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June 12 2001, Rasa Singapura, 2:00pm (photos by George Escarraga)
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Comrades, Here is the partial minutes of the 12 June 2001 LSQC82 Foundation meeting: Officers for the foundation were elected: George Escarraga - Chairman Philip Albert Felix - Vice-Chairman Leo Virtucio - Treasurer Joseph Literal - Corporate Secretary Additional contributors: George Escarraga Gretz Rivera Tommy Fortun Total Contributions (as of 12 June 2001): P 15900 Reminder to contributors: You can send your donations to the following bank accounts: For peso deposits: Bank: Landbank Branch: North Ave. Diliman, Quezon City Account Name: Leopoldo T. Virtucio Account Number: S/A No. 0717-0195-04 For dollar deposits: Bank: Philippine National Bank Branch: UP Campus, Diliman, Quezon City Account Name: Leopoldo T. Virtucio Account Number: S/A No. 275-701829-5 After depositing your contributions, kindly send me an email message containing your transaction details. Next meeting will be on 30 June 2001, 7 PM, still at Rasa Singapura. Hope to see you all very soon. Thank you very much. Yours truly, leo v. p.s. the minutes of the 19 may and 12 june 2001 meetings will be coming out very soon. atty. literal has just joined a new office and he has yet to acquire a new e-mail address. |
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Dear Batchmates, Sorry I could not report earlier — my isp connection went haywire these past few days. Although I am not the official reporter of what transpired during the June 12 meeting, allow me to narrate some of the things that transpired as follows: 1. present were Dennis Ilagan, Joseph Literal, Leo Virtucio, Miel Magana, Philip and Shirley, Hernan Espiritu, George Escarraga, Ben Racela, Tommy Fortun, Roy Fernandez and myself; 2. a round table discussion was held from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm on each one's thoughts, views, proposals and counter-proposals regarding the foundation — as each one spoke in turn — he or she was subjected to cross-examination and interogation!; 3. a concensus was finally reached during the last 30 minutes of the meeting to unanimously nominate and elect the chairman of the lsqc82 foundation — I present to you — George Escarraga — a man with actual experience in handling a current foundation and one who can set into action our proposed foundation's noble goals and objectives; 4. as vice chairman — we have Philip Felix, as treasurer — Leo Virtucio, as secretary — Joseph Literal — of couse with the rest of those present being nominated as trustees of the foundation — also included were Mon Correa and Raul Clemente; 5. each one present also promised to contact other batchmates and entice them into supporting the foundation so that we may raise the P50thousand needed for the registration of the foundation with the SEC independent of Roy F.'s generous offer to fund the balance; So there you go folks — the foundation now has a set of officers and trustees. Can each one of throw our wholehearted support behind this noble endeavor. Even if I am not going to be an officer or trustee of the foundation — I am most willing to contribute at least One Thousand Pesos per year for the next five years. I know each one us wants to give back to lsqc in one way or another — be it monetarily or otherwise! The next meeting is set for June 30, 2001, a Saturday at 7:30 pm at the same venue — Rasa Singapura at Roces Ave. corner Mother Ignacia, Quezon City. I appeal to each and every batchmate to attend the meeting and support the foundation. Please write back with your comments and suggestions. It would be great to see you on June 30! Pax, Adrian Lecaros |
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LSQC BATCH 82 FOUNDATION, INC. June 12, 2001, 12:00 noon at Raza Singapura Restaurant GF Rotary Center Bldg., Roces Ave. cor. Mother Ignacia St., Quezon City • George P. Escarraga • Hernan Espiritu • Philip Albert P. Felix • Shirley G. Felix • Roy Fernandez • Tommy Fortun • Dennis P. Ilagan • Adrian Lecaros • Joseph M. Literal • Miel E. Magana • Ben Racela • Gretz Rivera • Leo T. Virtucio The meeting started at around 1:30 pm after all the members present had lunch. It was presided by Atty. Aids Lecaros with the undersigned assisting for the minutes of the meeting. The Group wished to start the meeting by approving the Minutes of the May 19, 2001 meeting held at Lourdes School High School Campus. However, with apologies from the undersigned, the same was still not prepared due to the workload of the acting corsec who transferred to another office effective June 1, 2001 and was then busy with the turn-over of responsibilities. As promised, (huli man at magaling, maihahabol din) herewith are the minutes of the May 19, 2001 meeting. The meeting started at around 6:00 in the evening with the following batchmates present, per