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.