Monday, March 9, 2009

AguELECTIONS 2009: Educational Committee Chairperson

In time for the AguELECTIONS 2009, the Electoral Board is releasing comprehensive Candidate Profiles for all the nominees. This includes their Specific Plan of Action (SPOA) and a few questions prepared by the Electoral Board. The said Candidate Profiles are released in various platforms for maximum reach. This aims to aid all members in truly making an informed decision in determining the officers for the Executive Council 2009-2010.

SOME REMINDERS:
*ELECTION is on Thursday, March 12, with a Miting De Avance at 5:45pm.
*The members are expected to have read all the Candidate Profiles by then.
*PDF copies of the Candidate Profiles will be emailed in the resident mailing list, too.
*Hard copies are also available at the tambayan starting Tuesday, March 10.
*Read everything! Make an informed decision.



SPECIFIC PLAN OF ACTION

This election, if ever I will be elected as the next Educational Committee Chairperson, these are some of the things that I plan to do and implement in order to improve the performance of this committee.

CEER is the first major project of the organization and also one of the major projects handled by the educational committee. This event usually takes place in the month of June or at least by the first week of July. For this event, it is very much important that the questions that will be used will be finalized as soon as possible. Therefore, it is very much important to effectively delegate the task of question-making to the members of the organization. It will be the responsibility of our committee to survey in advance the members who will probably be registered members for the school year of 2009-2010, and ask them which subject matter they will be more convenient in making questions for the CEER. As much as possible, the committee will stick to the preference of the members, and the members of the committee will be the once that will be assigned to the not so preferred subjects.


After the CEER, I believe that the next major activity for this committee is the Pautakan. Based on last year’s experience for the preparation for Pautakan, the question-making process was a bit delayed. In order to prevent this, as soon as the school year starts, our committee will gather textbooks and reference materials which can be used by the members in order to make questions. We will leave these textbooks, together with a notebook, at the tambayan. Each member is encouraged, or if possible, be required to make even just one question for any subject per school day. By doing this, it will greatly reduce the work that will be needed to be done during questions night.


Aside from playing an important role in CEER and Pautakan, I believe there is something more that the educational committee could offer. We should remember that it is the responsibility of our committee to look after the welfare of its members in terms of academic excellence. If possible, we could plan and organize some review sessions for the members having difficulty in some subjects. We could probably ask some students, and even teachers to give tutorials to our members having difficulty in their studies, just in case that no one in the organization could do such task. I believed that it is possible for us to get tutors through the network of the members that our organization have.


I believed that these are the major things that this committee should give attention. But, the duty of this committee should not be limited within these roles. Again, if ever I will be elected as the Educational Committee Chairperson, I believe that the ideas of the educational committee should not be limited based on my ideas. I will only be the head and overseer of the committee. I will not be the committee itself. But again, my vision for this committee is that it should have initiative and foresight so that it could perform well the tasks that the organization expects from it, and even give more to the organization since it will be able to perform the tasks assigned to it ahead of time.


QUESTIONS FROM THE ELECTORAL BOARD
With sufficient details, describe UP TO TWO (2) a situations/instances in the past wherein you exhibited significant, if not deep, know-how on the position you are running for.
This year, I was able to see how Pautakan was handled starting from the preparations up to the event itself. During the preparations, I was able to see how crucial the decisions of the Educational Committee Chairperson to such an event since the members somehow mainly depended on his plans for the event. I believed that if you are in such a position, you should be able to make plans in such a way that everything will run smoothly from start up to the event itself since I noticed that your plans won’t be contest that much since some of the members are not so vocal about their opinions.

Enumerate UP TO FIVE (5) concrete and feasible steps to encourage cooperation and attendance of members during GenMeets and org activities.
First of all, I believed that simplest thing that could make the members attend GenMeets is to start the meeting on time and end it not so late. You could actually do these by starting the meeting on time even if the attendance is not that much to encourage them not to come late and to show them that the trend of meetings start late because the members arrive late has changed, and organize way of discussing issues in the meeting by probably making a flowchart of the meeting so that there will be no wasted time and delays from topics that are not so important which lengthens the meetings. Aside from this, I believed that it is important to show that attending such meetings and org activities is very important. This is because I think that it is possible that the reason why some members don’t cooperate or attend to such activities because they think that attending will be not worth of their time and it will be better to do some other things than attending to such activities.

