Council of Organizations of the Ateneo

Central Board Elections 2011-2012: Electoral Form

I. CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDACY

GENERAL INFORMATION
Name of Candidate Ramon Theodore A. De Guzman
Yr & Course III – AB European Studies, International Relations Track
 President  VP – Training and Development
 Chief of Staff  Secretary General
Position Aspired for
 VP – Special Projects  Finance Officer
*Put a check ( )
 VP – Organization Research and Cluster Head
Development  Cluster Secretary-Treasurer
Cluster
(for Cluster Head / Intercultural Relations Cluster
Secretary-Treasurer
Candidates)

Are you running as part of a coalition? *Put a check ( )  Yes

If yes, what is the name of the coalition? (if applicable) Rubdob

ESSAY. Explain in 100 words or less why you want to run for the position and the key points of your platform.

I want to run for the position of Cluster Head, first of all because I want to prove myself as capable to
lead the cluster. I have only been in position for 3 weeks (as of this writing) and I feel that I can still
make a difference in ICR if I were given a fresh full term. I have come from the ranks of the ICR orgs and
I feel that I know what we are capable of, what we can do. I will run on the platform of cooperation and
assertion. Cooperation among the three orgs along with the Council of Organizations, because I have
felt that the 3 orgs have been looking for increased cooperation with one another. I also will run for
assertion, as ICR has lots of capacity to be great, all it needs is to show its true identity, one I hope
which we will be able to do as a cluster if reelected.

PLEDGE

I, Ramon Theodore A. De Guzman , attest to the facts contained in this Certificate of Candidacy and in all
other documents required by the Commission on Elections of the Council of Organizations of the Ateneo (COA). I
thereby give the COA and the Office of Student Activities permission to evaluate the facts contained in all the documents
I have submitted to the COA Commission on Elections.

I swear to uphold the rules stipulated in the COA Electoral Code and by the COA Commission on Elections with full
awareness that the violation of the said rules would result to possible sanctions as stipulated in the COA Electoral Code.

It is my sincere intention to promote a free, honest, and clean election.

Ramon Theodore A. De Guzman

January 21, 2011
Signature Over Printed Name *Submission qualifies as candidate’s signature* Date

II. RESUME *Use Ateneo Placement Office’s (APO) One (1) Page Format, See Sample Resume below”

Engaging our Passions. Empowering the Nation

Room 205, Manny V. Pangilinan Center for Student Leadership, Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City,
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Central Board Elections 2011-2012: Electoral Form

RAMON THEODORE A. DE GUZMAN

Unit 403 MC-15 Diego Silang Village
Taguig City, 1630 Philippines
0918-9481447, myyoonaverse@yahoo.com

20 years old 5’9” Single

July 16, 1990 192 lbs. Filipino

Position Aspired for: (2 tabs) President

Education: Bachelor of Arts

Major in European Studies (2012)
Track in International Relations
Minor in German Studies
Ateneo de Manila University

Co-Curricular Intercultural Relations Cluster Head (2011 – Present), Council of Organizations of the Ateneo
Activities: Human Resources Executive (2009 – 2011), Vice-President for External Affairs (2009), Junior
Associate Vice President for External Affairs (2008 – 2009), External Affairs Committee Member (2008)
Ateneo Lingua Ars Cultura
Member, Human Resources Department, Ateneo Celadon (2010)
Member, Human Resources Department, Ateneo Student Exchange Council (2010)
Writer, The Wing (2010), Member, Press Corps(2009), Ateneo Reserve Officers Training Corps
Work-Related
Experience: Officer-in-Charge, ICR Binondo Cultural Trip (2011)
Adviser and Officer-in-Charge, General Executive Committee/Executive Board Training Program,
Ateneo Lingua Ars Cultura (2010)
Volunteer, Mabuhay Germany, German-Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. (2010)
Volunteer, Linggo de Lingua Europa 3, Ateneo Lingua Ars Cultura in cooperation with the Delegation of
the European Commission in the Philippines (2010)
Officer-in-Charge, First General Assembly: The Second ALAC Races, Ateneo Lingua Ars Cultura (2010)
Officer-in-Charge, Second General Assembly, Ateneo Lingua Ars Cultura (2009)
Officer-in-Charge, ALAC Races, Ateneo Lingua Ars Cultura (2009)
Project Manager, EU Response: A Talk on Climate Change and Biodiversity, Ateneo Lingua Ars Cultura
(2008)

Seminars Participant, Transition Seminar, Office of Student Activities (2011)

Attended: Participant, Articulation: A Night with the VIPs, Ateneo Lingua Ars Cultura (2010)
Participant, Talk by the German Ambassador to the Philippines His Excellency Christian- Ludwig Weber-
Lortsch (2010)
Participant, European Languages For Your Future, Ateneo Lingua Ars Cultura (2010)
Participant, Intercultural Relations Cluster Planning Seminar, Council of Organizations of
the Ateneo (2010)
Participant, Talk on Philippine-EU Relations by Representative Jose De Venecia Jr. (2010)
Participant, EU Through The Eyes of Asia Talk and Book Launch (2010)
Participant, Talk on Citizenship, Ateneo Reserve Officers Training Corps (2009)
Participant, Articulation: A Night with the VIPs, Ateneo Lingua Ars Cultura (2009)
Participant, Talk on good governance by Naga City Mayor Jesse Robredo (2009)
Participant, Intercultural Relations Cluster Planning and Evaluation Seminar, Council of Organizations of
the Ateneo (April and November 2009)

Skills: I am fluent in English and Filipino. I am proficient in Advanced German. I am literate with the use of
Computers.

Interests: I like listening to music, reading books, newspapers and magazines. I like watching movies and
Television shows.

III. PLATFORM

Engaging our Passions. Empowering the Nation

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Central Board Elections 2011-2012: Electoral Form

You are allowed to have more than four (4) Main Points. USE PROPER FORMAT. Strictly
ONE (1) LINE ONLY for each Main Point and NO MORE THAN SEVEN (7) LINES for the Details.
Note: A sentence does not automatically correspond to one line.

1) Main Point:
Putting Relations in Inter Cultural Relations.

Details:
There are only 3 organizations under the Inter Cultural Relations Cluster going towards the same goal, yet there are
only a few venues for the three orgs to work together. As Cluster Head, I wish to provide avenues to make sure that
ALAC, ASEC and Celadon will be able to work together. I believe that if they are thrown together in the same
situation, then they will be able to express themselves and be able to assert their own organizational identity.

2) Main Point:
Asserting ICR’s Identity

Details:
Again, ICR is the smallest cluster in the Council of Organizations, and I believe that ICR has a boatload full of
capabilities to assert the cluster’s main point. I plan to take the strengths of each org and be able to use them in order
to promote our cluster’s identity.

Engaging our Passions. Empowering the Nation

Room 205, Manny V. Pangilinan Center for Student Leadership, Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City,
Philippines||4266001 loc. 5050|| Fax: 4260795 ||coa.comelec2011@gmail.com