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FOBI SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AND ELECTION OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES
April 2011 Cebu City, Philippines
NEWLY ELECTED BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2011
PRESIDENT VIRGILIO C. QUIJADA
VICE-PRESIDENT ROBERTO A. DORMENDO
SECRETARY ROXANNE A. JOCSON TREASURER MINDA S. TORRE PRO TESS C. INES
AUDITOR RENATO U. GAWAT RH MANILA/LUZON ELDEFONSO G. UBA
RH CEBU /VISAYAS/AUS/NZ VICENTA A. ADRIANO
RH DAVAO/BISLIG/MINDANAO NORMA U. GUERRERO
RH CANADA Vacant RH USA WINDA G. VILLANUEVA RH EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST GRACE D. ANDERSON ====================================================== FOBI FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND ELECTION OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES 24 April 2010 Cebu City, Philippines
THERE IS NO PRESIDENT'S REPORT DUE TO LACK OF NEW ACTIVITIES
NEWLY ELECTED BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2010 PRESIDENT VIRGILIO C. QUIJADA FRIENDS OF BISLIG, INC. (FOBI) SEC Registration Number : CN200831928
PRESIDENT'S REPORT AT GENERAL ASSEMBLY
24 April 2010
Dear Members and Friends,
Today is another momentous day for all of us as it is our first General Assembly since our incorporation as a non-profit organization with the Securities and Exchange Commision (SEC)- Cebu City, Philippines last December 11, 2008. We are here today to conduct the election of our national officers which will comprise the 12 members of the board or what we called the Board of Trustees (BOT). We will also finalize the amendments to be made to our by-laws as to be submitted for SEC approval.
May i also take this opportunity to review and/ or cherish with you the memories, the highlites and accomplishments we had since our organization’s founding in Manila on October 19, 2001 up to the present. With great pride and deep appreciation to all of you, please find below our achievements in chronological order.
September 02, 2001 -------- A Yahoo website with address “friends_of_bislig@yahoogroups.com” was created by Jose Frias mainly as a mean of social inter-actions between friends from Bislig, Surigao del Sur.
October 21, 2001 ------------ The Friends of Bislig Association (FOBA) was formed by Mario T. Buenaventura as its president. October 19, 2005 ------------ FOB made its first ever Golf tournament in Philippine Navy Golf and Country Club. January 14, 2006 ------------ A Bislig History website www.bislighistory.com was created by Mart Santos. October 03, 2006 ------------ FOB all over the world made a generous donation to the people of Mangagoy who were affected by the fire.
Made various charitable contributions and financial assistance to needy members in times of calamity and death in the family of immediate members.
================================================================================================== March 31, 2008 ------------- FOB President Mario T. Buenaventura who is going for his indefinite leave of absence appointed Martin V. Santos as FOB Officer-in-Charge (OIC). With his permission, the OIC was granted with full authority to re-structure the organization.
Not longafter, the assigned OIC immediately form his interim set of officers in a period of few weeks as follows: President ---------------------- Martin V. Santos Vice President --------------- Jose S. Kanapi Secretary --------------------- Carmen Cata-al –Morales Treasurer --------------------- Agnes Asido-Sarmiento with the assistance of Vicky Morelos-Rico PRO --------------------------- Lyle M. Arcaya RH Manila -------------------- Portia Abano-Alba RH Cebu --------------------- Vicenta Alciso-Adriano RH Davao -------------------- Virgilio Quijada RH NY/ U.S. Eastcoast –-- Azucena Urbiztondo-Pugh RH Europe ------------------- Grace Dejarme-Anderson RH Canada West ----------- Zola Licup-Pariseau RH Middle East ------------- Daniel B. Laurente and later on succeeded by Rodrigo M. Cayna
The first objective of the OIC is to bring the organization into the next level of becoming a socio-civic Organization by registering it with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with its Headquarter in Manila as where it is founded.
The structural Table of Organization (T.O.) was made with brief job descriptions for the above positions; the Constitution and by-laws was drafted for several months along the design of its Corporate Seal; projects were discussed whether for a short or long term, type of fundraisings to be done, charity works, livelihood projects, etc.
As the Manila group cannot facilitate for registering our association with the Securities and Exchange Commission in Manila for various reasons, the request was made by the OIC and gladly accepted by the the Cebu group as they are much closer to each other and already with fast growing membership.
Our Secretary who was originally working on this registration, turned over the job to the Cebu group for the reason that she lives outside Cebu and would be very difficult for travel just to make follow-ups.. With the help of the Cebu group, the last piece of the puzzle was completed by forming the Incorporators as required in the incorporation of our organization. The Incorporators were as follows :
Carmen C. Morales Vicenta A. Adriano Rex O. Derilo Elmer Roberto S. Balaba Maria Glenna B. Asido Grace D. Anderson (proxied by Glorietta B. Sanglay) Renato U. Gawat Martin V. Santos (proxied by Minda S. Torre)
August 16, 2008 ------------ Cebu Chapter held their induction of officers and acquaintance party at SMC Social Hall, Mandaue City, Cebu.
September 15, 2008 ------- Signing of documents for SEC Registration with then Corporate Secretary Carmen C. Morales and special visit of RH Grace D. Anderson from Europe. It was held at Grand Convention, Cebu City.
November 29, 2008 ------- Manila Chapter pre-Christmas party attended by over 70 Bisliganons in Kamayan Restaurant, Q.C.
December 11, 2008 -------- Acquired SEC Incorporation Registration Certificate and approved FOBI By-Laws from Securities & Exchange Commission, Cebu City, as a non-profit socio-civic organization. It was a great relief for all the organizers to have this after months of hard work.
