Estela Montejo, professional cataloger of ADMU, along with other officers and board members have been inducted to officership last December 9, 2006 at a PNU-LISAA, Inc. general assembly. Here written is her acceptance speech:
New President’s Goals
Our beloved Board for Librarians, Member, Mrs. Elnora Conti, PNU Library Science Professors; Dr. Tayona, Prof. Ruben Marasigan (etc.) and our new Chief Librarian Dr. Mary Orendain, Guests, Past Presidents of PNULISAA, Fellow officers, Friends, Ladies and Gentlemen, a pleasant Good morning and welcome to PNULISAA 6th General Assembly and Induction ceremonies.
I am indeed very happy that you are present at this occasion. Being here is already a manifestation of your persisting interest in our Association’s programs and activities.
Let me first narrate how my involvement with our association came about, the first I was appointed as an officer (as secretary) of the Association was in 2002, with Mr. Jing Bautista as our president. Mr. Bautista approached me during the General Assembly and asked me to be the Secretary of the Association, at first, I was reluctant to accept his invitation, thinking that I wouldn’t be able to make it because I knew then that accepting would mean commitment and acceptance of responsibilities and challenges the new board will be facing ….(dahil sa awa ko at nahiya rin ako sa kanila tinanggap ko at sabi ko sige susubukan ko). This is my 5th year in service of the Association, having been re-elected every year since 2002. I must say I have gained enriching experiences and learned to love the Association, the officers and members I worked with, and the library profession as well. Last year you chose me to be the Vice-president, which makes me your president elect for 2006-2007.
Looking at this crowd and realizing the position that I now occupy, I cannot help but feel a bit overwhelmed, nervous and even intimidated by your expectations from me as the president.
Your support and trust will be my motivation to effectively accomplish my duties and to reach the goals we have set. Everyone in this gathering will agree with me that the success of the Board does not depend solely on the President. Our success relies heavily on the cooperation of the executive members and the active support and participation of all the members of the Association; we are all part of this Association. I therefore urge you to participate in the planning and implementation of our projects and share your ideas freely with the current officers.
The Association needs fresh ideas from fresh graduates, so I am also convincing you to join the executive board next year.
In behalf of the 2006 Board, let me present to you my plans and programs for the year 2006-2007.
Membership Campaign
We would like to appeal to our fellow alumni to renew their memberships or become lifetime members.Alumni Directory This year we will compile and publish an Alumni Directory. This is very important tool in reaching out and in disseminating information to all our members.
Seminars/Trainings
We will continue organizing seminars/trainings, one held annually a lecture-workshop on Career talk for PNU Library Science graduating students. (At least 2 seminars for a year). We have a big number of alumni who have made their mark both local and international scene. We will tap their skills and resources or a speaker for this activity and we hope that they will be more than willing to support us in this endeavor.
Scholarship Grants
This is for LS students, the guidelines were set already and hopefully we can implement this by this coming school year. Those who are interested just inquire at the Department or Dr. Tayona’s office.
With these as my guide, and with your confidence, I appeal to all of you to help me achieve these goals. Again, we will not be able to accomplish all these things without your support and total involvement in all our undertakings.
I pray to God Almighty for his blessings and guidance in all our activities. Again, thank you and God bless us all.
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
2006-2007 Outgoing President’s Report
By Estela A. Montejo, President
Director Nera, PRC BFL Chair, Dr. Orendain, Philippine Normal University Librarian, and PNU Library Science Professors, Prof. Miguel Cobaria, Prof. Ruben P. Marasigan, fellow officers of the PNULISAA and alumni: Good Afternoon.
Another year has come and gone. In behalf of the PNULISAA Executive Board, I proudly present to you the following accomplishments for the year 2006-2007.
SCHOLARSHIP GRANT
Our first scholar, Ms. Johanna Jayne S. Tacus, a second year student of BLIS.
In one of our meetings, I asked the board that the scholarship fund be given enough funding para hindi maubusan and the board agreed since generating funds is a daunting task for the Association. But it was fortunate that generous friends and colleagues were always around to offer financial support for the Scholarship Fund. Maraming salamat po sa patuloy na pagsuporta. As of today, we have a total of 19,100.. (Sana madagdagan pa, baka meron gustong mag-pledge…) The 10,000 came from the Association’s fund.
MEMBERSHIP
There are a total of 178 alumni in the general membership. There are about 50% are active and the rest are out of reach. The current board decided to increase membership fee from 100 to 150.00 and the increase of 50.00 will be effective this year.
ALUMNI DIRECTORY
In an effort to update the PNULISAA Alumni Directory, a new database has been developed by the Membership Committee members, Lorenz Dungca and Ms. Thess Chavez. From our old database and the newly paid members were added to come up with the new list or directory. This is really important to be able to reach out and disseminate information for all the members. If you have email addresses, we need your email so we can include you to our yahoogroups to keep you informed of the Association’s activities and alumni whereabouts. Also we can send the newsletter via the Internet to minimize the cost of mailing that is eating up our resources.
