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Date Posted: 15:00:28 04/11/03 Fri
In reply to:
Aie
's message, "Organizational Meeting Report" on 11:55:24 04/09/03 Wed
Agyamanak kadakayo nga nagmemeting gapu ti baro nga foundation tayo. All of you deserve a medal. Keep up the good work. No aniaman ti maitulong nakasaganaak nga tumulong. I will start my own system of saving for the fund. May God Bless you always. Also, Happy Easter to Everyone. Hallelujah!!
Nick
>Mga Kadugo,
>
>Kunak no tuloy tuloy diay report ni Atilinda on the
>meeting. Ay, salamat, kunkunak met laengen!
>
>Here goes then. Sorry, I lost track of time.
>
>There were nine (9) of us all right: Mg Puring,
>Arnel, Annie, Atilinda (and Lean), Mark, Pros (and
>Prozen), Sammy Y., Jess and myself. We were done
>about 8 PM so there was no reason to stay overnight (I
>brought my tent and sleeping bag just in case).
>Indagas da kon da Mark idiay Umingan on their way back
>to Nueva Ecija. Atilinda went back to Baguio and the
>San Nicolas folks had to go back to San Nicolas to
>prepare for the next day’s 70th Anniversary
>celebration of San Nicolas Church. I took a snap shot
>of the group for documentation purposes. Here they
>are:
>
>
>
>(Clockwise: Arnel, Pros, Sam Y, Annie, Jess,
>Atilinda, Mg. Puring. Prosen, standing)
>
>
>
>(Left to right: Mark, Mg. Puring (seated); Annie,
>Aie, Atilinda, Prosen (2nd row) Jess,, Arnel, Pros,
>Sam Y. (back row)
>
>Ang labo! Oh, well, what did you expect from a
>brownie camera?
>
>The food was good for 20 people so you can imagine
>what a feast we had. Thanks Steve! Adora almost
>prepared for 50. Many could not make it for various
>urgent reasons (Emy was in the middle of meetings to
>avert demolition of market stalls, Dante brought their
>mom to the airport, Bibsy brought a nephew who was
>badly bitten by a dog to the hospital).
>
>Uray bassit kami, the discussion was no less involved
>and animated. We agreed on the following (just let us
>know if you have any violent objections!):
>
>1.0 Trust Fund
>
>We will intensify the Dugong CYF Trust Fund Alkansiya
>Campaign that we ‘formally’ launched during the
>Christmas 2001 Family Camp. The concept of course is
>the same as the one we practiced at Hideaway with some
>variations.
>
>We used to have one"piggy bank" where we placed the
>amount equivalent to whatever we sacrificed from day
>to day (could be a bottle of coke, a tricycle fare,
>etc.) We used the group savings to buy materials for
>our pot painting and papier mache making that financed
>our weekend caravans to the Local Churches. At one
>time, we used our savings to "pay" the professional
>fee of the doctor who attended to one of our members.
>Sinab-ok mi kenni Daisy.
>
>This time, each of us would keep one per family. This
>could be a fun (be creative!) and educational (value
>of savings, etc.) family project. Some may want to
>go by the ‘sacrifice’ concept, others may chose to set
>aside a specific amount per day or per week. (Kaniak
>nga maysa,, at the end of each day, I empty my purse
>of all the Pp5 coins and put them in my Dugong CYF
>alkansya. In one year, nganngani saankon nga
>mabagkat!)
>
>The first round of alkansya offerings during the
>Christmas 2002 Family Camp was very encouraging.
>Each Family Camp, we’ll have a special liturgy for the
>alkansya offerings. The next one will be during the
>planned Family Summer Camp in May 2004.
>
>For all of you who are across the seas, sana sabayan
>nyo niyo kami! A quarter a day will go a long way!
>
>We have decided to involve in this campaign only those
>who count themselves Dugong CYF. It’s no obligation,
>it’s a commitment. Like the good old days, huh?
>
>2.0 Foundation membership
>
> Annie reported for the Membership committee. We
>agreed on the following:
>
>2.1 Qualifications
>
>2.1.1 Regular Members. All former CYFers above 30
>years old, who have been "active" (this will be
>defined) in the Local Church and/or Conference
>(Central Luzon).
>2.1.2 Affiliate Members. All spouses and children
>below CYF age of Regular Members.
>2.1.3 Honorary Members. Non-CYF’ers but CYF
>supporters and "lovers"
>
>2.2 Fees/Dues
>
>There will be a one time Membership Fee of Pp20.00 and
>Annual dues of Pp120.00 (or Pp10.00 per month).
>
>2.3 Coverage
>
>2.3.1 The Foundation is not an alternative to the
>CYF. It will not "compete" with the potential and
>actual membership of the CYF . CYF age range is 12-30
>years.
>2.3.2 The Foundation will only operate at the
>Conference level so as not to unnecessarily compete
>with any Local Church and Local Church level
>organization, like in fund raising campaigns.
>2.3.3 The Foundation will be very careful not to be
>a elitist group. There will be no discrimination for
>whatever reason, in whatever form.
>2.3.4 The Foundation will have no residency
>requirements. (Uray ay-ayan mo tattan basta naggapu
>ka iti kapadasan iti biag CYF iti Central Luzon).
>
>NOTE: Recognizing that some family members of Dugong
>CYF are already of CYF age and/or are also members of
>CWA, UCM, etc., the group agreed to closely coordinate
>with the concerned organizations in the scheduling of
>future Foundation Family activities. We support, we
>don’t compete.