Enumerate UP TO FIVE (5) unwritten but classic and expected skills in your position? Sanu kareni ing atin naka, sanu reng pagsikapan mu pa rin for now?
I think, some of the skills that are needed to become a good Educational Committee Chairperson are being a good listener, being able to work with other people, being able to make people follow your commands, and being able to plan things very well. Among these skills, I could say that in some way, I was able to possess them, but in some way, I could say that I was not so good in having them. For example, there are times that I really consider opinions of others, but there are also instances that I prefer my own ideas because I think my ideas are better. Sometimes, I could work with other people thinking that a job will be finished easier with a company, but sometimes, I prefer to do other tasks by myself thinking that the end-result will be better if I will be the one that will do it. From these instances, I guess that sometimes I possess these skills, but sometimes I don’t, but in case I have such skills, I guess I still won’t apply them to every situation that I face.

Enumerate UP TO FIVE (5) specific mini-tasks or advanced preparation that you can do during the summer vacation, to efficiently jumpstart orgwork come 1st semester.
Durinng the summer vacation, I could start surveying the people which subject matter they prefer to make questions for the CEER. I could also ask people I know for textbooks that can be used for making questions for Pautakan. I could also prepare a draft of the questionnaire which can be used for the CEER to lessen the job needed to be done at the start of the 1st semester.

Given your SPOA, give UP TO FIVE (5) currently occurring problems that will most probably be the worst hindrances for you to implement or realize your SPOA. Also specify your steps to avert these hindrances.
Based on my SPOA, I believed that the worst hindrance that could happen is having a conflict within the committee. If the committee itself is not united, it is almost impossible to implement any plans from the committee. It is possible to prevent any conflicts within the committee by making the committee members feel that they are really important in any decision that the committee will make, and that their opinions will be take into consideration. I strongly believed that having united committee members could make the committee perform well and deliver could results for the organization.

Define “batch unity” and “family spirit”. When are these two concepts relevant and when are they not?
For me, batch unity is just a term that was created in order to instill to the applicants of this organization to work as one and they should cooperate with each other for them to overcome the hardships that they will face during the application process. Family spirit on the other hand is a non-written form of bond which naturally forms between the members of this organization as they work together through different events and tasks. That being said, I think that batch unity is very important in terms of the application process since the applicants will have nothing else but their batch to depend on. On the other hand, the family spirit is relevant for the members of the organization since if you don’t have this spirit, you won’t be able to co-exist with the other members of the organization since you look at them as different people and not as people that can be trusted such as your family.

“Senior members are the Atche’s ampong Koya’s keng org that we can look up to, as people, as members and as mentors.” Agree or disagree? Why? In what way/s?
I agree on such statement because I believed that they are the members that who knows better because they know more, and has a lot more experience in the organization compared to the younger members. They are usually the ones who know the possible outcomes of your decisions that is why you sometimes ask them immediately the possible results of your decisions without actually implementing such decisions. In this case, we could actually see them as the people who guides us, and prevents us from committing mistakes that can possibly be bad for the organization.

In what concrete and specific ways or practices do you live by our core values of truth, faith, kinship and service, as an individual person in the AguFamily. You can give UP TO TWO (2) ways per core value.
Truth: I usually voice out my opinions in some issues and decisions that are discussed by the org. In such way, I can say that I’m not lying to myself that everything is okay and I’m just somehow expressing myself and saying that there is still something to improve or better ways of executing things.
Faith: When there are tasks assigned to the other members, I believed that they will be able to perform such tasks and their actions will be good for the organization.
Kinship: Being a good friend and keeping a good relationship among the others members of the org in such a way that at least for me, no one in the org hates me due to my attitude and actions.
Service: I was able to participate in some of the activities of the org by helping in the preparations of some events and being present in the event itself to give any support that I could give.



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SPECIFIC PLAN OF ACTION


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1.) 36TH PAUTAKAN = BONGGA
a) DepEd endorsed
b) early release of STS & Solicitation letters
c)STS & Solicitation to the next level!!!
d) BONGGANG advertisement! pati community boards papatusin
e) y! group for 36th Pautakan
f) early submission of questions
g) BIGATING judges
h) bonggang EBS after Pautakan

2.) Always.C.L.E.

Laging mag-a-ACLE. Kahit Film Viewing lang ifeature natn.

3.) CEER Questions Toned Down

May prof na nagsabi sakin last year na masyado mahirap mga questions. Hindi raw pang-UPCAT. Kaya naman, balak ko is early submission para madouble check sila. May prize siyempre ang first ten na makakapagsubmit.

4) ACADS 24/7

Ibig sabihin lang nito, ‘pag may problema kayo sa acads at kailangan niyo ang tulong committee, EducComm will be available 24/7 para lang sa inyo.

