PRESIDENT'S REPORT
YEAR END 2017 REPORT OF THE UPBSI PRESIDENT
From: Noli Nolasco <nolihnolasco@gmail.com>
Date: Mon 4/2/2018 5:45 AM
To: International (up-beta-sigma-international@googlegroups.com);UPBSI
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Easter greetings of joy, prosperity and love to all Brothers in the spirit of
true kinship and Brotherhood. Since the New Year, I have been struggling with my
physical condition although I am not making this an excuse for this late UPBSI
Report.
We are in for another year facing old challenges and as well as new ones. With
all of us giving our share in strengthening our brotherhood, we will not only
hurdle these challenges but also take advantage of opportunities as new
developments unfold. The latest of such opportunity is that the effect of the
12K will have lasted and new freshmen will be getting into our campuses again.
I am herewith submitting my 2017 Report as your President. Before that, however,
may I ask you to look over the attachment to see if you need to update your
membership for the year. This is a year where you will again elect your leaders,
and to be given the right to vote, you have to send in your membership dues
either to any of our Treasurers:
FOR PAYMENTS IN THE US ($15 per annum):
Brod Roy Antonio – pay to UP Beta Sigma International
The Bank of Hemet / Account # 143257001
3715 Sunnyside Drive
roy_antonio_bs77@yahoo.com
FOR PAYMENTS IN THE PHILIPPINES (PhP 500 per annum):
Brod Raffy Hidalgo
Banco de Oro RAFAEL ROBERT HIDALGO C.A. # 00345800136 raffyhidalgo@gmail.com
My report will show you that we have been extremely modest in the use of your
membership fees, relying largely on donations in kind and in cash from many of
our members. It will also show you that we were able to undertake activities
mostly related to our vision of being considered as the Fraternity of Choice.
While we have made strides this year towards that direction, we must admit that
the journey is still long and arduous. This only means that there ought to be
more and more alumni brothers – in the Philippines and abroad - getting immersed
in our efforts to keep us closer to our vision.
During the past year, our partnership with Central UP Beta Sigma Fraternity has
been productive in pushing through with our various projects. Thus, some of the
things reported here are a result of that partnership.
SERIES OF SEMINAR/WORKSHOPS
First and foremost, a series of seminars ranging for 2 to 3 days were conducted
in all five (5) campuses. This was a sequel to the Resident Workshop held the
year before as part of our
Platinum year festivities. This time, it was a more in-depth seminar-workshop,
the OBJECTIVE of which was to empower our residents with knowledge, attitude and
skills in response to the changing environment in our campuses.
This seminar was a fitting kick-off for UPBSF Central’s series of seminars
planned by The UP Beta Sigma Center of Excellence under the stewardship of
President Joel Paredes. Aside from what has been mentioned, it is hoped that the
attendees have gained basic learning to be good students and fraternity members
and later become productive and successful citizens of the country. But as they
say, “Rome was not made in a single day.” This means that we have to create more
leaders and conduct more training programs in order to make use of this
investment of training our young members.
Over-all Course Director/Facilitator was Brod Willie “Tatang” Vergara (UPBSI
Coordinator, Task Force on Resident Affairs), ably supported by seasoned
speakers, as follows: Brods Secretary Victor Ramos (international speaker),
Freddy Fajardo, Danny Lachica (international speaker), Dave de la Torre
(international speaker) and Randy Malayao (international speaker). Our Course
Director, who himself had been conducting such seminars for banks, soft drinks
companies, professional associations, civic and religious groups, etc. had
earlier shared with you copies of feedback from participants that showed the
seminars were excellent in most dimensions. However, rated “average” or “3” was
“time management” because of the long hours and short breaks. For particulars,
visit our website and read three articles about this in Features 39.
