Minutes of the 03-15-2008 Meeting

AMOR LAS VEGAS 2008
MINUTES OF THE MEETING 03-15-2008

Attendees: Manuel Dumlao Sr. and Miriam Dumlao, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Flannery, Tony and Dhel De Vera, Vida Dacanay, Caesar Natividad, Mrs. Artatez, Flor Zordilla, Bernie and Nani Martinez, Pruding and Wilma Cagampan, Jun and Teresa Asperin, Martina Carpio-Vergara, Leoncio and Noemi Dumlao, Mercury and Margarita Estrada, Myrna Nino, Denver Nino, Alexa Nino

Date and time: March 15, 2008, at 1:00 pm

Place: Manong Bernie and Manang Nani's place in Torrance, CA

1. Mr. Leoncio Dumlao, AMOR SoCal president, opened the formal meeting at about 2:00 p.m., at Manong Bernie and Manang Nanie’s place in nice and windy Torrance, CA. This was immediately after everyone had a fill of Manong Bernie’s roast pork and sinigang. There were some really good potluck stuff as well.

2. The following were discussed or done:

a. Prayers led by Manong Bernie

b. Report by Manang Nani re: AMOR SoCal funds

c. Report by Manong Dan re: request of Mangatarem Central School for funding of roofing project over the cemented playground. The group resolved that the price of approximately 1,600,000 pesos is too much. We will inform Dr. Quijano, principal of Mangatarem Central School, that we will be unable to finance the project. The $1,000.00 given to Mangatarem Central School may be spent on improving the home economics facilities or to buy vide educational materials.

The discussion then centered on the AMOR Las Vegas reunion.

d. Report by Manong Dan re: prospective hotels. The decision on what hotel was postponed. (Later on, the steering committee decided that the reunion will be at Gold Coast Hotel. Thus, the reunion will be on October 18, 2008 at the Gold Coast Hotel in Las Vegas.)

e. Various committee chairpersons were either assigned or volunteered:

1. Program Committee – to plan for the October 18, 2008 event schedule: who will emcee; what band; speakers; awards; beauties, etc. Chairperson – Dan Nino
2. Sat afternoon convention – Atty. Mel Oxciano
3. Souvenir program / solicitation / ticket distribution / invitations: Co-chairpersons – Ms. Martina Vergara and Ms. Dhel De Vera
4. Decorations: Ms. Cherry Mislang Victorino
5. Coordination with various chapters – Caesar Natividad, Vida Dacanay, Dan Nino
6. Executive co-chairpersons: Caesar Natividad and Vida Dacanay

f. Discussions on the formation of Mangatarem Schools Alumni Foundation. The foundation will serve as a vehicle for Mangatarem schools alumni to contribute to worthwhile projects. The initial project will be the repair/rebuild of the Mangatarem Central School, which is now dilapidated and condemned.

There will be various levels of contributors like platinum sponsor, silver sponsor, gold sponsor, etc.

The collections and expenditures will be transparent to everybody. A running list of collections and expenditures will be published in a website regularly (maybe every quarter or twice a year.) In addition, a “wall of contributors” (a la Vietnam Memorial in Washington DC) is proposed.

The attendees made initial pledges totaling $1,350.

Atty. Caesar Natividad and Atty. Mel Oxciano will apply for a tax-advantaged status of the foundation.

g. Next meeting on May 10, 2008, at Caesar Natividad’s kubo-kubo at 1316 Indian Well Drive, Diamond Bar, CA 91765, starting at 12:30 p.m.

h. Committee chairmen expected to prepare written report, and make presentation to meeting attendees on next meeting. Meeting was adjourned.

i. Then we had the dance intructional, with Manong Bernie as our DI.

Thanks to Manong Bernie and Manang Nanie for hosting the meeting. That roast beef is the best.
Thanks to the attendees from far away: San Diego and Oxnard.
Thanks to Manong Dan for following up on the various hotels.
Thanks to everybody for a lively and productive meeting.

As soon as Manong Dan sends me the pictures, we will publish the pictures in this blog!

For the next meeting, please invite as many as you can. The more hands, the easier. The more heads, the better decisions.


Prepared by AMOR SoCal Recording Secretary Ms. Teresa Asperin

Reviewed by: Caesar Natividad and Vida Dacanay – Co-chairpersons