UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAOS

Minutes of the Meeting

Agenda: USC Meeting USC Office, Rm. 10, Student Union Building, UPLB Thursday, June 7 AGENDA: 1. Chairpersonship Issue and Oath taking 2. USC/CSC Fund 3. STFAP and STFAP Survey 4. USC Office 5. almOSAlan 2012 6. Other Matters 01 Attendees present: Chairperson Ynik B. Ante Vice-Chairperson Abegaille D. de la Cruz Councilor Josef Gregori Y. Criador Councilor Ma Jhenzel S. Go Councilor Jereneal B. Hipolito Councilor Arthur Kent M. Holt Councilor Paolo Nicolo M. Furigay Councilor Kimberlee Anne M. Melu Councilor Katherine Louise L. Miller Councilor Marjorie D. Resuello Councilor Albert Aubrey O. Valencia Councilor Sarah Mae G. Villarmino CA Representative Misheleen F. dela Cruz CAS Representative Mark Angelo C. Bucay CDC Representative Aivee C. Tesorero CEAT Representative Kevin Renz P. Mercado CEM Representative Carina T. Pearanda CFNR Representative Paul Asuelo CHE Representative Mark Lorenz M. Valdez CVM Representative Sherwin I. Camba GS Representative Niel Ningal

UNIVERSITY STUDENT COUNCIL

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1. Oathtaking and Chairpersonship Issue a. No date is yet. According to OSA, they are waiting for the schedule set by the Chancellor.

2. USC/CSC Fund a. Updates will be provided next meeting via Arthur and Sherwin. 3. STFAP and STFAP Survey a. Updates from Albert i. STFAP Rebracketing - Applicable only in Diliman ii. Certification regarding the bracketing included in Freshies application iii. No need to release process for UPLB. Not affected with the rebracketing b. Updates from Mark i. STFAP Survey Email was given to Mark April 9 of the evening ii. Only 40 respondents since registration period for the New Freshmen were already done. iii. Survey will be conducted during the 1st week of class. Survey to be given during the university, college and department convocations. iv. Maximize population of the Freshies for the survey. 10% of the total population per college will be given survey forms. v. The council will reproduce 125 copies on first (1ream) 4. Committee System Suggestion from Kayla: - STRAW separate the alliances. - STRAW not only for students in UPLB but also nearby colleges and universities. Partner student councils. LGBT, etc issues Clarification from Ynik: - External affairs should be under community rights and welfare. - STRAW may have subcommittees. - External campaigns will all be under the CRAW. Arthur: Specify work of each committee before deciding to separate. - CRAW concerns outside the UPLB. Newsletter previous resolution was by overlapping the position(ex. Head of any other committee may also be the head of the Sanggunian for a given issue) - Maybe under or adhoc of pub - Inquiry: Is the operation of Sanggunian separate from the Operation of the activity of the USC? - Sanggunian Publications Committee would be under/ adhoc of Pub. - SPC head would be selected by the Info/Pub Committee Clarification from Ynik: During previous terms, Sanggunian is automatically under theInfo/Pub Committee. The committee assigns the SPC EIC. Students Rights and Responsibilities Inquiry: Shall we adopt the manual? o The council decided to have comprehensive review of the manual. Culture Committee During the previous term, these committee handles the cultural organizations inside the campus(e.g. Filipiniana Dance Troupe, etc.) Resolution: Make this committee to be under the STRAW. Next USC GA is set on June 15, Friday. Agenda for next week: 1. almOSAlan Assessment 2. STFAP Survey

3. House Rules 4. Committee System Nominations 5. USC Office June 11 9am Cleanup - The Council will be meeting on June 11, 9am for the cleaning up of the USC Office. - The following would be needed for the clean up: - Walis, basahan, extra shirt, mop, blackbag, timba, baygon, detergent, zonrox 6. almOSAlan - The council agreed that the Plan B for the almOSAlan is the use of the Copeland Volleyball and Badminton Courts for the organizations. The layout for Plan B will be released within the weekend. - Needs blueprint from the CPDO. - Resolution for the unrecognized organizations: The council agreed that the unrecognized orgs wouldn be vouched under the USC. There are three org heads who contacted the USC Vice Chairperson. - Committee System o Secretariat Ynik, Abby o Marshall *neal, *jhenzel, *kayla o Logistics and Accommodations - *Arthur, Albert, Aivee, Kevin, Sherwin - Call time for the Council will - Marshalls Workshop: June 11, 7pm, c/o Kayla, Neal and Jhenzel. Inform the CSCs. - June 12, Logistics and Accommodations Workshop at Abbys Place - Flyers Get to know USC and CSC(Contact Info), Letter size Three folds Albert, Neal, Aivee o History, Background, Services, Contact Info o Deadline: Sunday, June 10, 2012, 10pm o Picture: Monday 7am dress code: white o Final Draft: 2pm o Reproduce Monday 8pm LTS For those org heads who did not make it to the registration, the resolution of the council is to make sure for follow up leadership seminar. Point person: Abby The Council decided that documents from other UP units regarding the org recognition be reviewed and be used as reference for the resolution on org recognition. Other Matters: From Ate Pura: June 18 9am Dialogue USC(outgoing and incoming), Ex-officios at the Chancellors office. USC Shirt Black 8, White 3, Gray 2 Monday: Full payment 9, Half payment 7 Regarding the logo, the council agreed upon to postpone the evaluation/decision in choosing the logo for the USC. -end-

*Prepared by: CEAT SC Representative Kevin Renz Mercado