Regular GA #1: September 16, 2020

Agenda

  • House Tidbits
  • FBR Elections (c/o Sophomore Batch Representatives)
  • ​​AKWE Updates (c/o Vice Chairperson)
  • ​Thesis Talk Update (c/o Senior Batch Representatives)
  • ​​Core GA Evals (c/o Chairperson)
  • ​STRAW Updates (c/o STRAW-Sec)
  • Partnership Proposals (c/o Ways & Means)​
  • Other Matters

Attendance

P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
PANAGUITON
ALBERTO
QUIMBO
MARGAÑAS
GABA
GUIAM
BALITA, Kyla
GUILING, Haqq
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EL
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SHIN, Stephanie
BAUTISTA, Elijah
AGUSTIN, Juan
BASTIDA, Maria
CUARESMA, Camille
JOVELLANOS, Guiliana
Legends:
P - PRESENT
​PV - PRESENT & VOTING
EL - EXCUSED LATE
UL - UNEXCUSED  LATE
EA - EXCUSED ABSENT
UA - UNEXCUSED ABSENT
I. IRR - Chairperson
  • Andi: Hello everyone! Before we start, let’s vote on Yas’ late first. Yas informed Third and I that she’s going to be late for this GA kasi there was a last minute meeting for her internship. All those in favor of excusing Yas for being late for this GA, please raise your hand.
 
  • Mario: As long as this doesn’t happen again, and she clarifies with her boss that she isn’t available by this time, I think it’s okay naman.
 
  • Andi: Okay, Yas has been excused. Let’s move on to our Agenda for today. First, we have the House Tidbits care of House SE Audi.

​House Tidbits
  • Andi: World News: Activists flee on boats from Hong Kong, once a safe haven from China. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/14/asia/hong-kong-taiwan-boat-dst-intl-hnk/index.html
 
  • EJ: Local News: Netizens arrest of 16 including minor, given the lockdown situation we have right now, bawal pa rin ang mass gathering. Hindi pa sila naka-face shield or face mask. WE should not be too lenient or too relaxed.
 
  • Andi: UP News: SLAS Application for the 2nd round has already started.
 
  • Gia: Random News: Soggy pants repealed

FBR Elections (c/o Sophomore Batch Representatives)
  • Gia: We’ll start with the candidates. We have 6 candidates for the Freshman Batch Representatives positions and 1 for the Econ Rep to the UFC. For ECONsystem, we have Joanna Medalla and Isabelle Lorilla. For AGAPAY, we have Chabeli Bayhon and Stella Villamiel. Lastly, for PUSO, we have REjam Foronda and Sophia Nava. Our lone candidate for the Econ Rep to the UFC position is Khristina Ricarder. 
 
  • Cami: Apart from that, we have also upoaded the Certificate of Candidacy forms in the drive and posted the announcement of candidates pub. The official start to their campaign period was kanina 4 PM. We are monitoring all of their posts for campaigns, and we explained all the relevant dates and reminders to them yesterday sa Candidates’ Orye namin.
 
  • Cami and Gia: We’d like to remind you lang to put your questions sa sheet na sinend namin. Andoon na rin drive for of all their CVs and GPOAs. The convocations will be held this Monday, 5 - 8 PM. It’s 3 hours pero sobrang tight na ng schedule for it kasi last year 2.4 hours lang ‘yong convocs pero tatlo lang kaming candidates. It’s going to happen in Zoom with all the candidates and council members and there will be an FB live on their facebook group. The hosts for the event are JC and Third, and taos na rin ‘yong program flow. We’ll send the script to them by the end of the week. 

  • Cami and Gia: Lastly, the elections will happen on September 22-23, and we will be posting guidelines on the council page. We will be emailing the freshies with a link to the form that won’t be open until 8 AM on the 22nd. The announcement of winners will be on September 24.

