MINUTES OF THE MEETING

PRE – REVISION 2008 PART I

October 22, 2008

PLACE: CBA401
TIME: 10AM- 3:18PM

ATTENDANCE:

NAME UNIT
Marie Rachel Coros SINAG Political Party
Arwin Cortez SINAG Political Party
Krisna Rose Benbinuto Heraldo Filipino
Rizza Mendoza Heraldo Filipino
Christine Gaile Pañares COS
Judea Ann Moralidad COS
Hernan Pantolla USC
JM Delantar SENTRO Political Party
Charlotte Malabanan COE
Jihan Ledesma Partido Independiente Political Party
Bayani Francis Malicudio Partido Independiente Political Party
Julius Rocas SENTRO Political Party
Ma. Teresa Edalla USCE
Marc Jeffrey Sioco USCE
Rosciel Ojena CLA
Angelo Jed Velasco CIHM
Asiangel Austin COE
Jet Caesar Lontok CLE
Neil Paulo Hernando CEAT
Florencio Romano CLA

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 AGENDA DISCUSSION ISSUES/ RECOMMENDATION DECISION
CONCERN

Roll Call

Reading of Order of
Order of Business
Business

Introduction to *Reasons for revising

Election Code the Election Code:
Revision 1.Changed through time
2. Ambiguities
3. Legal Considerations
* Composition of the
Delegates:
USCE, USC, HF, CSO,
3 Political Parties,
College
Representatives
*Criteria for choosing
the college
representatives:
1. Non – partisan
2. Voter
3. Knowledgeable to the
USC Constitution and
Election Code.

Reading of *Resolution for revision

Resolution No. of student Election
3 Code of DLSU –D
* Decision to have a
Convention style for the
revision of Election
Code

Reading of Appointing Leign Ann

Resolution No. Oliveros as Chair in the
4 Election Code Revision

Reading of Appointing Mr. Edwin

Resolution No. Lineses and Mr. Julius
5 Estrada as Consultants
for the Election Code
Revision

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Review and Reading of the Rule 28, Type of Voting:
Adoption of procedure Section 57 -Affirmative
Procedure -Negative Noted
-Abstain
Rule 28,
Section 62

* If each Motion to vote as

delegate has an Unit.
individual voting
power?
Vote:
*when to vote Motion to take recess Yes – 13
as a delegate or Majority
unit?
RECESS

Continuation on Motion to amend Adopted

review and Section 62 Vote:
adoption of (SENTRO) Yes – 10
No – 4
procedure
Section 62. Except in
cases of deciding
amendments to the
Election Code, of
which the vote will be
taken by unit, each
delegate has an
individual voting
power.

Rule II, Section Motion to amend Adopted

5 Section 5 Vote:
(USC) Yes – 10
No – 4
1.Election Code
Revision Convention Election Code
2.Election Code Convention
Convention

House Rules for The House Rules will *how about Set house rules aside There will be a
the Election be refer in the Student rules in the from the student house rules
Code Revision Handbook in case to handbook for handbook that will be
case basis example in released on
using cell the next
phones during session
classes which is
not applicable

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 to the
convention
because it is
not a class?

Parliamentary *How to raise a motion? Motion to divide the

Procedures “I move to _____.” house
*Objectives for having
Parliamentary Left side: delegates
Procedures who have knowledge
-fair treatment and experienced in
-decision of majority parliamentary
-order of session procedures

Right side: delegates

who don’t have
knowledge and
experienced in
parliamentary
procedures

RECESS

Continuation for Orientation of

the Parliamentary
Parliamentary Procedures on
Oct 24
Procedures

Election of Co - Nominees: Vote:

Chair 1.Rosciel Ojena 1.Rosciel
2.Rizza Mendoza Ojena = 9
2.Rizza
Mendoza = 7

Rosciel Ojena
will be the Co
– Chair for the
Election Code
Revision

Motion to take early Vote:

recess (CLA) Yes = 8
No = 7

RECESS
11:30AM
RESUME
1:03PM

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CBA AND CLE *One of the CLE The CBA still have
ISSUES Delegates has not been until this day to give a
allowed to stay list of their
overnight in Jabez representatives. If
Campsite. CLESC they cannot submit
passed another lists, the CBA waive
representative but this their right to
time they did not qualify participate in the
to the said criteria set Election Code
by the USCE. Revision.

