Final Announcement: GE 2nd NATCON

Dear Members of the Gamma Epsilon Family
( Alumni and Resident Members )

Deadline for the Registration for the 2nd NatCon is 5 days away, that is Augsut 30, 2008. The purpose of which is to account the number of people intending to attend the said convention because we will only prepare the materials and convention kit enough for the delegates. Also, ID's will be prepared in Manila and ship to CEBU with your name printed on it to avoid the rush. So I suggest that you fill out the Registration Form attached to this email.

Registration is Php 500.00.
This will go to the KIT, ID, TShirt, CD content of the Convention,Venue Rental, Sound Systems and Ad Materials

Board and Lodging is Php 1,600.00
This will go directly to the ECOTECH Center for your Lodging and Food for 3 days.

Transportation: Airfare/Boat Fare is on your own
Please contact the carrier directly. Just indicate in your registration form your arrival date and carrier para masundo kayo sa airport.

If ever you cannot pay on or before deadline, it is okay, as long as you fill out the FORM and send it to the Secretariat and you can pay at the venue on October 24, 2008.

If on the last hour you decide not to come, You can still get your KIT as long as you pay the Registration which is Php 500.00 or assign it to someone who previously did not signify to come.
For those who wish not to stay in the Dormitory we have big hotels around the area for you at a reasonable price plus the Casino around. BUT you will pay the Registration of Php 500.00 and your MEALS Php 900.00 for three days na yon.

For Cebu Delegates, You have the same Option. Registration of Php 500 and Meals for three days which is Php 900.00.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS, SPEAKERS AND REACTORS, ARE NOT EXEMPTED FROM ALL THESE PAYMENTS SINCE WALA TAYONG PONDO TO SUBSIDIZE YOUR WORK FOR THE CONVENTION. YAN ANG NAGAGAWA NG PADDLE NA YAN? MAYBE SA 2010 PWEDE NA.


REGARDING THE PROGRAM:
1. We will have 4 topics to discuss.
a. Gamma Epsilon at 45 years old sustaining a transformative relevance.
b.The Existing Laws on Fraternities and Sororities and the Pros and Cons of Physical Contact
c. 'He ain't heavy, he's my brother,' The Values and Spirituality of Brotherhood
d. The Psychological, Emotional, and Physical Impact of Initiation Rite


Methodology of Presentation.

We have requested competent speakers for every topic and 2 reactors after the presentation of each topic. An open forum will follow after each topic and or at the end of the day, depending on the time availablity.

After all the presentations the delegates will be divided into groups ( take note of the colored sticker in your ID because that is your permanent grouping). Everyone will be given a chance to talk or motivated to share. A facilitator from the Resolutions Committee will handle the groupings. This is a heterogenious grouping. alumni, resident, boys and girls. ( san ka ba?)

From the ouput of the guided sharing are the resolutions we CAN formulate for the betterment of our organizations and the creation of the National Structure of the Alumni Association and the Resident Councils.

2. Presentation of the GE/GLE National Structure.
( this will include Council Members and their Job Descriptions, etc. )

3. Election of Officers.
After which the National Structure is set-up we will now come together to Elect our Officials taking the mandate of the people in this General Assembly.

First, we need to encourage the Presidents of the different Alumni Associations all over the country to come together to compose the Membership of the National Alumni Council. If the president could not make it, he can designate a proxy if the vice is not also coming. For those alumni who has not established their Alumni Association yet, then they can meet on friday evening, time alloted for their local elections, because the national elections is on saturday yet.
for those who have no alumni association and cannot elect on friday the Committee on Resolutions, have resolved during their 2nd meeting in Manila last August 13, 2008 that whosoever is present from that chapter will sit down as the representative of that chapter in the National Council and can vote and be voted upon to the national office. (Majority is not a factor here because we have not accounted our flock ever since ).

The National Council of the Resident Members ( Composition of this are the Grand Archons currently enrolled during the just concluded semester, since this is already the semestral break ) will also be convened and will have a separate elections for their national officers.

Same procedure will be done for the Council of the Grand Lambdas as their counterpart.

SO THEREFORE, I AM PLEADING TO THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS TO HELP YOUR CHAPTER SEND THESE KEY PEOPLE TO THIS HISTORIC GATHERING. PART OF OUR HISTORY WILL BENCHMARK FROM THIS INTERNATIONAL EVENT.

4. AN INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY NIGHT
TO BE HELD ON THE MOUNTAINTOP WITH YOUR FAVORITE ICED COLD BEEEERRSSSSSSSS, and a Live Band together with Django's Tatak Boracay International entertainment caliber will also be part of the evening while gazing at the CEBU Skyline by night and part of Cebu Strait with the two Bridges connecting CEBU Mainland and Historic Mactan Island (minus-Yoyoy Villame)... bad news ! pay your own beer, no? kaw kaya iinom. Libre ang iced tea at may food din naman, local nga lang!

This night will HONOR OUR FOUNDERS, the living and the Dead, and that for 45 years, buhi pa gyod intawon tang tanan, hehehe, So please prepare your beautiful words (by chapter ) or maybe a token of appreciation being the father, all chapters are encourage to do something, give something, huwag na kiss, something di mabubura kahit maligo sila, hehehe.

On this night we will award the winner of the National Theme Song Writing contest.
This night will also showcase the talents and resources of the organizations.

PAX et Bonum !


ALL THESE WILL ONLY HAPPEN IF YOU ARE AROUND. SEE YOU IN OCTOBER 2008.

P.S.
PLEASE PRINT HIS DOCUMENT AND GIVE TO OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET ESPECIALLY THE REGISTRATION FORMS.
Also there are eGroups that did not allow me to come in so please paki forward nyo lang to, para di naman sila ma deprived sa ating privileges-the right to access information.

IKAW ANG PAG-ASA NG GAMMA EPSILON.
IKAW ANG ATING KINABUKASAN.
LET US WRITE OUR HISTORY TOGETHER.

To all Brothers and Sisters:
Please register now for the GE-GLE Natcon in Cebu City. Please be there!

For more Information please contact:

Bro.Ernesto ‘ Katot’ Burdeos
Convention Chairman
Email: katot_emb@yahoo.com
Mobile No. +63.917.626.4528
Mobile Fax. +63.917.676.5406
TeleFax : +63.2.371.2970