​AKWE Updates (c/o Vice Chairperson)
  • Mitch: Majority of the the students chose “No.” Ibig sabihin majority ay hindi ganoong interested sa AKWE this sem. Usually ang sinabi nila sa mga responses ay gusto nila ng event na hindi masyadong mahaba ‘yong program. Some of the suggestions include contests na lang on the SESC FB Page, more videos showcasing UPSE, and an UPSE Movie Night. 
 
  • Mitch: May mga nag-suggest rin na baka pwedeng Fundraising event na lang or Esports event instead of AKWE. Pero if magkakaganito tayo, ang possible dates for it ay September 25, 28, or October 2 because of NES. May nasabi rin si Haqq na pwedeng mgaka-games sa Minecraft pero hindi lang ako masyadong familiar kaya baka pwede mong i-explain Haqq.

    Haqq: Sa minecraft na suggestion for AKWE, pag-uusapan pa namin kung ano ba pwede nating gawin as a council.Ang nabanggit sa akin nila Gab Rivera ay pwede raw magkaroon ng scavenger hunt na parang part ng games kumabga. If ever matuloy, pwedeng sa discord na lang mag-usap ‘yong mga players tapos sa mismong minecraft ‘yong game.

    Mitch: So sa Minecraft gagawin lahat ng activities na part ng mga games natin?

    Haqq: Pwedeng sa Minecraft na lang. Sa Minecraft kasi marami kang pwedeng gawin. So if gusto mong paunahan na maghanap ng gold na block, for example, pwede. So if magkakaroon ng scavenger hunt, pwedeng-pwede talaga. The limit is your imagination lang.

    Shin: Motion to extend by 5 minutes.

    Third: I second the motion.

    Andi: The motion has been seconded. Mitch?

    Mitch: So if ever na matuloy, sa UPSE na ginagawa niyo na server gagawin ‘yong games?

    Haqq: Not necessarily, pwede namang baguhin pa or gumawa ng bagong place sa Minecraft for it.

    Jaro: To clarify, if you want to join the game, you need to have minecraft?

    Haqq: Yup, you need to have a minecraft account. Mayroon namang free lang na mahahanap online.

    Jaro: One thing na kailangan rin nating i-take note is that kailangang mag-download pa ng mga students ng minecraft. Me, for example, ayaw ko naman talagang mag-minecraft so disincentivized na akong sumali.

    Mario: Baka pwede nating ipa-sense kung anong games gusto nilang makita.

    Mitch: Okay, so to clarify, set na tayo na magkakaroon tayo ng games even if they said no?

    Andi: I think that given that the answer is no, we can have representatives na lang tapos stream their gameplay. Or we can have something more interactive that will include a lot of students pero hindi sobrang time consuming. 

    Emman: Wait, diba may sinabing may free na version ng Minecraft online? Is it legal? Hindi naman kailangang i-torrent?

    Haqq: Hindi naman kasi pwede naman siyang i-download through a website lang. 

    Emman: Oh okay. Mas nagiging strict kasi ang UP when it comes to those kinds of things.

    Andi: Jaro, you have something to manifest?

    Jaro: Mitch said something about fundraising? Pwede pa-clarify?

    Mitch: Isa sa mga suggestions lang naman ‘yon para imbes na magkaroon ng AKWE we can focus on that na lang, on helping others. 

    Mario: Motion to extend by 5 mins.

    Jaro: I second the motion.

    Andi: One of the suggestions lang naman ‘yong donation drive and I think baka hindi lang nila alam na we already have one planned.

    Mario: Direct response to Mitch, I don’t think naman na binabalewala natin ‘yong “No” na vote nila kasi I think that’s for AKWE lang. What we’re doing naman now is for doing a sensing for possible alternatives na lang.

    Mitch: Okay. So we can work on the sensing for the games na lang.

    Andi: Anymore manifestations? None? Okay, let’s move on to the Thesis Talk Update care of the Senior Batch Representatives.

Thesis Talk Update (c/o Senior Batch Representatives)
  • EJ: Basically, we did sensing within the week. Majority agreed to attend the talk naman. Instead of the usual na si Tita Vickie, we’re going to choose speakers from the alumni. WE changes the topic of the talk na rin from choosing a thesis topic ato tips and reminders for the thesis na.

