By 1pm, I gathered all of Shutters Guild members for a meeting. I just presided the opening and allowed Norman to take over the discussion. All existing officers gave their respective year end report and likewise the appointed coordinators also gave their progress reports. After that, I took over the control of the meeting to start the election of the new sets of officers for program year 2011-2012.
The election went smoothly with Norman unanimously re-elected as president, and all other position were filled easily. The only time there was a heated discussion was the issue on handling the case of Leon Zaragoza. Norman asked the group what to do with his case:
- He owes the group SR575
- He used the name of the group for his personal photoshoot
- He has not yet paid his membership dues
- He don't attend meetings anymore
While I was elaborating Leon's case, Bernard made a comment on the sideline asking why some members were unceremoniously removed from the membership without going to due process. Out from nowhere, Beejay claimed that he took the liberty of taking out Alex from the membership list because he felt that it his responsibility to clean out the mess of Alex - estafa in particular. That comes as a surprise to me. Now I know why I have not seen Alex for quite some time.
I immediately cut the argument and took the responsibility of the fault. First, I commend Beejay for the decisive and valid action that he did because that is his function as an officer - and not because of "guilty" factor as the sponsor of Alex. I also commend Bernard for his zeal of closing the issue on Leon. I promised to take action on this matter.
Below is the minutes of meeting as reported by Tony:
SG MINUTES OF MEETING
Date: 14 July 2011 (Thursday)
Incumbent SG Officers (2010 – 2011)
President - Norman Cunanan
VP (Technical & Development) - Donnie Advento
VP (Membership) - Herbert Bagol
VP (Internal Affairs) - Umi Mamalayan
VP (External Affairs) - Vacant
Logistics & Sgt. at Arms - Beejay Gonzales
Treasurer - Cathy Gonzales
Auditor - Vacant
Secretary - Vacant
ACHIEVEMENTS
President
• Pres. Norman has been thankful for all the support of the co-officers
• Pres. Norman has been performing tasks for the VP External as he was sourcing projects that may provide additional funds for SG
• Pres. Norman has also stated that there may be events´ shoots which are free of charge and these should be accommodate to provide opportunities for the new members to learn and likewise for exposure of SG
• Pres. Norman has advised everyone that SG has been appointed as the official photographer of SE Productions, one of the reputable Filipino events institutions in KSA
• Pres. Norman is requesting all of the new SG members to participate in the events and support the SG vision and mission
VP (Technical & Development)
• There has been several technical and development activities executed over the year and to name a few, please find listed below:
o Re-training and development which are normally conducted every Mondays
o Edge of the World this coming Hajj
o Advanced Lighting Workshop
o Coffee Table Book
o Saudi Sceneries
o Historical and Cultural Heritage of Saudi Arabia
o And many more
VP (Membership)
• Validity of the membership is yearly
• All members are obliged to pay their membership fees annually
• Herbert to prepare the updated list of SG members
• It was proposed that the new members should be provided with ID cards and membership kit which includes SG-logo shirt
Logistics & Sgt. at Arms
• Assets are estimated to include the following
o Backdrop
o 27 Stands (Easel)
• Beejay to provide updated information with regard to the current SG assets
• Project – Palm Crest
Treasurer
• Cathy to provide updated cash report to SG officers
Miscellaneous
• All are requested to attend the Monday regular meeting
• Issue discussed with regard to the SG website. This should be activated by the group
• Setup of Human Name in FB dedicated only for SG members (Nathan to setup)
• It was also suggested that there are issues that need to be resolved by the SG officers only and meeting should be arranged among themselves
New SG Officers (2011 – 2012)
President - Norman Cunanan
VP (Technical & Development) - Beejay Gonzales
VP (Membership) - Cathy Gonzales
VP (Internal Affairs) - Temporarily assigned to Donnie Advento
VP (External Affairs) - JP Guiao
VP (Logistics & Sgt. at Arms) - Bernie Obenza & Chong Quintos
Treasurer - Cathy Gonzales
Auditor - Rudy Hipolito
Secretary - Jong Baylon
Advisers - Nathaniel Amores
Donnie Advento
Anthony De Guzman
Ammar Valdezco (On leave)
Note: It was agreed by all that there will be a general assembly of all SG members sometime in September. Exact date shall be advised to all
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