*There are no CBA

Representatives. Some
representatives that
were passed by the
CBASC did not qualify
to the said criteria set
by the USCE. The
qualified
representatives of the
CBA back out last
week.
ADJUSTMENT TO *There are official list of Mr. Julius *Committee I = 3 Vote:
THE NUMBER OF 25 delegates in the Rocas raised members Ms. Ledesma
MEMBERS ON Election Code Revision. that in the said Committee II = 3 =7
EACH The number of number of members Mr. Pantolla =
COMMITTEES members stated in the delegates of Committee III = 3 4
procedure is counted by Committee V & members
28 delegates including VI were Committee IV = 3 Committee I =
the CBA and CLE become even members 3 members
delegates. But because numbers. Committee V = 6 Committee II
there are no delegates members = 3 members
from CBA and there is Committee VI = 4 Committee III
only 1 delegate from members = 3 members
CLE, it was reduced by Committee VII = 3 Committee IV
3. members = 3 members
Committee V
*Ms. Ledesma *Proposed by Ms. = 5 members
proposed that Jihan Ledesma: Committee VI
they have equal Committee I = 3 = 5 members
numbers and members Committee VII
because they Committee II = 3 = 3 members
are both vague. members
Committee III = 3
members
Committee IV = 3
members
Committee V = 5
members
Committee VI = 5
members

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 Committee VII = 3
members

*Mr. Pantolla *Proposed by Mr.

suggested the Hernan Pantolla:
number of Committee I = 3
members members
because they Committee II = 3
are weigh members
according to the Committee III = 3
importance of members
the Articles. Committee IV = 3
members
Committee V = 7
members
Committee VI = 3
members
Committee VII = 3
members

ASSIGNING OF *Mr. Sioco Motion in manner of

DELEGATES withdraws his assigning the
INTO motion of roll delegates:
COMMITTEES call per unit
because he is 1. Draw lots in
after only in the the order of
order of units. units (PI)
2. Roll Call per
unit (USCE)
3. Draw lots in
the order of
unit
*Mr. Pantolla (SENTRO)
raised a
question to Ms.
Ledesma about
her proposal.

*Mr. Rocas
withdraw his
proposal.

*Mr. Rocas told Vote:

the chair that Yes = 9
she failed to No = 1
ask the Abstain = 1
delegates for
the adoption of
Ms. Ledesma’s
proposal.

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 *Mr. Pantolla
asks the chair if
he could ask
the delegate
who vote for
No.

*Mr. Lontok
voted for no
because he
sees that
motion will limit
the privilege to
choose.

*COS abstain *CLA’s motion to

because they reconsider the
misinterpret it. second choice in
assigning of the
delegates.

*Mr. Rocas said

that the second
choice is
consider being
dead because it
has been
withdraw.

CAUCUS: 10
MINUTES

Continuation in Motion to repeat the Vote:

assigning voting in the third Yes = 0
delegates on choice No = 10
each committee

*Mr. Sioco filed a

motion to have
another option aside
from the three
choices

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 *Mr. Rocas Vote:
clears the third Majority
option. The
units will be
called then the
first delegate
will choose
what committee
he/she will
belong. Then
after calling all
the units, it will
be repeated
then the second
delegate will
choose his/ her
committee.

Assigning of Committee II:

delegates into Marie Rachel Coros
committees (SINAG)
Committee III:
Arwin Cortez (SINAG)
Matet Edalla (USCE)
Bayani Malicudio (PI)
Committee IV:
Jet Caesar Lontok
(CLE)
Florencio Romano
(CLA)
Christine Gaile
Pañares (COS)
Committee V:
Jihan Ledesma (PI)
JM Delantar
(SENTRO)
Paulo Hernando
(CEAT)
Angelo Velasco
(CIHM)
Rizza Mendoza (HF)
Committee VI:
Charlotte Malabanan
(COE)
Hernan Pantolla
(USC)
Marc Sioco (USCE)
Judea Ann Moralidad
(COS)
Asiangel Austin(COE)

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 Committee VII:
Julius Rocas
(SENTRO)

Motion to point the

two COE delegates in
one committee

Motion not to have Vote:

repetition of unit in 1 Yes = 4
committee No = 13

COE should
not be in 1
committee

Committee II:
Marie Rachel
Coros
(SINAG)
Committee III:
Arwin Cortez
(SINAG)
Matet Edalla
(USCE)
Bayani
Malicudio (PI)
Committee IV:
Jet Caesar
Lontok (CLE)
Florencio
Romano
(CLA)
Christine
Gaile Pañares
(COS)
Committee V:
Jihan
Ledesma (PI)
JM Delantar
(SENTRO)
Paulo
Hernando
(CEAT)
Angelo
Velasco
(CIHM)
Rizza
Mendoza (HF)
Committee VI:
Charlotte

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 Malabanan
(COE)
Hernan
Pantolla
(USC)
Marc Sioco
(USCE)
Judea Ann
Moralidad
(COS)

Committee
VII:
Julius Rocas
(SENTRO)
Asiangel
Austin (COE)
*Mr. Pantolla Committee
said to inform vacancies:
the delegates I = 3 members
who are absent II = 2 members
in the VII = 1 member
committees that
are vacant

*Mr. Pantolla
wants to identify
the committee
heads

*Mr. Rocas said *Motion to have Vote:

that there were committee assembly Majority
absent so the
assigning of
committee
heads will be
next meeting.

Call time on October 27

Announcements :7:00am, Gate 3
Expected departure:
7:30am
Expected departure
from Jabez: 5pm
* don’t forget the
following:
-kits
-procedures
-Election code
- USC consti

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