Newsletter
The Association’s newsletter is supposed to be published twice a year. However, due to limited resources and time for the officers to work for the newsletter, the board decided to publish one issue this year instead of the usual two issues. I hope the new board will be able to publish regularly.
Library Tour and Forum
“Outsourcing: U.S. Government Web sites and other Information Sources” was well-attended activity of the Association. It was held at the Thomas Jefferson Information Center. This activity was intended for PNULISAA members only, also served as a get-to-gether for PNULISAA members. Organizing activity for the members is one way of attracting/inviting PNU graduate of LS who are members or no interest in being members before. At least this activity would made them realized the importance of being a member. About 40 alumni members (including the officers) attended this forum. Then, participants were also toured around the library and chambery of the Embassy by Mr. Bruce Armstrong, Cultural Affairs Officer.
Seminar-workshop
“Library customer care” was organized to introduce customer care to the library profession’ utilize accepted customer care models in the practice of the library profession and enrich the customer’s library experience. It was held on August 14-15, 2007 at the PNU Library Conference room. Resource speakers were experts in the field with topics ranging from Professional care across all services; Library customer care as an institutional marketing tool and marketing brands and models – were truly enriching, interesting topics and appreciated by the participants. Request to repeat this seminar is being considered, and will be handled by the next board.
The incumbent board deserves a pat on the back for its efforts and leadership in achieving these objectives. May the humble accomplishments mentioned achieve the Association’s objectives and serve as encouragement to the incoming set of Executive Board. May I ask the incumbent officers to please rise to be recognized. Thank you very much!
Director Nera, PRC BFL Chair, Dr. Orendain, Philippine Normal University Librarian, and PNU Library Science Professors, Prof. Miguel Cobaria, Prof. Ruben P. Marasigan, fellow officers of the PNULISAA and alumni: Good Afternoon.
Another year has come and gone. In behalf of the PNULISAA Executive Board, I proudly present to you the following accomplishments for the year 2006-2007.
SCHOLARSHIP GRANT
Our first scholar, Ms. Johanna Jayne S. Tacus, a second year student of BLIS.
In one of our meetings, I asked the board that the scholarship fund be given enough funding para hindi maubusan and the board agreed since generating funds is a daunting task for the Association. But it was fortunate that generous friends and colleagues were always around to offer financial support for the Scholarship Fund. Maraming salamat po sa patuloy na pagsuporta. As of today, we have a total of 19,100.. (Sana madagdagan pa, baka meron gustong mag-pledge…) The 10,000 came from the Association’s fund.
MEMBERSHIP
There are a total of 178 alumni in the general membership. There are about 50% are active and the rest are out of reach. The current board decided to increase membership fee from 100 to 150.00 and the increase of 50.00 will be effective this year.
ALUMNI DIRECTORY
In an effort to update the PNULISAA Alumni Directory, a new database has been developed by the Membership Committee members, Lorenz Dungca and Ms. Thess Chavez. From our old database and the newly paid members were added to come up with the new list or directory. This is really important to be able to reach out and disseminate information for all the members. If you have email addresses, we need your email so we can include you to our yahoogroups to keep you informed of the Association’s activities and alumni whereabouts. Also we can send the newsletter via the Internet to minimize the cost of mailing that is eating up our resources.
Newsletter
The Association’s newsletter is supposed to be published twice a year. However, due to limited resources and time for the officers to work for the newsletter, the board decided to publish one issue this year instead of the usual two issues. I hope the new board will be able to publish regularly.
Library Tour and Forum
“Outsourcing: U.S. Government Web sites and other Information Sources” was well-attended activity of the Association. It was held at the Thomas Jefferson Information Center. This activity was intended for PNULISAA members only, also served as a get-to-gether for PNULISAA members. Organizing activity for the members is one way of attracting/inviting PNU graduate of LS who are members or no interest in being members before. At least this activity would made them realized the importance of being a member. About 40 alumni members (including the officers) attended this forum. Then, participants were also toured around the library and chambery of the Embassy by Mr. Bruce Armstrong, Cultural Affairs Officer.
Seminar-workshop
“Library customer care” was organized to introduce customer care to the library profession’ utilize accepted customer care models in the practice of the library profession and enrich the customer’s library experience. It was held on August 14-15, 2007 at the PNU Library Conference room. Resource speakers were experts in the field with topics ranging from Professional care across all services; Library customer care as an institutional marketing tool and marketing brands and models – were truly enriching, interesting topics and appreciated by the participants. Request to repeat this seminar is being considered, and will be handled by the next board.
The incumbent board deserves a pat on the back for its efforts and leadership in achieving these objectives. May the humble accomplishments mentioned achieve the Association’s objectives and serve as encouragement to the incoming set of Executive Board. May I ask the incumbent officers to please rise to be recognized. Thank you very much!
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