OFFICE OF THE STUDENT COUNCIL 1

University of the Philippines Cebu 2

Room 165, Arts and Sciences Building 3
Minutes of the Meeting 4
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Last June 3, 2014, the University of the Philippines Cebu Student Council 2014- 7
2015 conducted its 8
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official meeting at the Student Council Office. The meeting was 8
called to order at 6:07PM with 13 members present and 1 absent. The first half of the 9
meeting was presided by the Student Council Vice-Chairperson, Mr. France Kevin 10
Degamo and the next half by the Student Council Chairperson, Ms. April Dyan 11
Gumanao. 12
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The following were present and arrived on time in the meeting: 14
1. France Kevin Degamo (Vice-Chairperson) 15
2. Vince Francis Dingding (Councilor) 16
3. Angel Rose Trocio (Councilor) 17
4. Darl Octa Henessa Santos (Councilor) 18
5. Chatch Calderon (Councilor) 19
6. Christine Meriz (4
th
Year Representative) 20
7. Carmen Jonahville Matarlo (3
rd
Year Representative) 21
8. Justine Luis Raphael Balane (3
rd
Year Representative) 22
9. Patrick Byron Gattoc (2
nd
Year Representative) 23
10. Hannah Lois Tidalgo (2
nd
Year Representative) 24
11. Damsel Mondido (FA Representative) 25
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The following were present but came in late in the meeting: 27
1. April Dyan Gumanao (Chairperson) had a meeting with the Cook-out 28
Production Heads (arrived at 7:20 pm) 29
2. Cristine Hellery Libres (4
th
Year Representative) due to internship (arrived at 30
6:36 pm) 31
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The following were absent in the meeting: 33
1. Narlyn Dura (FA Representative) still in Samar 34
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I. CALL TO ORDER 36
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The meeting was called to order at 6:07PM. Quorum was established. 38
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II. AGENDA 40
After the quorum was reached, the meeting was called to order and Vice- 41
Chairperson Degamo presented the following agenda. 42
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1. Business Arising 44
2. KSUP/GASC Report 45
3. Cookout Matters 46
4. Other Matters 47
- Library Committee (added by Rep. Gattoc) 48
- STS Instructions (added by Rep. Meriz) 49
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Representative Gattoc moved to approve the order of the business and 51
was duly seconded by Councilor Trocio. 52
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A. BUSINESS ARISING 54
a. Approval of the minutes of the 7
th
official meeting 55
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To approve the minutes of the 7
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official meeting held last May 20, 2014, the 57
acting Secretary General then, Councilor Calderon, presented the minutes to the 58
council. After being read by the members, corrections were made. Vice 59
Chairperson Degamo then reminded the publicity head to post the said minutes 60
online on Thursday. 61
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b. IDAHOT statement 63
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Vice Chairperson Degamo said that the IDAHOT statement was unfortunately 65
not posted on the SC page despite being deliberated and approved by the 66
council last meeting. He then reminded everyone, especially the Publicity 67
committee to always remember and accomplish the tasks given to them. 68
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c. VOLCORPS Update 70
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VOLCORPS Committee head, Councilor Santos, told the council that 72
there are already some Freshies inquiring about VOLCORPS through text and 73
online. She said that their usual concerns is about registering as a VOLCORPS 74
member. Councilor Santos also updated the council that there are already 11 75
students who registered as VOLCORPS members. A suggestion was made to 76
invite students to register online and RSVP them to ensure participation. 77
Representative Gattoc also said that the Freshies should be encouraged to share 78
the online registration form. Vice Chairperson Degamo then tasked the council to 79
already have at least 20 students added to the list of VOLCORPS members by 80
next meeting. He also reminded Councilor Santos to always follow-up new 81
members by welcoming them and saying Thank You for registering. 82
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d. STS Questionnaire 84
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In line with the councils campaign regarding STS, the council approved to 86
have the Psychology Majors within the council to produce and formulate the 87
questionnaires to be used for the said campaign. Vice Chairperson Degamo then 88
asked the members whats the progress for the questionnaire. Councilor Trocio 89
then reminded everyone that the deadline for the questionnaire will be on June 90
10 and that they havent met yet to talk about how to go about formulating the 91
questions for the questionnaire. Vice Chairperson Degamo then reminded them 92
that they have to meet within the week so that the questionnaire would already 93
be ready by June 10. 94
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e. STS Dropbox 96
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Vice Chairperson Degamo asked about the STS Dropbox that was 98
mentioned in the minutes of last meeting. Representative Tidalgo said that the 99
Dropbox was not approved because Vice Chairperson Degamo said that it is 100
better to talk to the students personally. The members were able to gather stories 101
from the students and some teachers regarding STS. Councilor Dingding 102
informed the council that Sir Gerry Lanoza already agreed that his STS story will 103
be used by the council as the kick-off story for the campaign. With this, 104
Representative Gattoc said that he will release the pubmat tomorrow at the 105
latest. Councilor Calderon also pointed out that he got to talk with Yolanda- 106
stricken Freshies who got a result of full discount in their STS application. Vice 107
Chairperson Degamo suggested to the council that STS stories from other 108
