Meeting 4

                The fourth meeting of our Field Trips and Seminars class was conducted last June 17, 2015, Wednesday at the Institute of Computing Laboratory 2. The agenda for this said meeting are the final list of students who will participate in the FTS class, the requirements, the class activities, the financial status of the class, and other matters worthy of discussion.

                The meeting started at 9:00 AM and was led by the class president. He presented the final list of students who officially enrolled this subject for this semester, which has the total number of seventy-eight students. Everyone who attended the meeting was asked if they were sure to join the FTS class this semester, and every one said yes. The president then proceeded with informing the students with the lacking documents and requirements as per CHED.

                The next topic in this meeting was the other class activities. This is composed of the Minor Field Trip, the Interpersonal Skills and Team Building Seminar, and the Parents’ Orientation and Mass. The Minor Field Trip was reviewed and discussed. Then next, the class president has at that moment informed everyone that every one is required to join the Interpersonal Skills and Team Building Seminar; even a single student that would not attend the said seminar, the whole seminar shall be repeated. Lastly was the Parents’ Orientation and Mass scheduled tentatively on September 5, 2015 at the University Social Hall.

                The financial status of the class was discussed next. A deadline was set on June 20 for the amount of Php 500.00 that was needed by the officers to open a bank account and also for the supplies needed for the fulfillment of the required forms and documents. The class president also informed the class that the next payment for the amount of Php 5,500 must be on or before July 3, 2015.

                The last agendum was discussed by our FTS facilitator. He shared some insights on the FTS this year. He also gave examples based on what happened in the previous Field Trips and Seminars classes. Right after that the meeting was adjourned.

Meeting 3

                 This third meeting for our Field Trips and Seminars class AY 2015-2016 was held on May 29, 2015 a Friday afternoon at the Institute of Computing Laboratory 1. In this meeting we had the agenda regarding the course itself, the list of activities that will commence during the undertaking of this course, the itinerary of the major field trip, the requirements that were needed to be filled up and filed. 

                After the round up of attendance the first agendum was tackled. The first part of the meeting was dedicated to explaining what the subject’s purpose and what its requirements are. The next agendum to be dealt with was the list of activities under this course. This list of activities includes what will happen in the major and minor field trips. The main thing that was discussed in this part of the meeting was the number of companies that should be visited and what companies should they be. The class president presented a list that stated the six (6) most feasible to be visited. Aside from this we needed one more company to add to the list, lest every section making up the whole of the FTS class was asked to nominate one. The nominated companies must not be to deviate too far from the city of Manila since this may cause transportation problems. ADMU gained the highest number of votes with 22 out of 62 who voted, while DOST earned the second place with 19. The class president then declared to seek with priority in getting coordination with ADMU, if not DOST will be next in line. Another part of the itinerary that was discussed was the registration for Y4iT. The class president informed everyone that the seminar will be held at SMX Convention Center on September 9-11, with this the early bird registration happening on June 30, 2015. There were 2 options presented for the Y4iT registration, one having a cost of Php 760.00 inclusive of congress badge and T-shirt and the other at Php 600.00 inclusive of congress badge only. The congress T-shirt designs from the organizers were presented so as to let us choose whether to go for the first or the latter. Majority chose the first option, but those who would want to stick with the second option can still register under their choice. After tackling the itinerary the next agendum was the documentary requirements needed by the class members and must be given on time to the FTS officers. These documents were the model waiver stub, duly notarized parent consent, medical certificate, COR, and the Conditions for Activities Outside the Campus Form. The class president then informed everyone that these documents be compiled and submitted to them on or before the 1^st week of class so as to provide ample time in sorting such enormous volume of paperwork. The next agendum was about the Interpersonal Skills and Team Building activity. This said activity was tentatively scheduled on July 20, 2015 at the University Social Hall by the class president. The last topic to be discussed was about the minor field trip which was still under deliberation at that time by the officers as to which company to visit.

                The meeting went all well with everybody informed as to what was going to happen. The meeting adjourned after 3:00 PM.

Meeting 2

                The second meeting for the Field Trips and Seminars class was held last March 27, 2015, Friday at the Institute of Computing Laboratory 1. In this meeting the collection of model waivers was done and the counting of either model A, B, or C would be chosen was done.

                In this meeting those who attended were mostly those who were certain enough and eager to join this year’s Field Trips and Seminars subject. At the start of the meeting the officers collected those model waivers that were already signed by the student’s parents or guardians. There were still many who were not yet able to pass the model waivers at this meeting since some of the students need to go back to their hometowns or provinces to get their parents or guardians approval. Nonetheless the votes were counted and the partial result of the majority was model A. Everyone was elated to know that we were closer to achieving the major filed trip to be held in the cities and companies of Metro Manila.

                This meeting adjourned with the announcement that in the next meeting all remaining model waivers will be collected so that the final decision of the majority may be cast. With the partial result cast the class officers can now start working for the approval of documents for the University and the Commission on Higher Education.

Meeting 1

                The very first meeting for Field Trip and Seminars for Academic Year 2015-2016 transpired last March 4, 2015. In this said meeting we had the election of officers and the selection of what will be the content of our model waiver. This meeting was attended mostly by students who were qualified and eligible to take this subject this year. With this the Institute Computing Laboratory 2 was crowded with would-be FTS takers and the air-conditioning unit almost could not make-up for the volume of people inside the laboratory. Nonetheless, the meeting went well through the guidance and patience of our adviser.

The election of officers happened first. Among the officers that were elected were the president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and auditor. The set of officers for our Field Trip and Seminars class decided to create a model waiver. This model waiver is aimed to get the pulse of the student’s parents or guardians as to what will they choose among the presented models. The FTS models would contain set of choices of what will be the format of the series of site visits that would happen. With this the students have the chance to talk their parents through what they want and what their parents can afford. Three models were generated and its corresponding probable cost and constraints were clearly stated on a waiver that would be signed by the student’s parents together with their choice of which model they prefer. These model waivers are expected to be passed on or before the next meeting. The model waivers will also serve as a confirmation that the said student will pursue this subject willfully this semester. All of these were mentioned and agreed in the very first Field Trip and Seminars meeting.

Overall, the meeting went well although approached some bumps because we are who we are. Yet everything was well discussed and everyone was well informed of what will happen and what needs to be done on the part of us non-officers.