Residents elect five officers into the Executive Council AY 2009-2010
March 12, 2009 – The election of members of the Executive Council for AY 2009-2010 was held at the UP Aguman tambayan at Palma Hall. For days prior to the Election Day itself, the profiles containing the Specific Plan of Actions (SPOA) of the candidates and their answers to questions from the Electoral Board were all released by the Electoral Board at Aslag Online and the residents’ mailing list. Multiple hard copies were also released at the tambayan. The Electoral Board implemented this to help the voting members in making an informed decision in choosing their leaders for the next school year.
The traditional Miting De Avance was also held before the members casted their votes. Each candidate was given 4 minutes each to deliver their speech and 12 minutes of live Q&A was allotted for the candidates of each position. The order of presentation was determined and released beforehand: 1) Socio-Cultural Committee, 2) Internals Vice-President, 3) Educational Committee Chairperson, 4) Externals Vice-President, 5) Secretary, 6) Treasurer and 7) President. The members took turns in airing their questions to the candidates and in offering their well-meaning suggestions as well.
After the Miting De Avance, the members then cast their votes, assisted by the members of the Electoral Board (EB). Out of 49 registered members, 44 were able to vote so the required number of votes to win was 23. After the live counting of votes, winners were declared for 5 of the 7 positions in the Executive Council, namely Trish Nacpil (Baskal 2007A) – Internals Vice-President, Aries Viray (Lakatan 2006A) – Externals Vice-President, Bryan Quizon (Pinanari 2008A) – Treasurer, Ruth Henson (Langgotsi 2006B) – Educational Committee Chairperson and Minsky Goce (Baskal 2007A) – Socio-Cultural Committee Chairperson.
PRESIDENT
16 CASTRO, Jennifer H.
18 PEÑALBA, Kevin Patrick E.
10 Abstain
INTERNALS VICE-PRESIDENT
6 CASTRO, Jennifer H.
34 NACPIL, Trisha D.
4 Abstain
EXTERNALS VICE-PRESIDENT
16 DE PADUA, Gerard Robin D.
24 VIRAY, Aries Ivan G.
4 Abstain
SECRETARY
20 GULAPA, Michael Roman S.
21 PABLO, Felipe IV B.
4 Abstain
TREASURER
16 MALLARI, Ferdinand, Jr D.
23 QUIZON, Bryan Leonard M.
3 Abstain
EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON
9 CORTEZ, Carmelo M.
31 HENSON, Ruth Elaine L.
5 Abstain
SOCIO-CULTURAL COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON
12 DAVID, Ian Bencio M.
30 GOCE, Romina Isabelle E
2 Abstain
Because of the vacant positions, Special Elections were held the very same night. The attendance did not constitute a quorum of the registered voters so a few more members were contacted to come back so start the special electoral process.
During the 2nd round of nominations, the issue of allowing graduating members in the 1st semester of next school year to run in the elections was officially raised to the General Assembly (GA). Before the Pre-Elections the previous week, the EB already made a decision to not allow members with such cases to pursue candidacy in any position. So the GA voted and it upheld the decision of the EB.
The nominees for the Secretary position were still Michael and Felipe. Felipe was also nominated for the President position, together with Jen and Kevin. But after the PreElections, Jen and Kevin still emerged as the final nominees. Unfortunately, after the counting of the 2nd round of voting, there were still no clear winners. None of the candidates garnered 18 votes, the required mandate of 50%+1 of the 33 present members that night.
PRESIDENT
17 CASTRO, Jennifer H.
14 PEÑALBA, Kevin Patrick E.
2 Abstain
SECRETARY
17 GULAPA, Michael Roman S.
16 PABLO, Felipe IV B.
0 Abstain
It was already late in the night so the EB decided to postpone the 3rd round of Elections. As of this writing, it has been announced that another Special Elections will be held on Wednesday, March 18.
The traditional Miting De Avance was also held before the members casted their votes. Each candidate was given 4 minutes each to deliver their speech and 12 minutes of live Q&A was allotted for the candidates of each position. The order of presentation was determined and released beforehand: 1) Socio-Cultural Committee, 2) Internals Vice-President, 3) Educational Committee Chairperson, 4) Externals Vice-President, 5) Secretary, 6) Treasurer and 7) President. The members took turns in airing their questions to the candidates and in offering their well-meaning suggestions as well.
After the Miting De Avance, the members then cast their votes, assisted by the members of the Electoral Board (EB). Out of 49 registered members, 44 were able to vote so the required number of votes to win was 23. After the live counting of votes, winners were declared for 5 of the 7 positions in the Executive Council, namely Trish Nacpil (Baskal 2007A) – Internals Vice-President, Aries Viray (Lakatan 2006A) – Externals Vice-President, Bryan Quizon (Pinanari 2008A) – Treasurer, Ruth Henson (Langgotsi 2006B) – Educational Committee Chairperson and Minsky Goce (Baskal 2007A) – Socio-Cultural Committee Chairperson.
PRESIDENT
16 CASTRO, Jennifer H.
18 PEÑALBA, Kevin Patrick E.
10 Abstain
INTERNALS VICE-PRESIDENT
6 CASTRO, Jennifer H.
34 NACPIL, Trisha D.
4 Abstain
EXTERNALS VICE-PRESIDENT
16 DE PADUA, Gerard Robin D.
24 VIRAY, Aries Ivan G.
4 Abstain
SECRETARY
20 GULAPA, Michael Roman S.
21 PABLO, Felipe IV B.
4 Abstain
TREASURER
16 MALLARI, Ferdinand, Jr D.
23 QUIZON, Bryan Leonard M.
3 Abstain
EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON
9 CORTEZ, Carmelo M.
31 HENSON, Ruth Elaine L.
5 Abstain
SOCIO-CULTURAL COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON
12 DAVID, Ian Bencio M.
30 GOCE, Romina Isabelle E
2 Abstain
Because of the vacant positions, Special Elections were held the very same night. The attendance did not constitute a quorum of the registered voters so a few more members were contacted to come back so start the special electoral process.
During the 2nd round of nominations, the issue of allowing graduating members in the 1st semester of next school year to run in the elections was officially raised to the General Assembly (GA). Before the Pre-Elections the previous week, the EB already made a decision to not allow members with such cases to pursue candidacy in any position. So the GA voted and it upheld the decision of the EB.
The nominees for the Secretary position were still Michael and Felipe. Felipe was also nominated for the President position, together with Jen and Kevin. But after the PreElections, Jen and Kevin still emerged as the final nominees. Unfortunately, after the counting of the 2nd round of voting, there were still no clear winners. None of the candidates garnered 18 votes, the required mandate of 50%+1 of the 33 present members that night.
PRESIDENT
17 CASTRO, Jennifer H.
14 PEÑALBA, Kevin Patrick E.
2 Abstain
SECRETARY
17 GULAPA, Michael Roman S.
16 PABLO, Felipe IV B.
0 Abstain
It was already late in the night so the EB decided to postpone the 3rd round of Elections. As of this writing, it has been announced that another Special Elections will be held on Wednesday, March 18.
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