ix. Accommodations 12,000
x. Chua: As of now total number of participants is 23
xi. Guevarra: Unethical to use marketing money for own EvSem
but it is your own money

Motion to approve 27,216 of SOSS budget proposal by Elicano seconded by Remo

YES-19 NO
Gio Alejo
Ian Agatep
Steph Gumaru
Alwyn Chua
Alvin Yllana
Joben Odulio
Ryan Yu
Cheth Mundin
Charm Chan
Cate Sison
Philippe Bitong
Moses Albiento
Dan Remo
Polo Martinez
Nicole Reyes
AJ Elicaño
Harvey Parafina
Ken Abante
Justin Tan

Budget is approved.

d. SOSE
i. EvSem
ii. Total: 26,626
iii. Tentative attendance 35 people, Oct 15-16
Motion to approve by Felix Mintu P26,626 of SOSE budget proposal seconded by
Harvey Parafina

YES-19 NO
Gio Alejo
Ian Agatep
Steph Gumaru
Alwyn Chua
Alvin Yllana
Joben Odulio
Ryan Yu
Cheth Mundin
Charm Chan
Cate Sison
Philippe Bitong
Moses Albiento
Dan Remo
Polo Martinez
Nicole Reyes
AJ Elicaño
Harvey Parafina
Ken Abante
Justin Tan

Budget is approved.

e. SOH
i. EvSem Oct 24-25
ii. TOTAL: 21,000
iii. Lunch 1st Day 2,400
iv. Dinner 2,400
v. 2nd Day Lunch 2,400
vi. Breakfast 18,000
vii. Transpo 3,000
viii. Venue 9,000

Motion to approve by Gio Aejo 21,000 of SOH budget proposal seconded by Harvey
Parafina.

YES-19 NO
Gio Alejo
Ian Agatep
Steph Gumaru
Alwyn Chua
 Alvin Yllana
Joben Odulio
Ryan Yu
Cheth Mundin
Charm Chan
Cate Sison
Philippe Bitong
Moses Albiento
Dan Remo
Polo Martinez
Nicole Reyes
AJ Elicaño
Harvey Parafina
Ken Abante
Justin Tan

Budget is approved.

f. DEA/ OP
i. Copuyoc: APECO Task ForceMandated DEA and DS Classes
to raise awareness regarding the issue
ii. TOTAL: 11,880
iii. Transpo 6,820
iv. Food 5,060
v. Copuyoc: This is a new initiative, mandate comes from the
OPwe’re supporting this initiative
vi. Agatep: can we have 1 DPR member as to 2 LFC
vii. Elicano: Task force but not mandated
viii. Alejo: Something Sanggu can use after seeing what is
happening.
ix. Guevara: There is a DEA taskforce holding this already.
x. Albiento: We are committing in doing the taskforcewe must
be prepared about this as well. Know what you’re voting on.
xi. Guevara: This is an info gathering effort.

Motion to approve by Ian Agatep 11, 880 of DEA budget proposal seconded by AJ
Elicano

YES-18 NO-1
Gio Alejo Dan Remo
Ian Agatep
Steph Gumaru
Alwyn Chua
Alvin Yllana
 Joben Odulio
Ryan Yu
Cheth Mundin
Charm Chan
Cate Sison
Philippe Bitong
Moses Albiento
Polo Martinez
Nicole Reyes
AJ Elicaño
Harvey Parafina
Ken Abante
Justin Tan

Budget is approved.

g. OSG
i. Sanggu Shirts
ii. Whatever deadline is set, we pay.
iii. Be responsible enough pay first and shirt is not a necessity

h. OFO
i. CB EvSem Oct 20-21
ii. TOTAL: 15600
iii. You have no reason not to send a proxy if you will not be going

Motion to approve by Gio Alejo 15,600 of OFO budget proposal seconded by Ian
Agatep.

YES-19 NO-1
Gio Alejo
Ian Agatep
Steph Gumaru
Alwyn Chua
Alvin Yllana
Joben Odulio
Ryan Yu
Cheth Mundin
Charm Chan
Cate Sison
Philippe Bitong
Moses Albiento
Dan Remo
Polo Martinez
 Nicole Reyes
AJ Elicaño
Harvey Parafina
Ken Abante
Justin Tan

Budget is approved.

i. Buklod Atenista
i. Mid-Year Buklod Summit to be attended by Ambassador,
President, BAPS Secretary-General primarily.

Motion to approve by Lyssa Nuqui 42,130 of Buklod budget with 2 positions subject to
review proposal seconded by Felix Mintu.

YES-18 NO-1
Gio Alejo Dan Remo
Ian Agatep
Steph Gumaru
Alwyn Chua
Alvin Yllana
Joben Odulio
Ryan Yu
Cheth Mundin
Charm Chan
Cate Sison
Philippe Bitong
Moses Albiento
Polo Martinez
Nicole Reyes
AJ Elicaño
Harvey Parafina
Ken Abante
Justin Tan

Budget is approved.

Gumaru: Total approved for today P173,362.