our attendance sheet: • Philip Albert P. Felix • Ronald Jeffrey G. Manulid • Joseph B. Abarquez • Joseph M. Literal • Andre Jose G. Fausto • Reuel Almario • Enrique Salvador E. San Agustin • Leopoldo T. Virtucio • Edgardo D. Del Castillo • Benjamin F. Racela • Roy S. Fernandez • Andre Pablo Fausto • Raymund R. Correa • Jeffrey G. Pizarro • Jerome Sarte • Miel E. Magana • Hernando Espiritu • Toti Esguerra • Jay Sioson • Jojo Baetiong • Arturo Valerio The Minutes of the Meeting of April 26, 2001held at the office of George Escarraga was read. The issue on the creation of the Foundation was discussed by the Group. It was explained that the primary purpose of the creation of the Foundation is to have a legal vehicle that the batch can use in its plans and projects for the school with a focus on the 20th anniversary and the 25th anniversary (5 year program) of the batch. Secondly, to have a legitimate body that will handle the funds that will be produced/contributed by the batch for the its plans and projects. And lastly, to avoid issues concerning credibility. Jeff Manulid raised the issue of expanding the Foundation instead to a cooperative. Advantages and disadvantages of both schemes were discussed. However, the advantage of having a more flexibility with respect to the donation and the subsequent sponsorship of plans and projects of the batch thru the creation of the foundation won. The group was updated with the present number of batch mates who are already part of the yahoo.groups which stands at 62. Creation of Committees was brought up as a priority in order to facilitate the creation of the Foundation and for proper division of labor. Ben Racela raised the issue on the existence also of the LSQC Alumni Association who sponsors the annual homecoming. He suggested that all the group's plans and programs should be in coordination or in consideration also of the LSAA's plans and programs. The primary purpose of the Foundation was revised upon request of Reuel Almario, to be as follows: Donor/donations Legal entity Tax advantage with respect to the handling of the funds and projects With respect to the raising of funds for the Foundation, it was suggested that as a Foundation, we should have a minimum start up capital of P50,000.00. To raise the said amount, all batch mates would put in P1,000.00 each. To raise more funds for the 5 year program, it was agreed that the P1,000 contribution would be an annual membership fee for the foundation aside from the proceeds that may be derived from our fund raising activities. It was suggested that the annual fee (5 year period) may be given annually, one-time if desired by the member, or monthly. Leo Virtucio's account will be used to accumulate/collect the required amount needed for the registration. To facilitate the registration and to establish the Foundation ASAP, Roy Fernandez volunteered to cover the balance of the start up capital requirement. George Escarraga's concerns were read before the group. The IT moderator was appointed to be the spokesperson for the meantime until proper appointment of officers for the Foundation. The following committees were created: 1. IT 2. Membership/Finance (temporary) 3. Projects 4. Organization/registration of the Foundation Each committee will have its own core group who will regularly meet to assess the needs of each committee, to plan for its projects, to increase involvement of batch mates and who will coordinate with the other core groups. Collection for the day (initial funding) was P13,000.00. Meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m. After discussing the summary of the abovementioned minutes, Leo Virtucio confirmed that the batch has 282 member with 3 "quitters", namely Ding San Gabriel, Bong Sta. Maria and Mauro Toong. Update of the membership was made by Leo Virtucio. The yahoo.groups have 75 members already (both local and abroad). Some of the batch mates are also in touch with the group but not thru the web. The target of the group is to have contacts with half of the batch or about 140 members by February 2002 (20th year). Sources of funds: 1. The group decided to revise the agreement made on May 119, 2001 with respect to the membership fee. It was agreed that by graduating at LSQC SY 81-82, automatically makes anyone a member of the Foundation. 