PHILIPPINE LEAGUE OF SECRETARIES TO THE SANGGUNIAN, INC.

(PLEASES)
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL PRESIDENT

12-POINT AGENDA

1.0 To address the financial problems and other current problems being faced by PLEASES:

1.1 SEC Registration (paper)

1.2 ULAP membership (annual dues)
1.3 Benefit claims by members
1.4 PLEASES accounts with the Manual of Operations Publication, member ID
printing
1.5 Website services

2.0 To attend to the needs of members to include the grant of benefits and awards to the
deserving in accordance with the PLEASES policies;
3.0 To make PLEASES a training institution and put up a training center to:
3.1 Conduct capability building trainings for members;
3.2 Extend training services to the Local Legislative Staff Members and Barangay
Secretaries;
3.3 Serve as trainor for the local elective and appointive officials and employees as
well as barangay officials and employees.

4.0 To re-strengthen the regional and provincial chapters, tap the services of said chapters
for the collection of membership fees and annual dues of members and recognize the
performance of the chapters by granting awards to the deserving in accordance with the
PLEASES policies;
5.0 To update the PLEASES Directory and revive the PLEASES Publication;
6.0 To strengthen PLEASES linkages with other government organizations like the ULAP,
LMP, PCL and other leagues;
7.0 To revive and revitalize the PLEASES Website and make it a vehicle of communication
on PLEASES and LGU data of information;
8.0 To cause the amendment of the Constitution and By-Laws;
8.1 Expand the membership of PLEASES by accepting barangay secretaries and
legislative staff members as associate members;
8.2 Increase the membership fees and annual dues of members.

9.0 To pursue the amendment of RA 7160 by Congress for the recasting of the clause “with
the rank and pay equal to a head of department” into such clause as “with the rank and
pay of a department head;”

10.0 To form a national cooperative, a multipurpose cooperative, for Secretaries to the

Sanggunian, to be known as the PLEASES Multipurpose Cooperative, to be composed
of the Secretaries to the Sanggunian, legislative staff members and barangay
secretaries;
11.0 To pursue the registration of the Kalinga sa Kalihim Foundation, Inc. for members’
welfare and for securing foreign grants;
12.0 To form a partylist for PLEASES retired members and retired local government
employees, to be known as the ARCS (Alliance of Retired Civil Servants).
2 January 2008

MARIO TORRES ABELLANIDA

National President
( CN : 0920 245 4247 / 0917 724 1954 )