OFFICE OF THE STUDENT COUNCIL 1

University of the Philippines Cebu 2

Room 165, Arts and Sciences Building 3
Minutes of the Meeting 4
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Last June 10, 2014, the University of the Philippines Cebu Student Council 2014 2015 6
conducted its 9
th
official meeting at the Student Council Office. The meeting was called to order 7
at 6:20PM with 12 members present and 2 absent. The first half of the meeting was presided by 8
the Student Council Vice-Chairperson, Mr. France Kevin Degamo and the next half by the 9
Student Council Chairperson, Ms. April Dyan Gumanao. 10
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The following were present in the meeting: 13
1. France Kevin Degamo (Vice-Chairperson) 14
2. Vince Francis Dingding (Councilor) 15
3. Darl Octa Henessa Santos (Councilor) 16
4. Chatch Calderon (Councilor) 17
5. Christine Meriz (4
th
Year Representative) 18
6. Carmen JonahvilleMatarlo (3
rd
Year Representative) 19
7. Justine Luis Raphael Balane (3
rd
Year Representative) 20
8. Patrick Byron Gattoc (2
nd
Year Representative) 21
9. Hannah Lois Tidalgo (2
nd
Year Representative) 22
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The following were present but came in late in the meeting: 24
1. Damsel Mondido (FA Representative) arrived at 6:30PM internship 25
2. April DyanGumanao (Chairperson) arrived at 6:38PM internship 26
3. Cristine Hellery Libres (4
th
Year Representative) arrived at 8:00PM internship 27
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The following were absent in the meeting: 29
1. Angel Rose Trocio (Councilor) family matter 30
2. Narlyn Dura (FA Representative) still in Samar 31
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I. CALL TO ORDER 34
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The meeting was called to order at 6:20PM. Quorum was established. 36
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II. AGENDA 38
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After the quorum was reached, the meeting was called to order and Vice 40
Chairperson Degamo presented the following agenda. 41
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A. Business Arising 43
B. STS Updates and Complaints 44
C. Peoples Rally on June 12 45
D. FOI Invitation 46
E. Cookout Update 47
F. Other Matters 48
Anti-tobacco Day Statement 49
Volcorps Update 50
ASEAN Youth Leaders Summit 51
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Vice Chairperson Degamo moved that the discussion regarding the Cookout 54
Update would go last for Chairperson Gumanao would be late due to her internship. 55
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A motion to approve the order of the agenda with the proposed amendments was 57
raised by Representative Gattoc and was duly seconded by Representative Balane. 58
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A. BUSINESS ARISING 60
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a. Approval of the minutes of the 8
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official meeting 62
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To approve the minutes of the 8
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official meeting held last June 3, 2014, 64
the acting Secretary General, Christine Meriz, presented it to the council. After 65
being read by the members, corrections were made. Vice Chairperson Degamo 66
then reminded the publicity head to post the minutes online on the next day. 67
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b. STS Questionnaire 69
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Councilors, Santos and Calderon, said Councilor Trocio have started 71
making the questionnaire. It was agreed it must be presented on June 17. 72
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c. Letter regarding internet 74
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Representative Matarlo said she sent the letter regarding the list of 76
summer enrollees to the Office of the College Secretary and Registrar on June 5. 77
She was told on June 10 that the list would be given through email. Chairperson 78
Gumanao said she already posted the letter regarding internet fees with her 79
electronic signature on June 8. Representative Balane then said he would send it 80
to the office of the dean. 81
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d. Report on the library committee meeting 83
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Representative Gattoc said he would upload the report on the next day. 85
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e. UP Mail 87
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Chairperson Gumanao said Prof. Bugash told her to ask the Office of 89
Student Affairs (OSA) if there are concerns about UP mail. Councilor Calderon 90
added that STS applicants are welcome to the OSA for guidance while applying. 91
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B. STS Update and Complaints 93
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Councilor Dingding said more stories could be gathered since the application for 95
Socialized Tuition System (STS) of higher year levels already started. He added that 96
the form is already ready if ever there are students who want to share their STS 97
stories. Still, he is waiting for Representative Gattoc to make the publicity material 98
(pubmat) about it. 99
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Representative Gattoc then promised to post the pubmat as soon as possible. 101
Also, he said #KwentongSTS will cater stories from different UP campuses. 102
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Vice Chairperson Degamo asked if the council could provide a campaign plan. 104
Councilor Dingding volunteered to make the plan. It was agreed that it would be 105
presented next meeting. 106
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Also, the members shared their observations on STS. Representative Gattoc 108
said the questions are too broad. Representative Tidalgo added it is not reliable. 109
Chairperson Gumanao said students are prone to lower discounts since liabilities are 110
