AguELECTIONS 2009: Internals Vice-President

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

INTERNALS AND MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

INTERNALS
*Internals Committee will not only focus on application process but also in the internal affairs of the organization, thus welfare of members and their relationships to each other will be of utmost importance. -“Stray” members are to convince for re-affirmation to the org or if they stood still, at least delve the reasons behind it and try to avoid the same circumstance next time.
*Sem starters and Sem Planning at the same time so that members can participate also and voice out their opinion.
*Giving incentives and rewards to active members who are always attending the general meetings and events and sanctions to languid ones.
*A member should incur or earn specific minimum tambay hours and attend at least 2 major events.
*Organize Extreme Bonding Sessions (EBS) so that the members will be at ease with each other.
*Master list of members’ vacant time will be posted at the tambayan so that during fund-raising activities where we need to have man power we can easily contact a member.
*A mini sig-sheet for members will be released to establish rapport with each other.

MEMBERSHIP
*Standardize application process; I accede of a stricter one.
*Achievable application process calendar.
*Kapampangan speaking corner ing tambayan, as much as possible.
*Early advertisements of Acquaintance Party and application process as soon as the org achieved its recognition through posters, flyers and chalk brigade.
*Put up a Sign-up booth at the tambayan for fewer expenses.
*We will promote our org through our major events so that high school students will be aware of what we do and who we are.
*Organized orientation for applicants. Meaning a mem com member should always be present at the tambayan and there will be a grand orientation day.
*Sigsheets will be released earlier and inclusion of twists and turns haha.
*Buddy Get- Up will be the usual play and no longer the picture.
*A prepared workshop for the applicants conducted by the committee chair and the members.

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.
Aroo ali ku rin balu e haha. Honestly, ali ku pa kasi meging member na ning MemCom though ini ing second choice ku kanta ng new mem ku pa, kasu ali na ku pin medinan chance na maka-experience maging MemCom kasi megSec na ku pin agad. Oita haha may eksplanasyong naganap?!

Pero syempre, I learned from second hand experience naman e, lalo na at kabale ke y Ate Acey ampong room mate ke y Lai hehe. I was also once an applicant at saksi ku kareng planning na milyari kareng adwang IVPs na akayabe ku keng execoun so feeling ku naman balu ku a and I can get the hang of it.

Enumerate UP TO FIVE (5) concrete and feasible steps to encourage cooperation and attendance of members during GenMeets and org activities.
1) Pakain - Proven effective ya talaga yan e haha! Tsaka ali naman bongang food pane anjang chips mu makanyan tas take turns ing committee pero ali naman pagpuni bang eta mangalulu!
2) Team building activities - Team building activities as ice breaker, it’s also a way para atuklasan tamu pa ing dakal a bage keng kapwa mem tamu.
3) Early and informative text brigs - Para makapag-ayos la reng mems keng busy sched da at ng abalu da nanu ing agenda tamu.
4) Surprise incentives – Will be given any period ning genmeet example ing most behave kabang maggenmeet, things like that hehe
5) Reprimanding and/or Sanctions - Pekatawli ke ini kasi eku buring mangapakarine kaya eku rin buring mamakarine. Tsaka ali ya pa kasi constitutional e so far din naman matas tamu

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.
1) Rummage sale, masikan ya rin income generating activity ini! Wag ismolin!
2) Mag-attend leadership training kalupa dati bang ma-expose keng tutung sitwasyon.
3) Term planning of officers para atin susundang calendar of activities.
4) Coordinate with our alumni to help raise funds or to help us market for our events. Masakit kasi ing alang tatalnan pera e, eka makakimut masalese lalo na pag mag-umpisa kayu pa.
5) maranun i-launch ing app process bang makarakal tamung apps! Ala tana pin karibal na org e kaya dapat amaximize tala reng apps tamu.

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.
1) Mawalan tang tambayan, 2) Marakal ali magre-aff, 3) patse OA na memagsiquit la ngan deng apps, 4)Patse migkaroon dispute at ali mea-ayos keng mismong execoun, ali naman sana Lord! 5) Patse mebancrupt ya ing Unity Bank at pilayi da la reng pera tamu! Solid ta! Haha.

