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Welcome
to www.alphaphibeta.org
-- the official website of the Alpha Phi Beta Alumni
Association (APBAA). This maiden edition of our website
is a dream come true. In the minds of brods and in the
works for sometime now, the website presents relevant
information on the Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity University
of the Philippines. The website is planned to contain
both static and dynamic information. However, in its
first edition, more of the former can be found; but
succeeding editions will feature a dynamic "Directory
of Alphans" and a bulletin board/chat room, which
will require a password. By no means complete, our website
continues to be a work-in-progress. Brods are therefore
requested to make comments and suggestions for its improvement
as well as to provide news and information for its continuous
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The
APBAA monthly fellowship meetings will now take place
every 3rd Friday of the month from 6:00 p.m. at the Ilang-Ilang
Room, Club Filipino, Greenhills, San Juan. Please mark
in your calendars the following schedule of the fellowship
meetings for the rest of 2003:
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| March
21 |
August
15 |
| April
18 |
September
19 |
| May
18 |
October
17 |
| June
20 |
November
21 |
| July
18 |
December
19 |
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The
APBAA Board of Directors and Officers also meets every
3rd Friday of the month, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the
Club Filipino, preceding the monthly fellowship meeting. |
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We
are publishing an updated Directory Book. If the 1991
Directory is referred to as the "black book",
then we will call this new one the "gold
book", according to LC Rene Valdecantos. Every
Alphan is requested to complete and submit his Directory
Information Sheet (which can be found in the Directory
page of this website and also included in the maiden issue
of our newsletter "The Alphan Chronicle"). Deadline:
March 31, 2003. |
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The
next issue of the now eagerly awaited "The Alphan
Chronicle" comes out in April. Contributions (such
as articles, photos, announcements, greetings, news items,
whereabout of brods, etc.) from Brods are most welcome.
Please send these directly, by email attachment, to Brod
Vic de Jesus using his email address: ginesdemafra@yahoo.com |
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We
are adopting a Fraternity Hymn. Please send your comments
and suggestions to LC Rene Valdecantos. |
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With
a view to formulate concrete directions for the APBAA,
a Seminar/Workshop on our Mission, Vision & Values
will be held on 16 March 2003. A whole day event, the
participants will include the Directors, Sectoral Representatives,
Officers and Committee Chairmen of our Alumni Association.
A charming lady facilitator (obviously not an Alphan)
will assist in the conduct of the workshop. Other interested
Brods are requested to contact Brod Sani Yuzon. |
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Congratulations
to Brod Sonny Alvarez who was recently appointed by President
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as Presidential Adviser on Overseas
Filipino Communities. As the President's alter-ego in
this very important assignment, Brod Sonny's functions,
in his view, are to assist, to support and to facilitate
in the formulation and implementation of policies, plans
and programmes for the benefit of overseas Filipinos,
in particular, and the country, in general. |
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Congratulations
to Brod George Howard on his recent election as District
Governor of the Rotary International District 3780 (covering
95 Rotary Clubs) for the period July 2004 to June 2005.
These dates are significant because the Rotary is celebrating
its Centennial during this period. |
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Brod
Bani Aguirre '63 has been nominated by the APBAA as a
candidate for the Board of Directors of the UP Alumni
Association (UPAA). Brod Bani is the Chairman of our Information
& Publication Committee and leads the team preparing
our newsletter and this website. He was a recipient of
the Presidential "Pamana" Award given to Overseas
Filipinos (2000) and was one of the ten Distinguished
Alumnus of the UP College of Business Administration (2002).
Let us give Brod Bani all the support that he needs to
make it to the UPAA Board. |
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Brod
Joe Poe Jr., was also an awardee for the ten Distinguished
Alumnus of the UP College of Business Administration (2002)
for his pioneering efforts in professionalizing the management
of the country's security agency industry. |
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Brods
are encourage to pay their annual membership fee of PHP
1,000 to the APBAA Secretariat as soon as possible. Out
of this amount, PHP 200 will be set aside for the APBAA
Trust Fund. |
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The
egroup http://groups.yahoo.com/group/alpha_phi_beta
continues to be very active and getting stronger. Started
by Brod Vince Rallon in 1997, the egroup keeps the brods
in touch with each other wherever they are - in the US,
Japan, Kuwait, in the Philippines, and elsewhere,-- exchanging
information, discussing big and small issues, sharing
jokes, gossiping, etc. but, importantly, keeping our fraternal
bonds much alive. Maintained by a small group of tech-savvy
brods under the stewardship of Brod Nick Pelayo, the latest
report is that the number of brods who belong to the egroup
has now reached 186. How to subscribe to the egroup? A
recommendation from a brod who belongs to the egroup would
be helpful. |
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Finally,
the preparation of this website is a collective effort
- by, of, and for the Alphans. With full support from
the APBAA Board and under the leadership of LC Rene Valdecantos,
a special website development team was formed, early this
year, coordinated by Brods Bani Aguirre and Vic de Jesus.
The team consists of Brods Eric Lumague (web designer),
Alan Sumabat & Jules Hernandez (IT experts), Raul
Pagtalunan, Manny Abad, Ariel Arceo, Dominic Solis, Win
Limwan. Valuable advice and inputs were provided by Cebu-based
Brod Vince Rallon and Brods overseas such as Nick Pelayo,
Rudy Pante, Ed Malaya and Mario Zinampan. Brods TJ Isla,
Ogie Fermo, George Keyser, Raul Villanueva, Jo Castigador,
Armand Pan and others also gave inputs and moral support.
We are specially thankful to Jules Hernandez and Batch
'90 for sponsoring the registration of our domain name
www.alphaphibeta.org and
for hosting our website for at least a year. To all of
you, maraming salamat po. |
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