SANGGUNIAN SECRETARIAT

TransGov MEETING
Date: 10 June 2016

Room 200 MVP Student Leadership Center

Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights
sanggusecgen@gmail.com

Venue: Case Study Room, Social

Sciences Building
Time: 5:009:00PM

Attendance
Carmela Vinzon, Sanggunian Coordinator
Railey Montalan, DoS Chairperson
Paul Wigan Dimog, DoS Deputy
Hya Bendana, DoF Chairperson
Cieryl Sardool, DPR Chairperson & SOSS Chair
Jason Anchores, DIA Deputy
Anton Luna, DEA Deputy
, DSWS Deputy
, DSWS Deputy
Bianca Alva, SOH Liaison
Ejay Ofilada, SOM Liaison
Alfonso Arvisu, SOSE Deputy
Winonah Siy, COA Representative
Patrice Gabito, COMELEC
Agenda
1. Framework
1. Looking back
2. Where we are now
3. North Star
4. Fill in the Gaps
2. Goals and Objectives
Minutes
1. Previous Constitution
1. General Structure
2. 4 Pillars:
1. Student Representation (via School and CB Committees)
2. Basic Services (via DSWS)
3. Student Rights (via Magna Carta and student grievances)
4. Student Mobilization (via Ateneo Task Force)
3. Best Practices
1. EDTAF and other Protocols
2. Transparency
3. Branding
4. Paperless Documentation

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4. Priority Projects
1. ATF2016
2. ConCon
3. Freshman Welcoming Programs
4. Advocacy Weeks
5. Problems
1. Massive failure of elections and vacant top positions
2. Lack of manpower
3. Forced and overloaded role distribution
4. Inexperienced elected top officers
5. Constitutional Restraints
6. Response Efforts
1. Constitutional Convention
1. 74% of population voted in favor of the new Constitution
2. SWOT on previous administration
1. Group 2
1. Strengths
1. SAF - resources
2. Networks - Offices and orgs
3. Loyalty Commitment
4. SSS
5. Fair representation towards admin
2. Weaknesses
1. Lack of officers/manpower
2. Non-institutionalized transition
3. Burnout/boreout dynamic
4. Lack of micromanamgent
5. Lack of protocol implementation
6. Lack of levelling off w/ COA
7. Communication with Sanggu
3. Opportunities
1. Representation outside Ateneo
2. Partnership with student initiatives
3. Public Relations
4. Shifts in the national political scene
5. Political plurality and student involvement due to new consti
4. Threats
1. Student mistrust
2. Failure of elections
3. Separation of units
4. Voter fatigue

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Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights
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2. Group 1
1. Strengths
1. Good working relations
2. Collective idea of direction (ish)
3. Close relations with Constitutional Commissions
4. New officers
5. Sustainability
2. Weaknesses
1. Lack of manpower and macro managers
2. Lack of comm to reps
3. Problems with project management
4. Sanggu is an org
5. More freshmen/less upperclassmen
3. Opportunities
1. Close partnerships with COA
2. Timeliness of ATF
3. Publicity with efforts
4. Stands on issues
5. Plebiscite leading to change
4. Threats
1. Lack of willingness of students to engage
2. Attempts to market relevance
3. Group 3
1. Strengths
1. SAF - Sufficient funds
1. Reps have initiative
2. Strong ties between Sanggu & OSA
3. Collaboration of COMELEC & OAA for service hours
4. Execution of projects
2. Weaknesses
1. Financial procedures (Some expenses have not been
reimbursed)
2. Lack of manpower
3. Admin relations started late (Who to approach?)
4. Paasa reps
5. Failed projects
3. Opportunities
1. DLSU bilateral meetings
2. Buklod Atenista
3. New admin means new impressions of Sanggu* (Can be a
threat)

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4. No more qouta* (Can be a threat)