The final list of Board of Trustees during the incorporation are as follows :
President ---------------------- Martin V. Santos Vice President --------------- Virgilio Quijada (elected by BOT to fill up this position vacated by Pepot Kanapi who went for indefinite leave. Secretary --------------------- Carmen Cata-al –Morales/ later succeeded by Roxanne Abano-Jocson Treasurer --------------------- Agnes Asido-Sarmiento/ later succeeded by Minda Serrano-Torre PRO --------------------------------------------- Lyle M. Arcaya/ later succeeded by Valentino Decorina Auditor ------------------------------------------ Renato U. Gawat RH Manila -------------------------------------- Portia Abano-Alba RH Cebu/ Australia/ NZ --------------------- Vicenta Alciso-Adriano RH Davao --------------------------------------- Virgilio Quijada RH NY/ U.S. Eastcoast –-------------------- Azucena Urbiztondo-Pugh RH Europe/ Middle East -------------------- Grace Dejarme-Anderson RH Canada West ----------------------------- Zola Licup-Pariseau
Due to discrepancies found by SEC Lawyer during the registering process, we were obliged without much option to merge Middle East with Europe as the numbers of BOT submitted are 12 (which prevailed) while the numbers of regions are 8 plus 6 Corporate positions which totaled to 14. The Australia/ New Zealand region was merge with Cebu for the meantime, and Middle East with Europe.
Messrs. Roberto Dormendo, Napoleon Velez and Norma U. Guererro….all from Bislig were invited to be part of the boardroom right after the formation of the Bislig chapter on January 24, 2009. Messrs. Dormendo and Velez were given the full power to exercise the rights of a BOT in order for Bislig to have a full and special representation.
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January 03, 2009 ----------- Cebu/ Visayas Chapter post-Christmas party held at the apex of SMC building and was attended by President Martin Santos.
January 05, 2009 ----------- President Mart attended the forming of Manila Chapter held at Jun Santos’ residence in North Fairview, Quezon City.
January 24, 2009 ----------- Cebu Chapter held their first ever fundraising “Raffle for a Cause” and General Membership Meeting at CENDET, Cebu City.
January 24, 2009 ----------- The Bislig Chapter was formed with RH Bert Dormendo as the interim President. The missing link was found.
January 28, 2009 ----------- Registered with Bureau of Internal Revenue ( BIR ) as non-stock, non-profit organization and acquired our certificate of registration on February 09, 2009 with TIN 269-328-767-000.
May 16, 2009 ---------------- Manila/ Luzon Chapter held their firstever fundraising “Family Bingo Social” at Balay Kalinaw, U.P. Diliman campus.
May 16, 2009 ---------------- New York/ U.S. Eastcoast held their firstever fundraising “Dinner-dance Gala” at Astoria Hotel, Astoria, New York.
August 06, 2009 ------------ Bislig Chapter RH Bert Dormendo and Treasurer Nap Velez along with some officers and members of the Manila chapter met Department of Agriculture Undersecretary Atty. Bernie Fondevilla seeking assistance for Bislig’s livelihood projects. Four proposals were made such as goat raising, duck raising, hog dispersal and organic fertilizer production.
October 15, 2009 ---------- FOBI National office in coordination with its Manila chapter conducted calamity fundraising from members and friends alike to help affected members in the great Manila floods caused by Typhoon Ondoy. A total of approximately P20K were handed to flood victims including some non-members in Q.C.
November 17, 2009 ------- The 5 member Dept. of Agriculture team visited Bislig and met RH Bert Dormendo and his officers for site evaluation of livelihood project proposals. The Goat raising project was recommended by the DA team as they already have the facilities in the area. A funding of P360K was approved by the DA office after the evaluation.
November 28, 2009 ------- Manila chapter pre-Christmas party in Balay Kalinaw, U.P. Diliman, Q.C.
December 05, 2009 --------New York/ U.S. Eastcoast had their second fundraising “Raffle for a Cause” of the year and Christmas Party for the benefit of fixing a Bislig school fences and Church pews.
December 05, 2009 FOBI National office along with the Manila chapter as the initiating group held their first ever “Christmas Gift Giving” charity project for the over 1,000 indigent children of Bislig along with the children of the Bislig members. The Bislig group did all the proper organizing and later were assisted in distributing the gifts by all visiting FOB officers and members from different regions of the Philippines.
A general meeting was held and attended by the present members of the board mainly to discuss the amendments to be made on FOBI by-laws.
February 02, 2010 --------- FOBI accreditation as a Non-Government Office (NGO) was approved by the Bislig City Council pursuant to Resolution No. 2010-53.
February 20, 2010 --------- FOBI First Annual Meeting in Northwind Hotel, Cebu City. OIC Virgilio Quijada presided and chaired the said meeting with main agendas on by-law amendments, guidelines for the forthcoming election of officers and other business related matters.
February 25, 2010 --------- New York Chapter has donated an amount of P18K for the improvements of Sto. Tomas de Villanueva Parish Church in Bislig City. Weeks prior to this, a certain amount was sent by the group to fix fences for a local Bislig school.
March 16, 2010 ------------- Bislig RH Bert Dormendo and VP Lou Polina signed a MOA (Memorandum Of Agreement) with the DA City Agriculturist in Tandag for the release and use of P360K for the Goat Dispersal project to 10 recipient farmers.
April 24, 2010 --------------- FOBI First Annual General Assembly and General Election in Cebu City…….
Prepared by:
Martin V. Santos Officer-in-Charge, FOBA 2008 President, FOBI 2008-2010 |
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