2. The P1,000.00 contribution will be a voluntary contribution and not a membership fee. However, any amount desired by the member will do. 3. The contribution will be a one-time contribution. Any additional contribution extended by any batch mate will be highly appreciated. George Escarraga suggested that the money (start up capital) should not be used for the project and must stay in the bank intact. The money to be used for the projects should come from fund raising activities to be sponsored by the group. The group also agreed on the reasonableness of the P1,000.00 contribution and suggested that batch mates abroad consider contributing the amount of $100.00 since they will not be actively participating in the organization and regular functions of the foundation and the same will be a one-time cash contribution for the foundation. Since George Escarraga was not around during the May 19, 2001 meeting, he took the opportunity to reiterate his concerns (which was read during the May 19, 2001 meeting) with the Foundation. He asked the undersigned what program, if any, was agreed upon by the group. The undersigned stated that there was no concrete program agreed upon during the meeting but reiterated the importance of the 5-year program as the short-term goal of the group. Mr. George Escarraga, however, implied that the 5-year program should not be treated as a short-term goal but as a long-term goal. He suggested that we should classify the goals as short-term (1 year), mid-term (3 years) and long-term (5 years). It was agreed that we should already think of a project to justify or support the creation of the Foundation. "Kailangan nang magpakita ng gilas" However, before the Foundation can do a project, how small it may be, the foundation must first be established. It was agreed that: 1. The group should cooperate and must raise the P50,000.00 ASAP without any exposure from Roy Fernandez. 2. Appointment of directors and officers should be made ASAP 3. The organizing committee should finish the documentation ASAP. With respect to the implementation of an achievable project to start with, the group agreed to implement a fund raising project and/or a medical mission within the Lourdes Community by December of this year. With respect to the medical mission, Roy Fernandez volunteered to talk with at least 5 medical/pharmaceutical companies to support the medical mission. The timetable for the raising of the start-up capital was moved from June 15, 2001 to June 30, 2001 due to time constraints. Everyone present and those who were absent during the meeting are enjoined to cooperate and exert extra effort to raise the capital for the registration of the foundation. For the next meeting scheduled on June 30, 2001 at 7:30 in the evening, same venue, everyone is enjoined to attend and to get more batch mates to attend. For the voluntary contributions of members who have not yet given their contributions, they are requested to bring the same on June 30, 2001 and forward the same to Leo Virtucio for the accounting of the capital. Tommy Fortun, a first time attendee, shared to the group that he attended the meeting to know the group and its intention. He shared that on his own, he has planned to share his blessings to the school who have given so much thru at the very least a scholarship grant to one deserving student. His personal goal jives with the goals of the group/foundation and is now willing to be an active member of the group. The group will also consider the grant of scholarship as part of its short term goals for immediate implementation. Also up for consideration is the possible support to the cause of the foundation/party list headed by Dennis P. Ilagan. Messrs. Ben Racela, George Escarraga and Aids Lecaros suggested that the group/foundation should formulate its own MISSION-VISION to guide all the plans and actions of the foundation. It was agreed, upon suggestion of Gretz Rivera, that there should be a serious packaging for the foundation to attract other alumni to join. It should be made in a manner that will attract interest to other batch mates, i.e., business potential thru networking. The creation of a directory by industry or profession was suggested to establish the proper contacts and networks within the batch. The objective to "look in" was affirmed and gained wide acceptance among the members present. Lastly, the group elected the first officers of the Foundation for purposes of registration and implementation of the short-term goals of the Foundation until the election of new officers. The following are elected as officers of the Foundation: Chairman: George P. Escarraga Vice-Chairman: Philip Albert P. Felix Secretary: Joseph John M. Literal Treasurer: Leo T. Virtucio The 15 Trustees will be chosen from the active members of the group who are willing to share their time and talents to the Foundation. George P. Escarraga was unanimously chosen as Chairman because of his experience with the operation of a foundation and his wide established networking with prospective donors to the Foundation's plans and projects. The same qualifications apply with Philip Albert Felix. The meeting was adjourned by the newly elected Chairman at exactly 4:15 p.m. For the approval of the Board. JOSEPH JOHN M. LITERAL Secretary Please raise all necessary corrections on the minutes for the consideration of the Secretary and for inclusion to the Minutes to be officially printed for the Foundation. |
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