    Shin: We wanted to get Tita Vickie, pero upon sensing, one of the batchmates sent us a PM na why not get speakers who can effectively give us tips on how to work on the thesis during a pandemic na lang. We tried tapping Sicat awardees like sila Bel, especially since they know what it’s like to create a thesis online. Tita Vickie won’t be available rin naman raw during the date. Bel Bernardo and Elaine ______because they’re runner ups sa Gerardo P. Sicat Best in Thesis award. For council attendance, . It might be helful for you guys especially since you will all do your thesis na rin naman.

    Andi: Anymore manifestations? Okay. Thank you guys! Let’s move on to the Core GA Evals.

Core GA Evals (c/o Chairperson)
  • Andi: I made a SWOT Analysis for evaluating the event.

    Strengths: We were a lot sa GA so it’s a strength na marami talagang um-attend. We also started on time, which is good kasi usually other events start late by 30 minutes or so. Another strength is maganda ‘yong icebreaker na prinepare ni Mitch.

    Weaknesses: I guess I should have been more clear with regards to the directions kasi others were waiting pa rin pala sa Zoom even though tapos na meeting nila with their core. Other than that, marami ring may NSTP that time. Athough wala namang contentions during the plansem, marami ring nangyari na last minute announcements.

    Opportunities: Since online, it’s not going to be hard to gather a lot of people. Usually kasi if physical, more than half lang nakakapunta. But, since everything is online now, mas madali nang um-attend.

    Threats: Wala mastodon “home-ey” feel to it kasi it’s online lang. Usually bumibili pa ng Mcdo ‘yong council para may makain naman ‘yong mga core members.

STRAW Updates (c/o STRAW-Sec)
  • Third: I’d like to update you ang guys with regards to the progress of my core. But before that, I’d like to apologize lang for leaving the GA early. May last minute announcement ‘yong NSTP prof namin na we had to meet during the time of the GA. I’d like to thank Andi rin for allowing me to present first.
 
  • Third: Okay, with regards to my core, we have already met twice. Yesterday, we finished calendaring all our initiatives na. So, tapos na kami sa pag-set ng dates for preparations for each event, and na-set na rin namin kung kailan namin balak i-pose ‘yong mga pubs. With regards to Dear STRAW naman, wala pang nagse-send ng grievances actually. I’ve been checking it everyday, and I just checked it ulit before this GA. I’ll ask you guys na lang to remind people na if they have grievances or anything, the Dear STRAW is 24/7 naman and rest assured, we’ll work on it agad. I’m also really grateful to the Admin for starting the UPSE 101 so batch reps please make sure that your batchmates have joined the group na. I’m also planning on contacting the admin and extend help na rin if ever they’ll need it for information dissemination. Lastly, some reminders lang. Please observe house rules na lang and be mindful of the systems for manifesting para lang maging orderly ‘yong GAs natin. That’s it. Thank you!
 
  • Andi: Any manifestations or concerns? None? Okay. Next up is Jaro for the Partnership Proposals.

Partnership Proposals (c/o Ways & Means)
  • Jaro: First of all, I’d like to thank everyone for being active when confirming partnerships. Usually the day I put as the deadline is a day or two before the actual deadline set by the org who sent the proposal. We’re currently establishing a tracker for easy monitoring of our responsibilities. Right now, all of the partnership proposals are being sent to the main email of SESC and siyempre hindi ko pwedeng bigyan ‘yong core ko ng access doon, so medyo nahihirapan ako kasi I have to copy pa and send the details to my partnerships team. To udate you lang rin, we have around 8 partnerships. I’d like to take this time to ask if you are all okay with partnering up with PsychSoc and USC. The reason I didn’t post it is because we didn’t have any responsibilities as per the proposal. We just have to share the pubs sa ating facebook page. They’ll have a lot of  events and initiatives in October since it’s the mental health month.