 Why are the projects always bloated? Why is it during budget proposal,
we always ask for more?
 Review:
o Summer 600,000
o ASLA 300,000
 o 1st Wave 300,000
o 2nd Wave 200,000
o Grants 300,000
o NOW: P173,362

5) Resource Speaker on Peace

a. Prospects of peace under the Aquino administration
b. Under Office of the President, Teresita Deles
c. Definition of peace
i. Direct violence vs. direct peace
i. Direct peace is stopping direct violence
ii. Structural violence vs. structural peace
i. 2 groups competing for various resources, 1 group more
privileged than the other
ii. Peace building – equality, equitability, active non-
violence
d. 3 categories/5 conflict lines
i. Closure agreement areas
i. CBA-CPLA
ii. RPMP/RPA/ABB
ii. CPP/NPA/NDF
iii. Moro Fronts
e. Historical Narrative of Peace in the Philippines
i. Product of American colonialism and Martial Law
ii. Tripoli Agreement first signed peace agreement during Martial
Law
iii. Peace agreements were forged by Cory Aquino aimed to act
on abuses done during martial law
f. Peace Process in the ground
i. PAMANA – payapa at masaganang pamayanan
ii. History of violence is rooted in injustice, fragmented identities
iii. Objectives:
i. Reduce poverty
ii. Improve governance
iii. Build capacities
iv. Sustainable peace and dev’t framework:
i. Pillar 1: building foundation for peace
ii. Pillar 2: establishing resilient communities
iii. Pillar 3: addressing regional dev’t
v. PAMANA zones
i. 7 PAMANA zones
i. CAR
ii. Bicol
iii. Samar
 iv. Negros
v. CARAGA
vi. ZamBaSuLTa
vii. Central Mindanao ARMM
g. Peace Process in the hearts of Filipinos
i. Revolution – promise – betrayal – downfall
ii. Gov’t has long been site of distrust
iii. Therefore, what is right is to go against it
h. PNoy: solution: Ang Matuwid na Daan
i. Reclaiming political institutions
ii. Getting people back to trust gov’t
i. Hamon:
i. Magtaya kayo sa amin!

Nuqui: findings from ADMU,DLSU, UP: kulang yung reach ng government

Guy: we went to cordillera and students were very aware of it
Nuqui: but still, most of the students even here in Manila aren’t made aware of
what the government is doing
Agatep: Sanggu supported actions regarding peace last year. It’s hard to see
the context in a deeper manner, we usually look at the shallow field of the issue.
WE should see it not only in the perspective of the students but in the
perspectives of other people as well .

6) Office of the President Report

a. Main purpose: leadership seminar for reps
b. Hopefully patterned after ASLA
c. Consulted Sir Rem and he was a bit iffy about it
d. Solution: let’s have an FGD, held last august 5 with top 4, school chairs,
some CB reps and execs.
e. FGD: 3 questions
i. Divided to 3 groups, asked to filter results, present it to the group
f. Criteria for getting people:
i. Top 4 – heads of sanggu
ii. Chairs – heads of each school
iii. Mix of CB and exec – to get their side of the work
g. Question 1: what are reps supposed to do?
i. 3 roles: CB role, SB role, middle role
ii. Not matter of having more but making sure these are done
iii. Need to focus on need in representation
iv. Communication line between sanggu and students
v. They must know their M-V because that’s the way they will
understand why they’re doing it
vi. Job is too technical, we should also focus on their formation
h. What are the qualities of B/C reps?
 i. Self-formation going outwards
ii. Have at least a bit of everything
iii. Flexibility as student leaders
iv. Should possess same qualities of top sanggu officers
v. Expectations too big compared to roles
vi. Not given much credit
i. What are the present issues involving the B/C reps?
i. Reps don’t see their importance cos they don’t see their
importance
ii. No personal relationships with top officers
iii. Centralized structure of sanggu
iv. Notion of filling in vacant positions with reps
v. Relationship building is needed beyond work
vi. Finding thing in between because some work while others don’t
vii. Cases do vary, it depends on the reps, not entirely sanggu’s
fault
j. Interpretation has been done, meeting last Tuesday with DIA
k. Focus on sophomores and freshmen
l. Areas to tackle
i. Relationships
ii. Culture
iii. Job description
iv. Incentives
v. Consequences/penalties
m. Things that need to be addressed in sanggu itself
i. Sanggu’s culture
i. Do you believe we make reps feel important
ii. Chua: the definition of empowerment is subjective
iii. What practices does sanggu do to make their reps feel
significant?
iv. Have we allowed our current culture to address issues
such as MIA reps?
ii. Job description
iii. Discipline
i. Do we discipline our reps enough?
ii. Do we follow processes?
iii. Have we become loose in implementing our rules
iv. Do we put importance on rules still?
v. Why haven’t we been expecting participation from them
even if they decided to run?
iv. Incentives
i. Do we give something beneficial to the reps?
v. Relationship building
i. Should we build relationships with our reps?
 ii. Drew: yes; compares it to a family business

n. Issue of reps has been a long issue already. Take necessary steps to
end this forever existing problem

7) Buklod Update
a. Issues to be raised in Buklod:
i. Magna carta – STRAW
ii. Unrecoignized student groups
iii. Reps issue
iv. 2013 elections
v. Student government impression
vi. Student publications – impression of students on them
vii. Budget management
viii. IT proficiency upon reaching college
ix. Plans of different Ateneo presidents
x. How can technology contribute to more efficient processes in
the long run
xi. Political party system in other schools
xii. RH bill
xiii. Faculty effectiveness monitoring

8) Important Announcements
a. LIPAD Insetion tom 1-5pm
b. Promote sanggu 60 seconds
c. Tell EO that COA-Sanggu evsem is Oct 17-19, CB evsem 20-21
d. DRS FGD for satisfaction ratings
e. Ateneo Culinary Circle

Motion to adjourn by Gio Alejo, seconded by Alwyn Chua.

Meeting was adjourned at 9:34 pm.

Prepared By: Endorsed By:

Francis Ian L. Agatep Francis Ian L. Agatep

Secretary-General Secretary-General
Sanggunian ng mga Mag-aaral ng mga Sanggunian ng mga Mag-aaral ng mga
Paaralang Loyola ng Ateneo de Manila Paaralang Loyola ng Ateneo de Manila