Define “batch unity” and “family spirit”. When are these two concepts relevant and when are they not?
Syempre given na siguru na kacIose mu talaga reng batchmates mu kasi atin kayung shared experience e. Kaya mu ng “batch unity” ali ne relevant patse papaksyun either good or bad way na kayu at kelangan na ning org ing presence and output yu.

King Agu afeel mu naman na kapatad na ing turing da keka e na sobra kung aapreciate keka tamu ita kaya mu ing “family spirit” sosobra na siguru patse kelangan paminsan mareprimand mems at kelangan atin ng isettle for an event or keng org affairs dahil kelangan tamu pa rin magstick keng nature tamu as org that we have and rules to follow.

“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.
Aku agree naku man. Ala namang marok kung makiramdam ka rin e ali da naman sasabyan na tukyan yu ing sinabi ku?! Alang pilitan! Haha! Tsaka syempre ila ing mas dakal experience keng org matters and org stuff. Kung eyu feel deng suggestions de kasi pin naman alang adwang sitwasyon na magkalupa e di idecline ye politely, tutal matwa na la at tsaka college tana man feeling ku naman matured na la para agets da ita.

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 – tabalu malaram ku e haha, joke mu! Aku naman kasi patse atin kung sinabi na gawan ku lalo na at ing kapakanan da reng mems at org tamu ing makataya, gagawan ku talaga. Ali ku rin kasi buri ing mambitin at magpa-asa e. Prangka kung tao.
Faith – patse kasi leader ka ali naman istu na ika ngan ing gagawa e, atin tamu ping awsan na collective leadership, meaning have faith kareng subordinates mu na they can deliver the task! Oha? Tatry ku rin maging inspiration kareng aliwang mems, nax! Hehe.
Kinship – Nakuu, kareng kabale ku pamu pin agupips no ngan e nanu pang kinship a payntunan?! Haha. Syempre, king pamag-uphold kareng values na panindigan na ning Aguman at keng pakikipag-kapwa tamu kareng kapatad tamu keng Aguman.
Service – anyang meging kung member ning Agu,afeel kun a kulang pa ing abye ku kaya tinagal ku para maging officer bang kanta mas abiye ku pa ing deserve na at marapat kaya. Kung kulang pa ing adwang banwa na migsilbi ku as Secretary and President, lugud ku namu na mamye pang metung a banwa para magsilbi kareng Agupips at keng Aguman!



TWISH “Ang Tinkerbell na tutupad ng inyong WISH”

General Plan of Action
W – well-evaluated membership. Members will be evaluated accordingly. They will be given a corresponding status of membership every semester. The Executive Council and the Membership Committee members will be the ones to assess the members of the organization. They will be evaluated based on their performances as a member of their committee and as a member of the organization.
I - ion-to-ion bonding activities. As a family, we would definitely enjoy a break from the pressure of our academic life. One of my visions is to have a vibrant and harmonious relationship between the members by having our intensified EBS. This is to encourage the members to actively participate in our organization’s activities.
S – strategic recruitment of new members. The application process will be given a new grading system. The membership committee together with the externals committee and the records and publications committee will devise a new and more efficient way of promoting the organization during the recruitment period.
H – higher attendance at general meetings. The membership committee will set up ‘gimmicks’ that will entice members to attend general meetings.