    Jaro: Other than that, we have something to share for our partnerships. I’ll send it na lang sa partnerships group chat para you can easily see it. Lastly, let this be automatic na lang that if ever we have partners, we need to like their FB Page agad. Basta standard natin ay ang pag-like ng Facebook page. May contentions ba or suggestions?

    Andi: I have a question about the National Day of Mourning proposal. Are we required to go to the events?

    Jaro: As far as I know, based on the proposal, hindi naman siya required. It was only a proposal if whether or not we will be a signatory for the statement. I have another concern pala concerning Third. I’d just like to ask if okay sa’yo to label the memos in our email sa SEC na para mas madaling makita ‘yong mga partnership proposals?

    Third: Yup I’m okay with that!

    Jaro: Okay, thank you so much!

    Andi: Any more questions? Okay, let’s proceed to other matters.

Other Matters
  • Andi: Anyone have anything they want to raise? Okay. We’ll have Jaro, Emman, JC, then Mitch
 
  • Jaro: To clarify lang sa agenda, kahit hindi siya related talaga can we talk about it if we have time pa? 
 
  • Andi: If it’s not related, add it na lang sa Agenda just so everyone’s clear with it.
 
  • Jaro: Okay. Kanina na-bring up sa akin ng batch reps na ongoing na ang sensing with regards to the donation drive. Ang may lead sa poll for the beneficiaries ay ang mga Displaced workers around UP Campus. 
 
  • Shin: I have a question. The deadline of voting in the poll is 1 and a half weeks from the posting date. So, are we still going to continue the sensing using the poll?
 
  • Jaro: Kaya nasabing conclusive na rin ‘yong results as of now is because sobrang laki ng disparity between the votes. It’s an assumption pa lang naman and I get your point. We can allow the others to vote pa rin naman. I’m just relaying to you that as of now, medyo landslide na talaga ‘yong isang choice for the beneficiaries.
 
  • JC: For batch reps, baka pwedeng i-bump muna ‘yong poll, but we’ll finalize everything na by tonight. 
 
  • Andi: So tonight na ‘yong deadline for the poll?
 
  • Jaro: Can a batch rep enlighten the body kung gaano na katagal ‘yong poll?
 
  • Shin: It’s been up by Monday.
 
  • Jaro: So, it’s been 2 days lang?
 
  • Shin: Maybe we can lessen the period for sensing to a week lang, just so we’re not wasting time rin for the preparation of the donation drive.
 
  • Jaro: I agree with that. JC, if you meant by finalize everything is to finalize the costs na, I think that’s too fast, so I think it’s better na one week na lang.
 
  • Andi: Okay. Next is si Emman.
 
  • Emman: Reminder lang that we have to finish the tracker because we are partners with NYC. I have talked with the NYC BOD and I think it would be better if pagka-bigay nila ng pubs, tapos na natin ‘yong part natin after three days.

  • Andi: Got it. Mitch?

  • Mitch: Regarding doon sa date, ano ‘yong preferred date niyo? September 25, before NES, 28, after NES, or October 2, a week after NES. 

  • Jaro: I think better if Friday para end of the week kasi people are trying to maximize Monday. People are busy talaga during Monday kasi they’re trying to prepare for the week kaya I think na better if Friday. 

  • Mitch: Agree naman ako doon. So dalawa lang pagpipilian natin: September 25 or October 2. I’ll send the list of games na rin to Andi para she can share it to you and we know kung anong mga games ang pwede.

  • Andi: Jackbox and Among US have a maximum number of players kaya if ever, possible lang siya if may reps per batch.

  • Mario: Are we still going to sense this?

  • Mitch: Yes.

  • Mario: Baka we can have a poll na lang through FB.

  • Mitch: Okay, thank you guys!

  • Andi: I just want to remind you guys to inform Third if you have any changes sa dates ng mga events niyo. Also, sa mga batch reps please remind your batchmates to join the FB group na with the admin. Thank you!

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