MINUTES OF THE TALUGTOG INTERNATIONAL 2ND ORGANIZATIONA MEETING

MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD IN BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA ON OCTOBER 9, 2010 AT 6:00 PM

ATTENDEES:

JR MIGUEL, WILLIE RAFANAN, ALEJO GARO, MERLITA MURRAY, GLORIA AGPAOA, CRISTINA GANIR, EVELYN INOUYE, JAIME MANUEL, MELINDA AGUSTIN, CATALINO GARO, JHUN AGPAOA, RUBEN IGNACIO, HELEN LAZO, BESSIE AGCAOILI, ANA ALEJANDRO.

Meeting was called to order at 6:00 pm on 10/9/10 with an opening prayer led by VP Willie Rafanan.

The first item in the agenda, minutes from the last meeting, was discussed and agreed upon. Re-emphasis was made for the Talugtog International web side at http://www.talugtog.weebly.com/. Members were encouraged to check the website and will be an instrument in providing better communication, updates and blogs and comments, for the members of the organization.

The second item in the agenda, VP Willie Rafanan introduced the draft for the consitution and by-laws to be formulated by the group. Draft will be published in the web site so members and officers can make comments and suggestions. Due to lack of time, further discussion was halted and the group forwarded to the next item in the agenda.

The third item in the agenda was the planning for the Christmas Program coming up.
The members discussed and chose between:

Delano Hotel costing about $300.00 for rental which only accommodate 125 people.
The Filipino Community Center costing about $1000.00 including security.
The members were informed that the Hotel in Delano is a small place for a big group and not sure if it will be available on the 4th of December.

Financially, the organization has collected $160.00 membership fees at this time. The treasurer, Manang Cristina Ganir will continue to collect membership. Money will be needed to put a deposit on the venue. The group encouraged representatives from every sitio or city to collect membership fees.

Finally, the group agreed to have the party at the Filipino Community Center.

Final Date:  Saturday, December 4, 2010
Final Time:  4:00 pm to 11:00 pm
Final Venue:  The Filipino Community Center
                     1457 Glenwood Street
                     Delano, California
Tickets will be sold at $10.00 per person and $5.00 for children 12 and under as agreed on the previous meeting.

Members are not committed to attend at this time but there was a sense of willingness and great enthusiasm that members will be willing to attend the Christmas Party and be active with the organization for as long as they are informed. A letter will be drafted and will be posted on the webside and the letter will be distributed to all members by PRO from every city where members are residing.

The committees for the program are as follows:

Tickets and Program Invitation Committee:  Evelyn Inouye and Willie Rafanan
Food Catering Committee: Ruben Ignacio, Jaime Manuel, Bien Vicente and Hector Alejandro
Financial Committee: Cristina Ganir and Constancia Vicente, Wilma Edra and Zeny Beltran
DJ Music and Entertanment Committee: Agustina Garo, Cristina Ganir and Gloria Agpaoa
History and Talent Showcase Committee: JR Miguel, Willie Rafanan and Josie Caalim
Party and Decorations Committee: Bessie Agcaoili, Merlita Murray, Felomena Vicente
After Party Cleaning Committee:   Alejo Garo, Efren Alejandro and Every Member of the Organization   

The members of the group discussed what parts of the program will be included and agreed that each sitio of barangay Talugtog will showcase their talents and will have a presentation, each city in California will also have a presentation and a dance from the senior citizens will have a dance presentation. At this time, the program is on its planning stage and we welcome and suggestions and recommendations before we finalize the parts of the program. Also, the Talugtog International Hawaii Chapter is planning to join us in our party come next December 4. Bravoooo....

Every officer and/or member is encouraged to volunteer yourself to join any committee to make this organization successful. Please make suggestions and recommendations on the website or call any officer to include your name on any committe you are willing to join. Thank you very much! Let us all help each other and make this party the talk of the town.....

The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 in the evening. Again, thank you from the Celestino family in providing their house and dinner for the meeting.

Thank you for reading the minutes.....

JR Miguel
President