SPECIFIC PLAN OF ACTION
Well-evaluated membership
Status of members:
a) Full-fledged- a member who has fully complied with the membership policies of the organization and who has no financial obligations as far as the organization is concerned.
b) Probationary
b1) A member who was not able to lift a warning given to him or her for the previous semester.
b2) A member who was able to partially comply with the membership policies of the organization.
c) Honorary – he/ she may be a student/graduate of any college/university other than UP Diliman and possesses the qualifications of a regular member. He/She must have been at least 10 and elected by at least 2/3of all registered members of the General Assembly.
d) Missing-in-Action – A member who, during the current semester, has lost contact with the organization for some unknown reason(s).
e) LOA – A member who may or may not have renewed his/her membership and has submitted a formal leave of absence from the organization for the semester. A member under this status must renew his/her membership for the immediate semester following his/her leave otherwise he/she shall receive a form of sanction before he/she can renew his/her membership.
f) AWOL – A member who has failed to renew his/her membership for the current semester and did not file a formal leave of absence.
g) Dismissed – A member who has acquired AWOL status the previous semester and still was not able to renew his/her membership for the immediate semester following his/her absence from the organization.
h) Expelled – A member who was found guilty of negligence of duties and responsibilities and was found unworthy of membership to the organization.
i) Member Under Special Agreement – a member who has assumed dismissed or expelled status but has filed a letter of appeal or reconsideration. He/She shall be given the right to be heard and, if found worthy, shall be given a special assignment during the current semester. Terms regarding his/her appeal shall be provided by the Membership Committee.
j) Suspended – A member who was found guilty of a violation of the constitution shall be stripped of all rights and privileges of a member for a span of time depending on the seriousness of the offense.

Aside from this status, the Membership Committee and the Executive Committee may give any member of the organization a warning that will serve as a reminder for negligence of duties such as committee work and attendance in committee meetings. The Membership Committee and the Executive Committee shall conduct deliberations at the middle of the semester to evaluate the members’ performance and to determine whom to sanction warnings. A member that is given a warning is still a full-fledged member of the organization.

Warning
A member who has complied to most of the membership policies but was able to neglect some of his/her duties as a member.
A member who has acquired 6 or more unexcused absences for the General Meetings set for the semester.

Ion-to-Ion Bonding Activities
1) EBS Galore:
a) Food-Trip @ Tambayan or,
b) Picnic @ Sunken Garden or,
c) Going to Malls or,
d) Bars for more night life and more!
2) Games @ Tambayan
a) Card Games
b) Memory Games
c) Word Factory
d) Mind-boggling Puzzles and more!

Strategic Recruitment of New Members
1) Hakot-Applicants
a) Chalk Brigade
b) Posters and Flyers
c) Booths at AS Lobby and at the Tambayan
d) Contact students who participated in our previous events

2) Enhanced Grading System for Applicants
a) There will be a probationary status of applicants who, after his/her application, was found worthy of conditional membership status.
b) There will be an evaluation of applicants every month of the application process which includes the basic requirements (Sigsheet, Attendance, etc.)
c) The General Assembly, Membership Committee and the Executive Committee will have a votation before the Final Rites to determine whom among the applicants can continue with the application process.
Executive Committee- 20%
Memership Committee – 40%
General Assembly – 40%

Higher Attendance at General Meetings
*As much as possible, there will be free snacks at the end of general meetings to attract members to attend the meetings and the activities to follow.
*There will be mini-games or puzzlers while waiting for other members to arrive to avoid boredom.
*A re-affirmed member must not miss 2 consecutive absences during General Meetings.
*A member should pass an excuse slip provided by the Membership Committee stating his/her reason(s) of absence at a specific General Meeting.

QUESTIONS FROM THE ELECTORAL BOARD
With sufficient details, describe UP TO TWO (2) situations/instances in the past wherein you exhibited significant, if not deep, know-how on the position you are running for.
Since first year high school ku, lagi kung makagawang paralan para apagkabati ku la deng adwa kung kaluguran o kaklase potang mipapate la.awsan daku pin friendship bridge or peacemaker deng aliwa kung kaluguran kasi apipisabi ku la keybat dang mipate. Palage ku importante ya ing trait na ini nung sakaling manyambut kung IVP, kasi ing obra ning IVP ali mu tungkul application process pero pati ing relasyun dareng mems keng metung at metung. Balu tanaman ating mipapagkatampuhan pero dapat ali tamu paparas keng point na ali na misasabi or ali na magpansinan. Siguru masanting at least once a year atin open forum para kekatamung mems.