Financially, these seminars were made possible courtesy of very supportive brods
who financed the seminar/workshops and also in partnership with our UP Beta
Sigma Central. As approved by the Board of Directors, UPBSI funds coming from
membership fees was a only PhP14,250 compared to the total amount raised –
PhP211,830 – for this project involving all campuses. Our Central UPBSF chipped
in with PhP20,000. Brod Boyet Fernandez also returned the PhP50,000 donation of
Brod Tatang to The Good and Noble Fund for this project.
There were many other donors, as follows:
-- Brod Mayor Lito Tadena P50,000
-- Brod Jayjay Jayme P20,000
-- Brod Kim Cabatit P10,000 (personal donation over and above Central UPBSF)
-- Brod Pastor Rod Reyes P 7,500 (converted from USD)
-- Brod Benjamin Bing Garcia P 5,000
-- Brod Jito Arreza P 5,000
-- Brod Bong Beredo P 5,000
-- Brod Joey Onias P 5,000
-- Brod Danny Lachica P 5,000
-- Brod Randy Malayao P 5,000
-- Brod Ike Araneta P 5,000
-- Brod Jojo Alejar P 5,000
-- Brod Ding Canave P 2,500
-- Brod Angie Angliongto P 2,000
There were other minor alumni donors from the local chapters, namely, the UP
Beta Sigma Alumni Associations of UP Baguio, UP Visayas, and UP Mindanao. Many
of such donations took the form of UPBSI membership fees that are managed by the
respective associations for the sole purpose of supporting resident projects in
the different campuses. Thus, there are a few unspent cash balances that are
being kept by local fund handlers, specifically Brod Dennis Liggayu of UP Baguio
and Brod Bimbo Yap of UP Mindanao.
A financial statement of this project was submitted earlier by Seminar/Workshop
Director to Auditor Brod Alfredo Young, PhD, who gave it a clean bill insofar as
figures of the receipts and expenses. The statement earlier submitted to the
entire membership shows that an amount of P17,011.42 excess of receipts over
expenses. This money is currently in the hands of Brod Kiko Delmendo and is
about to be deposited to our Banco de Oro account managed by Philippine
Treasurer Raffy Hidalgo.
We also have to mention those brothers who have in significant ways helped in
the successful execution of the seminar/workshops:
-- Brod Alexis “Dogs” Dogwe Venue and lodging arrangement (free!), transpo
support, food arrangement, planning support
-- Brod Jojo Alejar Transpo arrangement - UPLB
-- Brod Henry Adornado, PhD Free seminar venue at Forestry
-- Brod Dennis Liggayu UP Baguio venue arrangement and seminar support
-- Brod Dave de la Torre UP Baguio transpo support and venue preparations
-- Brod Ace Locara UP Visayas transpo support
-- Brod Marv Aranjuez UP Visayas venue and accommodations
-- Brod Carter Constantino UP Visayas alumni support
-- Brod Yuls Alama UP Visayas resident morale support
-- Brod Angie Angliongto UP Mindanao hosting and alumni support
-- Brod Ding Canave UP Mindanao alumni support
-- Brod Bing Garcia UP Mindanao alumni support
-- Brod Bimbo Yap UP Mindanao alumni support
Another big take-out from these seminars is the increased involvement by alumni
brods in the localities in support of residents as in the case of UP Baguio, UP
Visayas and UP Mindanao. In the case of UP Baguio, for instance, many UPB alumni
have linked up with the remaining residents to give more energy to our
recruitment efforts. Thanks to the dynamic duo of Brod Dave de la Torre and Brod
Dennis Liggayu.
SUPPORT TO CAMPUS ELECTIONS
Another area of UPBSI and UPBSF Central was in the area of campus elections,
specifically in supporting the following candidates during the first half of
2017. Totally, our point Brod Dogs
Dogwe reported total receipts of P95,000. Of this amount, UPBSI and individual
donors turned over P51,250. On account of modest spending by our young Brod
Dogs, he turned over to Brod Tatang Vergara the unspent amount of P14,250 for
the above-mentioned seminar /workshops – with the unanimous approval of the
Board of Directors. You will see detailed reports from our two Treasurers their
financial report.
