NAGOYA UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PHILIPPINE BRANCH

New Year’s General Assembly and Meeting

23 January 2016

Legend Villas, Pioneer St., Mandaluyong City

Buffet Lunch at Legend Villas Restaurant

Daisy Montesa arranged the venue.

Introduction of Members

Attendance:1. Daisy Montesa2. Resty Collado3. Andy Oreta4. Jing Masangkay5. Indette Gaspillo6. Cynthia Palmes-Saloma7. Ruth Palanca8. Bong Salvador9. Teody Licarte10. Neil Tan Gana11. Jung Myun Shim12. Rosalyn Angeles-Shim13. Robert Acosta

Distribution of NUAL Certificates

Pag-asa “Indette” Gaspillo Robert Acosta Joseph “Jing” Masangkay

Distribution of NUAL Certificates

Andy OretaTeody Licarte

Distribution of NUAL Certificates

Neil Tan Gana Cynthia P. Saloma Ruth Palanca

Florante “Bong” Salvador Daisy Montesa Resty Collado

Distribution of NUAL Certificates

Business Meeting

Resty Collado, President

Business Meeting

Highlights of the Business Meeting1. Updates of Past Activities

a) Dr. Masangkay and Dr. Collado shared their experience during the awarding of the Outstanding NU alumnus award to Dr. Masangkay by NUAL. Three out of 32 nominees received this award.

b) Dr. Collado reported that NU and UPLB signed a MOA establishing a satellite Campus of NU for Graduate Programs on Bio-Agricultural Science and International Development last Dec. 3, 2015. The formal launching of the NU Satellite Campus is scheduled on March 8, 2016. The NUAL-PH members will be invited.

c) Dr. Gaspillo and Dr. Oreta reported that DLSU GCOE and NU Graduate Schools of Engineering and Environmental Science signed an Agreement for Academic Exchange and Cooperation and a Student Exchange Memorandum last Dec. 14, 2015 at Nagoya University.

2. By-Lawsa) Dr. Saloma presented the revised and proposed By-Laws of NUAL-Philippines. Some

revisions were introduced.

b) The By-Laws was approved and ratified by the present members of NUAL –Philippines.

Highlights of the Business Meeting3. Plans

a) There is a proposal to hold NUAL-PH activity in the Visayas so that the alumni from the Visayas and Mindanao can be involved in the NUAL acitivities. The proposed location is Cebu City. Dr. Resty will contact an alumnus at Cebu (Dr. Weena Gera, UP Cebu) to be the coordinator of the proposed activity. Tentative date is July 7-8, 2016.

b) Another proposed venue is Visayas State University where Dr. Edgar Tulin, NU alumnus will be inaugurated as the President of the University this year.

c) The NU Promotion organized by Dr. Joyce Cartagena of NU will be supported by NUAL-PH members. Dr. Oreta with Dr. Ron Vilog have already arrange the plans on Feb 23 at DLSU. Dr. Collado will contact UPLB alumni to organize the Feb. 24 promotion.

d) The NUAL-PH membership must be expanded. The suggestions are tap the network of various groups like the GSID alumni and NUGELP alumni. Robert Acosta was tasked to contact the GSID network.

e) Dr. Collado proposed that NUAL-PH General Assembly and Elections should be held on the last Saturday of November 2016 which is November 26, 2016.

f) The next New Year’s General Assembly and Turn-over Meeting will be scheduled on the third week of February 2017.

The End

Prepared by

Andy Oreta, Secretary, NUAL-Philippine Branch

24 January 2016