Politics and Involvement

Some side notes — I was trying to locate my Toastmasters Speeches in Facebook Notes from way back 2011 and for some reason, the notes themselves are very elusive. Was the Facebook notes section archived or deactivated? I was not even aware of this shift, really. In the meantime, I shall copy and paste whatever transcript that I can find.

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[Kindly permit me for expressing my insights here. I apologize if this would bring a negative effect on your part, but this Facebook note is meant to create a positive ripple effect. Anyway, this is still my personal space. Many thanks.]

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Being a public servant requires passion. Passion to serve, passion to please, passion to touch peoples lives.

Today is the enrollment of the PUP-MBA Students. And being an officer, we are tasked to be the "Action Team" to assist the members. Being the most "bibo" workforce in the team, I was assigned to be one of the "frontliners" for addressing the various concerns of the enrollees.

Implementing internal controls is one of the mandates of an auditor. One of the parameters for accommodating the validation of the pre-registration of the students (AKA the "tagging") is giving them numbers, which the auditor retrieve their pre-registration forms, seeing to it that he/she has already paid the membership fee (In the PUP Student Handbook, as far as I can remember, it is only the STUDENT OFFICERS who have the authority to collect membership fees from the students, and NO OTHER GOVERNING BODY shall exercise this authority. Please note that the MBA Society gives temporary receipts to the MBA Program Chair because it is still the Officers that will issue official receipts). Syempre, one of my assignments is to promote hospitality of the society and promulgating strict compliance to the rules.

Before I get to the point, I would like to apologize for overlooking some details, for not taking the actions ahead of time, and for not informing you beforehand of the "hold-up". Also, apologies for not listening to some, not attending to some queries, and not taking action for those questions that require exercising and EXCEEDING (taken as one) my authority.

-Okay eto na-

Wala namang nakalagay na steps. Ambagal naman ng pila. Wala namang upuan. Ang init! ---- These are some of the statements I've heard from the enrollees. But this is one of the most remarkable comments today:

Girl: Magkano? (Talking to an officer issuing MBA Soc receipts and to an officer who shall certify the payment)

Officer A: Php150 po.

Girl: Ano ba yan? Ang mahal mahal naman! Wala naman akong napapala rito! (i dunno if this is paraphrased or the exact statement)

Officer A: (Badtrip, but keeping the lighter side, smiled and faced her with flair and grace)

Hi MBA member. ^

Php150 is still money, I will not question that. But the accusation of having no benefits at all is a big accusation. I will not disclose our projects here as discussed with my principals (aka the ExeCom), but let me tell you some things:

There are seminars brought to you by the Predecessors. Magkano? LIBRE. May bayad pa bang additional? WALA. May pagkain? SOBRA. May students ba from other programs attending the same? MARAMI, pero HINDI mo ramdam kasi LIBRE rin sila. AT MAY CERTIFICATE KA PA - idagdag mo as part of your credentials. Take a good look at the other programs, SOME OF WHICH, ARE REQUIRING US TO ATTEND, as directed by the DEAN AND / OR PROGRAM CHAIR. May bayad? PHP 50 - PHP 100.

May outreach programs - advocating development not only on our personal aspect, but also for the welfare of the others. MALIIT man ang naibibigay mo, it has reached lots of people's lives.

May official publication. May official social networks. May official correspondence. Everything has been established for the officers to keep in touch with the members.

The predecessors are reporting all of these to you.

But did you listen? Did you at least take a glimpse at the reports? Did you at least respond to their narrations?

Please do me a favor. Get yourself involved. We have plans and programs, we have advocacies. We have passion and purpose to do these things. All you need to do is to get involved. Involve by joining the facebook and yahoo groups account. Invite classmates and encourage professors to attend our proposed seminars. Entice people to donate and volunteer to welfare programs. Contribute articles to the official publication. Yun lang.

Sa tingin mo nakakapagod? Hindi naman ah. Involvement is one of the aspects to make organizations improve. All you have to do is to make us feel your presence. Malaking pa-sweldo mo na sa mga Officers yun (i.e. boosting our morale). Iin the first place, the Officers are volunteers - Public Servants.

With your involvement, it will stir our passion to serve and to please - and the positive ripple effect will continue. Inspire us by getting yourself immersed in our goals. Hindi naman mahirap yun - all you have to do is to awake your sleeping devotion. Yun lang naman. :)

Kaya mo yan sistah! gisingin ang natutulog mong pakialamera. :D

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(inputted in Facebook Notes at 23 October 2010)