QUESTIONS FROM THE ELECTORAL BOARD
With sufficient details, describe UP TO TWO (2) a situation/instance in the past wherein you exhibited significant, if not deep, know-how on the position you are running for.
Sa Pautakan, which is the committee’s major event, dapat cool ka lang parati. Yun ang pinakanagustuhan ko sa Educcomm Chair last yr. Tsaka dapat laging may Plan B or Plan C. Pero siyempre, mahalaga pa ring maging maagap kaysa masikap sa Pauts. As in super! Dapat maaga ka dumating, dapat maaga ka gumawa ng questions, dapat maaga ka magrelease ng mga letters. Tsaka, don’t let members be discouraged. No matter what they have done or how much they’ve contribute, don’t let them be discouraged at bigyan sila ng chance para bumawi. Lastly, do not lift questions from internet sources. Problematic kasi. Pero siyempre, pasiyas mu pa rin ing kekang answer and defend the org pag atin ng uber competitive coach na magreklamu. J

Enumerate UP TO FIVE (5) concrete and feasible steps to encourage cooperation and attendance of members during GenMeets and org activities.
EBS. Walang tatalo dito. It makes a mem be loyal to the org sans the feeling of obligation
Work is Work. Ipa-instill tamu na patse atin kang obra, u hav to deliver no mater wat. E pwedeng patsaman-tsaman. Dapat ipairal ing ‘alang personalan’ patse ating activity.

Enumerate UP TO FIVE (5) unwritten but classic and expected skills in your position? Sanu kareni ing atin naka, sanu reng pagsikapan mu pa rin for now?
Madaling lapitan. Abot kamay. Maaasahan. Atsu lagi tambayan. A typical politico characteristic.
Cheerful. Para apalaganap ing ‘smile’ virus lalo na if the ambiance is not err… well, ok.
Thoughtful . Sabi nga, daig ng maagap ang masikap.
Creative. Understandable na ini.
Ating Know-how. Understandable na rin ini.

Enumerate UP TO FIVE (5) specific mini-tasks or advanced preparation that you can do during the summer vacation, to efficiently jumpstart orgwork come 1st semester.
a)Asikasuan ne ing DepEd endorsement
b)Magset ng yahoo group
c)Itang mga sign up sheets, letters, documents iprepare ku na la
d)Manigaral mag-Adobe! A must! J
e) Gawa ng questions

Given your SPOA, give UP TO FIVE (5) currently-occurring problems that will most probably be the worst hindrances for you to implement or realize your SPOA. Also specify your steps to avert these hindrances.
a)Polsc199. Huhu. Magpray namu na maging masuerte ku CRS this time around! As in, magnonovea na. At GE galore sa 1st sem para gumaan load.
b)Pera. Sasali ako sa GameKNB para kumita ng kwarta. Ayaw akong tanggapin sa rarejob e.

Define “batch unity” and “family spirit”. When are these two concepts relevant and when are they not?
a)Batch unity ali ne applicable pag mag-elect officers, or magvote issues
b)Family spirit patse buddy bidding?

“Senior members are the Atche’s ampong Koya’s keng org that we can look up to, as people, as members and as mentors.” Agree or disagree? Why? In what way/s? Explain.
Agree keng mga elders na megstick through the years. Grabe ang commitment! Siyempre, as an elder dakal neng a-experience. And siyempre, pag meging elder ku, bisa ku ring i-look up da ring kiddos. Na parang next yr na yun? Wee!

In what concrete and specific ways or practices do you live by our core values of truth, faith, kinship and service, as an individual person in the AguFamily. You can give UP TO TWO (2) ways per core value.

tRUTH: transparency. Gang keng lovelife transparent ku. Haha!
Faith: Pag nagpepray ako, kasama mga agupips sa mga prayers ko.
Kinship: gyang magtampu na la deng keng kabila, achu ku pa rin agu, tatambay. haha!
Service: Gyang 100 pesos nemu ing pera ku at ali naku bisang dinan ning matwa ku, munta ku pa rin AguEvents. Gyang mimamua o mamawus ne mama ku, pag atin pa rin dapat arian, gyang ala kung extrang malan, mag-overnight ku pamu rin.

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EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 2009-2010

  • President:
  • KEVIN PENALBA
  • Internals Vice-President:
  • TRISH NACPIL
  • Externals Vice-President:
  • ARIES VIRAY
  • Secretary:
  • MICHAEL GULAPA
  • Treasurer:
  • BRYAN QUIZON
  • Educational Committee Chairperson:
  • RUTH HENSON
  • Socio-Cultural Committee Chairperson:
  • MINSKY GOCE
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