5. School Camps - Awareness of Sanggu
6. Partnership w/ orgs
4. Threats
1. Decreased Student population
2. Adjusting to new admin
3. No qouta means less voters
3. Vision for new Sanggu
1. Group 1
1. Recommendations
1. Set the tone
2. Define Responsibilities of Sanggu and COA
3. Intensify hype
4. Training successors
5. Pace management
6. Engage political parties
2. Strength
1. Clean slate
2. Drive of members
3. Weaknesses
1. Lack of protocol
2. Fluidity
4. Opportunities
1. Creating a foundation
2. Decreased population
3. Less time as a TransGov - timebound
4. Chance to make a more political environment
5. Theat
1. Lack of direction
2. Prerogative of new govt to use our foundation
3. Less time as a transgov
4. Bore-out
5. Existential crisis
2. Group 2
1. Recommendations
1. Internal Procedures - centralized and implementation
2. Defining roles/functions
3. Require unit heads to do MemRel
4. Regular meetings with COA
5. MOA for partnerships

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6. Publishing documentation
7. Centralized transitory files
8. Develop strong rel w/ pol par & coalitions
2. Strengths
1. Initiative & commitment
2. New structure
3. OSA & Admin
4. Facilities
5. Experienced officers
3. Weaknesses
1. No internal protocol
3. Group 3
1. Recommendations
1. Budget - more pakain + signal repeater in MVP 200
2. Meet with the new admin
3. Improve school camps and other projects
2. Strengths
1. Most officers have experience
2. Good personal relations among officers
3. Weaknesses
1. Officers have experience but under the 2005 constitution only
4. Opportunities
1. Early recruitment
2. Projects prior to GenEl have to be taken over by TransGov
5. Threats
1. Unforeseen problems with the new consti
4. Important notes on TransGov
1. Strengths
1. Clean slate
2. Drive of members
3. Support from OSA (facilities)
4. Experienced officers
5. Good work dynamics
2. Weaknesses
1. Lack of internal protocols
2. Lack of training
3. Absence of officers
4. Learning curve is steep
3. Opportunities
1. Decreased student population

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2. Time Bound term

3. New coalitions
4. Early recruitment
5. Trial period for projects
4. Threats
1. Decreased student population
2. New government can disregard what we instate
3. Too little time
4. Uninformed reps
5. Glitches in the constitution
5. Commitment
1. Endpoint: A successful (new) Sanggunian | A successful rise in the
Sanggunian
2. Go: Alongside the elections, the endpoint should be when we have exhausted
everything the TransGov can do the Sanggunian until we no longer need to
exist.
3. Trillanes: The endpoint is when weve seen that our functions have been
fulfilled.
4. Vinzon: Should we define key result areas (KRA)?
5. Montalan: We should do away with the 4 Pillars and old Consti and do what
the new Constitution dictates what the new Sanggunian should do.
6. Dale: What if the new Sanggu scraps our ideas?
7. Vinzon: We contribute the continuity/the role of the new Sanggu.
8. Go: Can we further qualify the term success, so we can know what the
successful rise of the new Sanggunian is?
9. Domingo: We can look that if the new govt denies what weve started know,
we know that the new TransGov is growing and can decide for their own.
10. Go: We should only assist the new government until it can stand on its own
without us.
11. Anchores: Magpapalaki tayo ng mga bata hanggang sa makakaya niya (5
months)
12. Sir Rem: Pagju-jumpstart ng kotse as a metaphor for starting the
Elections -> Elections (Ignition) [BLOWFATCH]
13. Montalan: The next govt will make sense if they persist the built in systems
since it already works. It would be logical if it works then it should be
continued. Priority is to define the bodies.
14. North Star: In what ways can the transitory gov facilitate the successful
rise of the next Sanggunian?
15. Dale: Renewed because were improving the previous efforts of the old
Sanggunian.
16. Vinzon: Ano ba talaga mindset natin for the Sanggunian? A new Sanggu, or
a renewed Sanggu? A different Sanggu?
17. Pino: Dont need to scrap the 4 pillars.

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6. Final Notes
1. Set objectives
2. Immediate Needs
3. Functions of a department
4. Prework
1. Determine the needs of TransGov
2. Define role of all units (we will see if it fits in the new structure, but
will edit as needed)
3. SPOA in reference to the Star + unit
4. (Consider the commitment statement and the new Constitution)
5. Additional Comments
1. Montalan: A needs based approach
2. Montalan: Lets consider the needs of the Sanggunian as a whole to
identify the functions of the units
6. Specific Plans of Action
7. HI-HU; LI-LU
8. Calendar
PREPARED BY:
Railey Montalan & Paul Dimog
Department of the Secretariat
Sanggunian ng mga Mag-aaral ng mga
Paaralang Loyola ng Ateneo de Manila