campuses might also be used since some of these stories are really alarming, as 109
Representative Gattoc remarked. He said that he learned from the GASC that 110
100 out of 400 applicants filed for an appeal. 111
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f. Internet/Wifi codes 113
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Last week, the council received a complaint from some students who are 115
taking summer classes that they paid for the internet fee and yet there were not 116
able to use internet/wifi connection in school. Councilor Dingding pointed out that 117
in order for them to avail of the wifi service in school, they still have to go to Ms. 118
Famador for their wifi codes. However, its already too late since summer classes 119
are over. Inquiries regarding the wifi codes were forwarded to Dr. Lorel Dee 120
because shes the Officer-in-Charge for Computer Services Unit since Ms. 121
Famadors term as CSU head already ended. 122
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Vice Chairperson Degamo then asked the council what to do since 124
summer classes are already over. He then suggested that these student 125
shouldnt be asked to pay for internet fees anymore for the coming semester. He 126
also added that at the minimum, the council should expose what happened to the 127
student body. A letter including all the names of those students who paid for the 128
internet fee must be sent to the Office of the Dean. Representative Balane was 129
then tasked to make the letter. Councilor Trocio then suggested that the council 130
must already start gathering the names of those who paid. Vice Chairperson 131
Degamo and Councilor Calderon pointed out that these names can be generated 132
from the College Secretarys Office. Representative Matarlo was then tasked to 133
get the names from the CSO. 134
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B. KSUP/GASC REPORT 137
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Last May 23-25, the UPC Student Council was invited to join the Kasama Sa 139
UP National Congress held in Tacloban. Representing the council are 140
Chairperson Gumanao, Vice Chairperson Degamo, Councilor Trocio, Councilor 141
Santos, Representative Gattoc. Each representative provided a report telling the 142
council what happened during the congress. In a nutshell, Vice Chairperson 143
Degamo and Councilor Trocio reported that for KSUP Congress, they had a 144
Basic Mass Integration wherein they were assigned to two groups, both 145
interviewing Typhoon Yolanda victims. They also lived with families who were hit 146
by the supertyphoon. Aside from the BMI, the KSUP Congress also had their 147
elections for the years new national council. Councilor Trocio was nominated as 148
the National Executive Council Chairperson but she turned it down because she 149
wanted to focus more on UP Cebu Student Council. Moreover, Representative 150
Gattoc was then elected as the new Deputy Secretary for Publicity and 151
Propaganda. 152
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On May 26-27, the General Assembly of Student Council was held in UP 154
Tacloban wherein 39 Student Councils of the University participated, including 155
UP Cebu SC with Chairperson Gumanao, Councilor Trocio, Representative 156
Gattoc and Student Regent Nominee Vice Chairperson Degamo as UPCSCs 157
representatives. The assembly went on for two days with the primary purpose of 158
selecting the new Student Regent. After long hours of deliberation, the assembly 159
then reached a consensus of selecting Neil Macuha as the new Student Regent 160
of the University. Vice Chairperson Degamo pointed out that this years GASC 161
was very peaceful, with almost all student councils agreeing to one another. 162
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C. COOKOUT MATTERS 165
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This agendum is off-the-record. 167
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D. OTHER MATTERS 169
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a. LIBRARY COMMITTEE 171
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The university-wide committee for the library called for a meeting last June 173
3, and Representative Gattoc as the Councils Library Committee Head was in 174
attendance. Some of the things discussed during the meeting were regarding 175
the use of the library if youre not a UP student, the library funds that can be 176
spent by each department. 177
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Chairperson Gumanao then suggested to Representative Gattoc to make 179
a pubmat regarding the use of the library, particularly the ebscohost or the new 180
e-lib of the university. 181
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b. STS INSTRUCTIONS 186
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With the fast-approaching STS applications for the upperclassmen, 188
instructions regarding how to apply for STS using the e-UP mail were already 189
released by the Office of Student Affairs. Representative Meriz reminded the 190
council about the process and asked them to continually inform the students 191
especially that there are still a lot of students who are confused about the UP 192
Mail. 193
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c. UCSFA meeting 195
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Last May 19, 2014, Chairperson Gumanao went to UP Diliman to attend the 197
UCSFA meeting where STFAP/STS applications and scholarships were tackled. 198
Chairperson Gumanao pointed out that there were still 75 pending STFAP 199
appeals that are yet to be entertained in the next UCSFA meeting. Moreover, 200
theres only one applicant from UP Cebu to the Presidential Scholarship and was 201
duly granted to the said applicant, Venus Acedillo. 202
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III. ADJOURNMENT OF THE MEETING 204
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Having no agendum to discuss further, Vice Chairperson Degamo moves to 206
adjourn the meeting, seconded by Rep. Tidalgo. The meeting was adjourned at 207
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Prepared by: 212
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CHRISTINE MERIZ 214
4
th
Year Representative 215
Acting Secretary General 216