Liza F. Martinez writes…
Attendance seems to be growing with each meeting. Barcino at The Fort was, once again, witness last 04 October 2008 of the encouraging turn-out of batch ‘85’ers who are gung ho about our coming silver jubilee in 16 months! Yikes! That’s just 2 Christmases away! But we shouldn’t worry, not if you saw the kind of energy that filled the second level of the bar that afternoon…okay, that evening.
There were exactly 23 attendees. Although not all 23 arrived at exactly the same time. So while I was presiding, exchanges of pleasantries pleasantly interrupted the meeting. Yes, pun intended. As Pelita Peralta-Uy said, there has to be 2 minutes of scuffle every time someone arrived. And why not! Most of us had not seen each other for 20 years! I would name all the attendees but it might fill up this space. Just check out the pictures taken from the cameras of (not necessarily BY) Carmela Endriga-Honrado, Kathy Avellana-Asuque and Gem Hernandez-Abcede. If I missed anyone, apologies please. I was too busy selling tickets and signing up people for committees.
We shared the groundwork with the bigger group and vowed to move forward. People were assigned per geographical area to follow up batchmates for the monthly collections. The 15th of each month starting in October was the agreed collection date for the monthly contributions. While the BDO account is welcome, Made Marante suggested that we open another account with a big network for an even easier accessibility. Raquel Maloles-Aldaba will look into Metrobank as a second account.
With the first fundraising event happening on 24 October, tickets moved. Although not as briskly as we had hoped. Sad face here. But I have to acknowledge Carmela, Rowie Gallos-Marquez , Kelly Espinosa, Analei Atienza and Racquel for responding to a request the night before and getting their complete share of the tickets. Thanks too to Made, Kathy, Lara Parpan, Meg del Rosario-Isleta, Malen Manese-Isaac, Gem, Ermin Punsalan-Velasco for purchasing tickets. Thank you so much for your quick response. It’s inspiring. Naks! There are more tickets with me and Raquel. Just contact us if you want to get some. Please see Lara’s letter rallying support for the October 24 event. A profit of P100,000 is within our reach, if we all pull through and give just a little bit more.
We discussed developments with other proposed projects. The bazaar became a garage sale. Target date: Nov. 16. Ermin kindly volunteered her mother’s house in Better Living, Paranaque and also her clinic as storage area. Stand by for updates on this. Project Head Nora Siggaoat-Pinga will give us updates and a timetable for next steps.
Pelita talked about the ball which we later agreed to turn into a party. Remember the Corinthian Gardens Clubhouse? Hehe. We’ll try to bring back those days. Again, stand by for more updates on this. Pelita will share with us a project plan so we know what financials we’re talking about and what our responsibilities will be like.
Before mayhem erupted, we got most everyone to sign up for their respective committees. Check out the Minutes for Committee Members as well as detailed agreements and people with assignments. After the sign-up, the customary picture taking. What’s a meeting without this right? Expect more photos in the meetings to come. Even after this gathering adjourned, a big part of the group went on to have dinner at a nearby restaurant. But that probably deserves another blog entry…
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