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Philippine Association for Language Teaching, Inc. (PALT)
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an affiliate of the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Language (TESOL)
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and the Pan-Asian Consortium of Language Teaching Societies (PAC)
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OFFICIAL RECORD OF MEETING
8:00 A.M., Sunday, December 26, 2015
College of Education Rm. 108, UP, Diliman, Q.C.
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Attendance
A. The following were present during the meeting:
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Rosario I. Alonzo
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Aurelio P. Vilbar
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Ma. Milagros C. Laurel
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Marilu R. Madrunio
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Sarah B. Gonzales
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Ma. Lourdes G. Tayao
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Edith M. Atendido
B. The following were unable to attend the meeting:
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Clint Richard L. Chua
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Margarita Consolacion C. Ballesteros
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Sterling Plata
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Bernadette Sumagui
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Stephenie Busbus
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Edison Fermin
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Merriam P. Maldo (cannot be contacted)
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Minutes of the Meeting
A. Adoption of the Official agenda
(8:45 am)
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After determining a quorum, Malu Madrunio led the opening prayer
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Dr. Laurel moved for the approval of the agenda adding other items
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6.2.3 Publication
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6..2.4 Honorarium
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6.2.5 SEC
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B. The reading of the previous minutes was dispensed off.
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C. New Agenda
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National Convention and Conference
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Dr. Laurel presented the letters of Pangasinan State University and
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Don Mariano Marcos State University expressing their intention
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of partnering with PALT maybe as a collaborative partner in caravan or
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hosting the national convention.
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The group decided on the following regarding the PALT National Convention
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Venue:
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Date:
(Dr. Laurel to coordinate with PSU on the date)
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Pangasinan State University, Lingayen, Pangasinan
May 20 - 22 or any date from May 15- 22
Theme:
21st Century Language Education: Reforms, Reflections
and Responses
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Committee:
PALT ( to ask for the PSU counterpart)
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Conference Chair:
Edith Atendido
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Conference Co-Chair
Marilu Madrunio
Invitation/ Publicity / Advertisement
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Sterling Plata
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Ma. Lourdes Tayao
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Sarah Gonzales
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Marilu Madrunio
Secretariat
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Edith Atendido
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Badette Sumagui
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Stephenie Busbus
Program
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Marilu Madrunio
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Edith Atendido
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Mila Laurel
Finance
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Clint Richard Chua
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Edith Atendido
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Venue and Accommodation
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Marge Ballesteros
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Mila Laurel
Ways and Means
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Mila Laurel
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Sterling Plata
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Malu Madrunio
Membership
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Badette Sumagui
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Stephenie Busbus
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Marge Ballesteros
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Edith Atendido
Registration Fee:
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P 3,000.00 (accommodation not included)
10% discount for active member
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Ask PSU for possible accommodation / hotels
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Election:
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For Re- Election:
1. Edison Fermin
2. Clint Richard Chua
3. Marilu Madrunio
4. Sterling Plata
5. Ma. Lourdes Tayao
6. Margarita Ballesteros
7. Merriam Maldo
For those who were absent will be Informed through email if interested
to join the board. Open for nomination to be approved by the
board. Each member is requested to nominate.
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International Conference
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Dr. Laurel reiterated that one of the
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PALT commitment is to conduct international conference every
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three (3) years. The last international conference was held at the
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University of San Jose Recoletos in Cebu City with Stephen
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Krashen as the Keynote speaker in December 2013, thus, the next
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international conference has to be conducted in 2016.
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The following was decided by the group:
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Venue:
NIP, UP diliman
or Faculty Center, UP
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Date:
December 1 - 3, 2016
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Theme:
to adopt the same theme
21st Century Language Teaching:
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Reforms, Reflections & Responses
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Committee:
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Conference Chair:
Mila Laurel
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Conference Co- Chair
Marge Ballesteros
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Working Committees:
same as in the National Convention
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Call for papers
Reactivate the website for the posting of the
call for paper (urgent)
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The following expressed desire to host teaching caravans
4.1 c/o US Embassy English Language Fellow
Don Mariano Marcos State University
Aklan
Tuguegarao
4.2 c/o PALT Regional Chapter
Pangasinan State University
Southern Leyte State University
Since Pangasinan State University has been chosen as venue of the
national convention, the group decided to conduct teaching caravan at
DMMSU
September 2016
Southern Leyte State University
August 2016
Southern Leyte has already coordinated through email about the plan
and just waiting for the needs of the teachers. Not all members are
expected to be in the teaching caravan, only the lectures/ speakers to be
assigned based on the needs of the school and the expertise of the member.
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5.1 ThaiTESOL in January - no member decided to go thus waived
participation of PALT
5.2 ETAROC in November
Submission of Abstract - February 2016
PALT is given five (5) unvetted slots
1. Stephenie is given priority for the slot that has to be in 2015
and to serve as the official representative
2. Edith and Badette
3. Ross
4. Liu
5. anyone who wish to submit
Ross Alonzo mentioned that PALT is giving P10,000 assistance to the PALT
member participating in the PAC conference and requested that it should
be granted. However, Mila Laurel mentioned that she did not avail of the
privilege for three instances. It was decided that the P 30,000 saved from
Mila Laurel would be released and used by the group in joining to the
PAC at ETAROC.