UPBSI/UPBSF Central supported several candidates.
For UP Diliman, only Brod Lee de la Torre was able to make it to the Student
Council, while two brods did not make it. Much of the amount went to the
campaign of LC Shari Oliquino. While she did not make it as Vice-Chair of the
Student Council, LC Shari would later be chosen as a Student Regent as her
capability for leadership showed during the campaign period. Expected to win was
Brod Joshua Balinas but did not make it due to late maneuverings – a valuable
political strategy lesson for the Brods. For UP Baguio, three LCs ran and only
one won. BOD Dennis Belmonte reported a total expense of P5,000 for UPB.
According to Dennis, the remaining amount of P2,000 given to UP Baguio will
remain in their local funds to support a co-sponsored project of our winning
candidate, Cielo Marie Esmeria. In UP Los Banos, our lone candidate Brod Cyrus
Digma handily won a seat. We did not field any candidate in UP Visayas and UP
Mindanao (with the latter currently struggling with only two resident members.)
It is always nice to know that many Brods have come out to support our
candidates, as follows:
-- Orlino Ancheta P100
-- Ike Araneta 50
-- Rod Reyes 50
--Tatang Vergara 25
-- Yay Topacio 25
-- Aman Carolino 25
-- Ernesto Igot 25
-- Bong Beredo 25
-- Art Martin 25
-- Ed Rivera 25
-- Fred Aquino 25
All these donations were included in the pool of UPBSI (P30,000 – Board
Approved) and UPSF Central, with a grand total of P97,000 as reported by BOD
Brod Alexis “Dogs” Dogwe.
On March 30, 2017, Brod Dogs Dogwe reported the following:
Please see summary of expenses below. All figures pertain to UPBSI funds.
o Receipt P51,250
o Disbursed
o Diliman P25,000
o Los Banos 5,000
o Baguio 7,000
o Total P37,000
o Balance P14,250 -> Turned over to Brod Tatang intended for the seminar
OUR UPBSI WEBSITE
Courtesy of our ever-dedicated Webmaster Norman Bituin, our website has now more
than 113,000 hits. A lot of the website updates during the past year were about
the passing of our brothers and sadly, more since the beginning of 2018. All
these updates have been done pro-bono et amore by our beloved Norman, who has
himself contributed to the articles especially on his many travels. Many brods
who have gone, and intend to go, to those places have expressed much
appreciation to his Travelogue portion.
Our website is also a permanent archive where our postings in more than a decade
can be retrieved at will. Each one is invited to contribute to our history by
submitting pictures or articles. For those who haven’t navigated our website,
you will find several areas of interest and opportunities to contribute. For
instance, our website has the following sections:
Milestones, that include Additions in your family, Nuptials, Honors and Awards,
such as career movements, sports competition, etc.
Grandkids – and the one who is recorded to have the most grandkids thus far is
Brod Bernie Bantegui.
Art Works – You need not be a Banz, Ely Santiago or a Boy Luna to post your
artworks.
Memoirs and Reminiscenses – Share your old pics with brods, but please chose the
ones that will build up our image i.e. avoid those old initiation pictures.
Memorabilia – old posters, stickers, keychains, etc.
Environmental Awareness (includes environmental protection) – We have many brods
who have and currently involved in environment. You are invited to submit
articles and pictures.
Travelogue – You can guide Brods into places you’ve visited, or remind them our
specific places you’ve visited yourself. So far we have only 16 Brods who have
contributed to this section. Let’s hear from more of you.
INTERNATIONAL ROSTER
Canada-based Brod Edwin Acuna has been working on this for some time with the
assistance of other brods and may now be viewed at our Directory portion of the
website. I would like to quote here the report of Brod Edwin:
It contains the names, the chapter where initiated, of all members of the U.P.