>
>3.0 Foundation Budget
>
>Elma and I worked out a proposed annual budget and the
>following major budget items were approved by the
>group:
>
>Income:
>- Donations in cash (Trust Fund, General Fund,
>Farm/campsite improvement) and in kind (tents,
>seedlings, materials, labor, others)
>- Pledges or Commitments (Trust Fund and General Fund,
>Alkansya Drive)
>- Project Funds (CONDORA, other funding partners)
>- Interest Income (Trust Fund, General Fund)
>- Fund Raising Campaign
>- Membership Fees/Dues
>
>Expenses:
>- Operating expenses (Foundation registration & other
>documentation, materials, honoraria for invited
>guests, food, others)
>- Assistance to CLCYF (Summer Camp, Christmas Camp)
>- Assistance to the Central Luzon Conference (Annual
>Conference session)
>- Souvenir program/promotions for Local Churches
>celebrating 50, 60, 70 founding anniversaries
>- Campsite improvement expenses
>- Project expenses
>- Other Expenses
>
>We were not able to assign amounts because Bibsy was
>not around with the Financial records. Actual budget
>to follow.
>
>4.0 Tabita Hideaway/Conference Farm
>
>Sam and Jess reported on the Tabita Hideaway. We
>agreed to pursue the development of the Tabita
>Hideaway as a Conference Farm and "satellite" campsite
>(for discovery groups). We will continue to plant
>mostly forest trees and maybe some fruit trees nga
>natured iti pudot with just occasional irrigation
>support, here and there. We will forego for the
>meantime the putting up of structures there. We need
>to undergo the following minimum development
>requirements, though:
>
>4.1 Access Road. We set this aside for a while
>until we were sure what is really "do-able" for us in
>this site. Jess was assigned to coordinate with
>Bibsy and Vernon to get this thing going. I need to
>confirm with Bibsy the availability of the funds for
>the access road.
>4.2 Conference Farm fence. We already have the
>cement posts and barbed wire ready. After the access
>road has been laid out, we should be able to put up
>the fence. We have designated funds from CONDORA for
>this.
>4.3 Water system. We need to deepen the source
>of water (tapno saan nga matyanan iti summer)and
>improve the pump house structure (para permanente na
>doon ang pump)
>4.4 Maintenance (we give Pp 500 a month para iti
>agsibug)
>4.5 Tree planting. When the first rains come in
>June this year, we will go and plant more trees. We
>will be scheduling a two-day Family tree-planting work
>camp. Plant during the day and campfire at night.
>4.6 Conference Farm Report. We will request
>Bibsy to report to the Central Luzon Conference in
>session on the Conference Farm component in May.
>(BTW, the Conference session this year will be in
>Villasis)
>
>5.0 Rev. & Mrs. Pedro C. Ramos Campground
>
>I wish I had taken some pictures of the site. Parang
>ready-made campsite! It has a rolling terrain beside
>a river that does not run dry. There is an elevated
>clearing with a breath taking view that is perfect for
>vespers and campfires. Adu ti kaykayo to serve as
>shade but there is still plenty of space to develop an
>orchard and possibly vegetable gardens. A private
>road (Ramos’) ends right at the site. There is a foot
>path connecting our two sites. We were told Tabita
>Hideaway is just a 20 minute walk away. We still
>need to come up with a more detailed development plan
>but until then, we have agreed on the following:
>
>
>5.1 Clearing and planting. One day of the planned
>Family ‘workcamp in June will be devoted to the Ramos
>Campground. We’ll plant catuday, marunggay, allukon
>or baeg, camote, kasoy, langka, and other fruits trees
>that would not need much care and maintenance.
>5.2 Water system. A small water impounding system
>would make the campsite like our favorite Batchelo r
>(or Agpay for the ‘older’ CYF’ers!) or better. Sana
>feasible. We’re waiting for Dave to assess the
>possibilities.
>5.3 Structures. We will look into the possibility of
>transfering two of the three steel structures from the
>Tabita Hideaway to the Rev. & Mrs. Pedro C. Ramos
>Campground.
>
>We await your bright ideas and suggestions.
>
>6.0 First Dugong CYF Foundation General Assembly
>
>6.1 Tentative date: First week of October 2003 at the
>Ramos Farm (subject to Mg. Vic and Nel’s permission,
>of course!)
>6.2 All those qualified who will attend the first
>General Assembly will be confirmed members upon
>signing of the Membership Form, in a fitting ceremony.
> Those of you who can’t make it, you may send in your
>duly accomplished form through e-mail. Annie will
>design the form.
>
>7.0 Others
>
>7.1 Atilinda updated the group on the Foundation
>registration. We hoped it would come through on an
>easy-to-remember date (like June 12, the day the CLCYF
>core group was formed some 25 or so years ago!)
>7.2 Should Dave come home this summer, we will
>schedule a meeting of sorts so we can all go visit the
>campsites and get professional opinion on the water
>systems.
>
>
>PS.
>
>Now that the Foundation is duly registered, I guess we
>will be executing the necessary
>documentation/resolutions re the Rev. & Mrs. Pedro C.
>Ramos Campground when Manong Ped comes back from
>Chicago in June. You have read his Boardroom message.
> Need I say more? I think I have mentioned in one of
>my earlier reports that he is a Dugong CYF and one of
>the Foundation incorporators.
>
>
>
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