Anya namang makipaglaban ku kareng academic contest since elementary ku, atin na kaming concept as team work. Syempre atin times na ing team captain ing masusud kareng disisyun nung nanu ing isagut mi pero ali naman dapat ya lagi ing tukyan. Ating pagkakataun na adwa kareng members na ning team ing parehu sagut at liwa ya ita keng sagut ning team leader, keng sitwasyun a ini atin weighing of pros and cons. Lawen tamu ing side ning bawat sagut at nung nanung mas feeling tamung istu. Ita ing isagut jang aliwa ita ing sagut ning leader. Mag-apply ya rin ita keng pagiging head ning nanu mang committee ning org na ini. Ali naman porket ini ing aisip ku as the head ita na agad ing paimplement tamu diba, kayapin atin kang committee mates, kaya pin magkarun committee meetings kasi kukunan mu la rin side deng committee mates mu, atsu la ken para sopan daka keng task na ning committee mu, it must not be a one man show as they say, it must be a group effort. Sayang nala man deng human resources mu nung ali mu la gamitan diba.

Enumerate UP TO FIVE (5) concrete and feasible steps to encourage cooperation and attendance of members during GenMeets and org activities.
1. kalupa na nitang makasulat ku keng spoa ku, midinan lang sanction and warnings deng mems na ali magattend general meetings, kasi ing ali pamag attend genmits is a way of negligence of some of your duties as member and you do not exercise your rights as well
2. dinan talang prize or merits deng members na alang absent kareng genmits every end of the semester
3. personalized text messages per member, kasi balamu makakonsensya potang ing text addressed ya mismu keka.
4. gawang pakulu every genmits kunwari atin free snacks by the end of the genmit o kaya atin fun games before genmit para ma-encourage lang munta.
5.mas maranun na pagiinform karela na atin genmit para alage da ne keng schedule da.

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?
1. Leadership
2. Patience
3. Self-esteem
4. Understanding
5. Listener

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.
Siguru atin naku ngan da reni pero dapat ke pang ibuild-up ing self-esteem ku, kasi minsan mayna ku confidence, kailangan ku pang sabyan keng sarili kung agyu ku ini jang agyu ku naman pala, ali ku mu matas tiwala keng sarili ku. Nung akit kung atin kayung tiwala kaku makasawup ya kaku ita para tumas ku tiwala keng sarili ku.

1. plan or schedule the events of the application process
2. make a draft of the sigsheet
3. survey what EBS will the members want
4. make the outline for the evaluation of the members
5. plan activities for the genmits

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
1. funds for the app process- magpaimplement kung app fee para jang pakananu ali na kukwa nang kukwqang funds keng org para magpaprint stuffs o paditakditak na gastus kareng activities.
2. pakulo para keng genmit- manipun nakung ideas nung nanung gimmick ing pwedeng gawan para magenjoy la deng mems potang magattend lang genmit
3. ask the consultation of the executive council for the evaluation of the mems

Define “batch unity” and “family spirit”. When are these two concepts relevant and when are they not?
Patse org problems na ing pisasabyan, ena dapat factor ing batch unity, family spirit na dapat ita. Dapat lalawen tala at hahandle deng conflicts as a family, ali porket ka-batch me ya ing kampihan mu jang ali ne man istu. Dapat isipan mu rin nung nanu ing mayap para keng buung org na pamilya mu.

“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.
I agree that we can look up to them because through their experiences we could see what was helpful and what was not. We could improve what they have accomplished and correct what must not be done. We really could learn a lot from them but then it does not mean we’ll just repeat what they have done just because it was effective, we must make our own decisions and strategies.

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.
TRUTH: gagawan ku ing obra ku truthfully,ali ku gagawang excuse nung ali ke agawa, sabyan ku agad na ali ku agawa nung balu kung ali ke ayari, keysa akuan ke tapus ali ke man ayari megpaasa ku pang tawu
FAITH: atin kung tiwala keng org na jang nanung problema pa ing dating alampasan taya as a whole family; mg-encourage mu rink eng mems na agyu da ing dodoubt dang gawan
KINSHIP: nung pwedi kung tuki kareng mems mgEBS tuki ku jang atin ku pang exams GE the next day paminsan; nung mangaylangan lang interviewee or participants deng aliwang mems pumayag ku nung pwedi ku
SERVICE: magvolunteer ku kareng events nung pwedi ku lalu na potang fund raising for the org (food-stuffing); sasaup mgpromote keng org keng alma matter at kakilala.