Liu is also requested to book for the members participating at ETAROC
5.3 TEFLIN in Indonesia
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September 2016
Mila to represent PALT. Nevertheless TEFLIN is not
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hosting PAC.
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KOTESOL -
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JALT
Mila and Sarah (official representative)
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MELTA
Liu
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FEELTA
not requiring PAC member to represent
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Malu is the official representative
(official representative)
PAC Website
An email from Richmond dated Dec. 21, 2015 on the subject Newly
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designed PAC Website reminded on what have transpired in the PAC
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meeting held in ThaiTESOL Conference. Each member organization
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is requested to submit non-copyrighted pictures of the following:
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one traditional view from the country
to be taken cared of Sarah, a photo from Palawan
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one modern view from the country
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picture from the High Street of the Bonifacio Global City
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(BGC) to be taken cared of Edith
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one easily identifiable person (based on traditional dress)
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the group assigned Liu to look for picture of PALT members
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wearing Filipiniana during the Cebu International Conference.
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Richmond is requesting that these pictures be submitted in the
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largest format possible (jpg preferred) to richmond.jalt@gmail.com.
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Assigned members are requested to submit these on December 31.
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TESOL Concerns
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What do we get from TESOL? Why do we need to be affiliated with
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TESOL? Since PALT is a language organization and not only
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concern about English language teaching, Maam Ross moved to
include Teaching Filipino Language (TFL) in our official communication.
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Mila Laurel reiterated that TESOL is willing to provide speakers in
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our conferences.
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PALT WEBSITE
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Sarah B. Gonzales is asked to coordinate with Clint in reactivating
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the PALT Website. Liu also committed in helping Sarah. The call for
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papers must be posted particularly for the international conference
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Assessment of 2015 Activities
8.1
IFSU National Convention in May 2015
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Problems Met
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1. Late coordination resulted to poor attendance, costly &
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unorganized food preparation
2. No official conference chair and co-chair to oversee the
different committee.
3. Participants from partner institution must pay registration
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fee. Limited number must be given for Free.
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The partner institution must be encouraged to invite more
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participants. This is to sustain the financial status of the
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organization.
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Recommendation
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1. Early preparation of request for DepEd Memo and
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CHED Memo. The President to prepare the rationale and
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objectives earlier. Assign somebody to follow up the
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memo from Deped and CHED. Edith volunteered to
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follow up the request at DepEd and Marge at CHED.
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CHED memo must be sent to colleges and universities
by members.
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2. Assign conference chair and co -chair to oversee the work
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of the committee.
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3. Evaluation committee must be permanent in all conference
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and convention. Liu was asked to lead the committee.
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4. Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) must be the first
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priority.
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Baguio Seminar
1. Financial matter has not settled yet.
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Caravan at USC
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1. Quite good turn out of participants in a short span of
preparation. MOU is still
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2. No registration fee but the organization incurred expenses.
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Roundtable discussion at Waterfront
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1. No MOU with the Japanese. Financial assistance that was
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given directly to the speakers was just enough to cover
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expenses for accommodation, airfare and food.
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Recommendations:
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1. Edith suggested that speakers and all who served and spent
time in the different activities must be given honorarium
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just to compensate to the effort and preparation of the
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materials.
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2. Mila reported on the financial status of the organization
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informing the group that there is enough to be given.
3. The group decided to give P 5000 to each member who
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served in Baguio and Cebu Conference (USC & Waterfront
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as one).
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4. There are 4 who served in Baguio and 10 members in Cebu.
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5. P 70,000 is asked to be withdrawn from the conference
account.
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Other Matters
9.1
The PALT Newsette has to be revived and Liu was assigned
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to take charge of the newsette. The following are the articles
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to be prepared by each member:
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IFSU Convention news article -
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Baguio Seminar
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Stephenie
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USC
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Malu
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Roundtable at Waterfront
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Mila
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JALT
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Mila
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KOTESOL
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Sterling
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Submission of Articles for the Newsette - 1st Week of January 2016
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9.1
Edith and Badette
The transportation allowance of members attending the regular
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meeting was requested, however, only P 300.00 was approved by
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the board and will take effect on the next meeting in January.
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by the secretary/ treasurer.
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The food or the snacks for every meeting must be taken cared of
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It was also agreed that the monthly regular meeting of the PALT
board will be held every second Sunday of the month as what
has been agreed upon during the planning meeting in Tagaytay.
E. Adjournment
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Having no other matter to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at
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exactly 11:20am. The next meeting is set on January 10, 2016 at
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2:00pm at the Conference hall, College of Education, UP Diliman.
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Prepared by:
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EDITHA M. ATENDIDO
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Secretary
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NOTED:
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MA. MILAGROS C. LAUREL, Ph.D.
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President
PALT BOARD MEMBERS WHO SERVED AS SPEAKERS / COMMITTEE
Baguio
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Editha M. Atendido
Ma. Milagros Laurel
Bernadette Sumagui
Ma. Lourdes Tayao
Cebu
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Rosario Alonzo
Editha Atendido
Margarita Ballesteros
Sarah B. Gonzales
Ma. Milagros Laurel
Marilu Madrunio
Sterling Plata
Ma. Lourdes Tayao
Bernadette Sumagui
Aurelio Vilbar
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