Beta Sigma Fraternity, of its five chapters - Diliman (1946), Los Baños (1950),
Baguio (1977), Visayas (1989), and Mindanao (1998).
I made a slight change in the middle of 2017. Instead of working on a directory,
I opted to do a "roster" instead, in view of the opinion that a directory
requires information from the brods that they may find very private, to be
specific: telephone number, email address, and birthday.
The roster contains only the following information: Name, U.P. chapter and year
initiated. That is all.
To date the following chapters need to update their roster:
Los Baños - new members initiated in 2016 and 2017
Visayas - 2017, if any
Mindanao - from its founding year 1998 to 2017.
Both Diliman and Baguio are updated through 2017.
In view of this, I enjoin both the Director assigned to the chapter and the
resident Grand Princep concerned of the above-mentioned chapters to assist me
and Brod Lionel Latoja (D'75C), that is, to submit the years they have to
update, to us as very soon as possible. Special mention is the Mindanao chapter.
The directory project shall remain an "ongoing project". The information shall
be populated as we voluntarily received such from the brods, and the file shall
remain with me and Brod Lionel's custody for security reasons.”
A copy of the roster is with Brod Norman Bituin (D'65) and is now published at a
protected portion of our website, which means the need for a password to access
the information.
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AN APPEAL FOR PAYMENT OF MEMBERSHIP DUES
An overall financial statement will be submitted soon by our two Treasurers Roy
Antonio and Raffy Hidalgo.
During my term, we have drastically reduced our membership fee in order to make
it reachable to as many brods as possible. This was also made possible by our
successful transformation from a corporation to an association, thereby easing
our annual overhead expenses because we no longer have to spend $1,000 per
annum.
On my first year as President, we were able to break our membership payment
record, with a total of 216 members remitting their annual fees. At the start of
this year, with only more than
50 Brods paid so far, we have so much to catch up on. To see if you need to
update your membership fees, please see the attached EXCEL REPORT on membership.
BROTHERS, KINDLY PLEASE REMIT YOUR MEMBERSHIP DUES SOONEST. I know we have been
quite good in catching up with payments. This is a year where we again have to
vote for our leaders. Per our Constitution and ByLaws, the election process
starts in April this year. Only members of good standing will be allowed to
vote, and those who have paid for at least two years will be qualified to be
candidates for the Board of Directors.
Just for emphasis, you may remit your fees to the following:
FOR PAYMENTS IN THE US ($15 per annum):
Brod Roy Antonio – pay to UP Beta Sigma International
The Bank of Hemet / Account # 143257001
3715 Sunnyside Drive
roy_antonio_bs77@yahoo.com
FOR PAYMENTS IN THE PHILIPPINES (PhP 500 per annum):
Brod Raffy Hidalgo
Banco de Oro RAFAEL ROBERT HIDALGO C.A. # 00345800136
PROJECTS FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS
My term ends by the end of June this year. I shall have served a full two terms,
plus another six months as your Interim President. We have done much together,
and I hope that I will continue to enjoy your support (over and above payment of
dues), in the following projects:
1. Follow-up seminars to the series of seminars on Basic Leadership and
Empowerment conducted in July and August last year. Such seminars should however
be coordinated with our Central’s Beta Sigma Center of Excellence. Focus shall
be on recruitment and preparation for the next Academic Year, where the effects
of the K12 shall have diminished.
2. Support initiatives such as peace promotion and collaboration with other
fraternities in varied endeavors that help our University.
3. Support socially-oriented programs of other groups with the UP Beta Sigma
Fraternity, such as medical missions and environmental programs.
4. Finish the International Roster.
5. Coordination and monitoring by the campus Ninongs and their respective local
alumni network as well as more frequent interactions by our local chapter with
our residents.
For a greater UP Beta Sigma Fraternity.
Noli H. Nolasco'62B
UPBSI President