not included and there are only two indicators: household and income. STS is too 111
tricky and dangerous especially if students are not careful in answering, thus, the 112
existence of STS is an apparent conflict for students to study in UP, she added. Also, 113
Vice Chairperson Degamo shared what President Alfredo E. Pascual said, that, all 114
UP students can be granted with E2 but UP is not a charitable institution. 115
Chairperson Gumanao then suggested that the council should gather more issues 116
regarding STS. 117
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C. Peoples Rally on June 12 119
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UP Cebu Student Council (UPCSC) members are encouraged to join the 121
Peoples Rally on June 12 at Fuente Osmena Circle since UPCSC is a member of 122
the Cebu Coalition Against Pork Barrel System which calls for "Resign now! File the 123
cases! Jail the guilty!" in preparation for National People's Congress that will launch 124
the People's Initiative in August. Chairperson Gumanao, Vice Chairperson Degamo, 125
Councilor Santos, Councilor Dingding, Representative Matarlo, Representative 126
Balane and Representative Gattoc made a commitment to participate. Other 127
members are still encouraged to invite other students. Representative Balane asked 128
about the preparations. Chairperson Gumanao said UPC Nagkahiusang Kusog sa 129
Estudyante, National Union of Students of the Philippines Cebu and University of 130
San Carlos (USC) Department of Political Science and the Student Alliance for 131
Nationalism and Democracy USC already prepared the props. It was agreed that 132
Councilor Dingding should take care of the attendance. 133
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D. Peoples FOI Invitation 135
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Councilor Calderon read the statement for the Peoples Freedom of Information 137
(FOI) and he said he would give a copy of it to the acting secretary general. 138
According to Councilor Calderon, Freedom Youth Initiative (FYI) invites UPCSC to 139
be a member of its coalition. Chairperson Gumanao then asked the difference of 140
Peoples FOI from Genuine FOI. Councilor Calderon said Peoples FOI is a draft by 141
different organizations and still in Section 7 during the last reading. Vice Chairperson 142
Degamo said the UP College of Mass Communication Student Council did not 143
support the bill because of its exceptions such as the identification of national 144
security. Representative Balane then pointed out three things about Peoples FOI: 1) 145
all FOI bills will be consolidated; 2) it is drafted by many sectors and 3) it has indirect 146
initiative. He said UPCSC will automatically become a co-author of the bill if the 147
council will be part of the FYI coalition. Chairperson Gumanao said it is a subject for 148
deliberation because unlike the Peoples Initiative, there are two existing FOI bills. 149
According to her, FOI is important especially in media thats why the council should 150
avoid being one-sided; thus, it must further study the two bills to find out what its 151
differences and similarities are. Vice Chairperson Degamo said non-membership of 152
the coalition does not mean the council doesnt support FOI. The council then agreed 153
to send participants for the FOI Youth Congress on July 7 but the membership will be 154
laid on the table. Part of the agreement is the discussion about the two FOI bills on 155
June 21 and the deliberation on June 24. 156
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E. Cookout Update 158
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This agendum is off-the-record. 160
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F. Other Matters 162
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a. On the anti-tobacco day etc statement 164
Councilor Dingding wanted to be enlightened on why the statement was 165
posted. Councilor Calderon clarified that the issues are important and he thought 166
the statement was urgent, although it was never clarified what 'urgent' meant. 167
Chairperson Gumanao pointed out that statements should be presented to the 168
council because it is the SC's stand, not one person's. If it was urgent, it should 169
have been presented on the meeting before the day (May 31). Councilor 170
Calderon explained that he had not overseen and admitted his fault. Chairperson 171
Gumanao explained that everyone should know so we could explain well the 172
stand in our statements. Vice Chairperson Degamo clarified that anyone can call 173
for an online meeting if a statement is urgent. Represntative Balane admitted the 174
mistake that he was not able to make the IDAHOT statement. Vice Chairperson 175
Degamo said that it is high time for us to rectify errors. Councilor Dingding 176
clarified that everything posted should go to the publicity committee so it should 177
follow proper protocol. 178
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b. Volcorps Update 180
Councilor Santos updated that we now have 16 VolCorps, not reaching 181
the 20 people goal we had. Chairperson Gumanao said to let them help in the 182
freshmen orientation and to spread the online form. 183
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c. ASEAN Youth Leaders Summit 185
Councilor Gumanao presented an activity named ASEAN Youth Leaders 186
Summit that was given late for the council to join. She said that if possible, a 187
council member could represent in the trip to the conference in Brunei. The 188
council agreed to let Vice-chairperson Degamo represent the council in the 189
event. 190
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III. ADJOURNMENT OF THE MEETING 192
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Having no agendum to discuss further, Chairperson Gumanao moves to adjourn the 194
meeting. Motion was approved by Representative Balane and seconded by Councilor 195
Calderon. The meeting was adjourned at 9:07 pm. 196
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Prepared by: 199
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CARMEN JONAHVILLE C. MATARLO 201
3
rd
Year Representative 202
Acting Secretary General 203