Membership Assessment

[Ateafac S. F]

Dear all,

To compile the list to be forwarded to the hierarchy, we need to know the active members now present even  though most may not be aware that we are up and working again.

Another reason, there are officer posts that are still suspending without concrete persons to fill the roles. Such as the role of an active secretary because since I posted the Road Map (RM) one month ago (Feb. 19), Angela has not shown indications that she will continue to fill this role as was suggested in the RM.

Secondly, John posted a sincere feedback indicating that he is not competent enough to fill the role of webmastering our website since he is an Economic student. We need to step up and stop thinkering, are we not computer science students?

Thirdly, the role of committee member(s) which is still suspeding without concrete persons to help here.

So, please indicate your presence and step up for any of these posts before the end of the week since I will be forwarding all this information Monday after exams.

Goodluck with end of term exams.

Sincerely
Ateafac

UoPeople Student Ambassidor.

[Sean Brady]

In reference to the posting list sent out:

-          Joan Advincula – chapter chair

-          Angela Lubianca C. – Secretary / Treasurer

-          John Mboru – Vice chair / External affairs / Head of committee

-          Rafael Victor  - committee member

-          Ateafac S. Forsong – web master

-          Dr.  Dan Taipala – Chapter sponsor

Which ones remain and which are left to be filled?

I will put myself forward for the webmaster in reference to this "John posted a sincere feedback indicating that he is not competent enough to fill the role of webmastering our website since he is an Economic student." But I believe
Ateafac is the webmaster, I didn't realise John was involved in it as the Vice chair / External affairs / Head of committee.

Regards,

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[Sean Brady]

"the role of committee member(s)"

I thought Rafael was taking care of this.

Regards,

[Ateafac S. F]

A deetailed response to Sean's post.

In reference to the posting list sent out:

-          Joan Advincula – chapter chair

-          Angela Lubianca C. – Secretary / Treasurer

-          John Mboru – Vice chair / External affairs / Head of committee

-          Rafael Victor  - committee member

-          Ateafac S. Forsong – web master

-          Dr.  Dan Taipala – Chapter sponsor

Which ones remain and which are left to be filled?

Following the long period of inactivity we went through, I realized our chapter is closing up and no one bothered [especially the officers] about the chapter anymore. For Joan’s case as the chair who bears the responsibility of galvanizing the group and keep things running, she was hit by a fatal tragedy which we all know. For that reason, I personally do not have any blames on her. That said, the mandate for officiating the chapter is valid only for one academic year [Article: IV], so we have every legality to reshuffle the officiating team and that is exactly what is suggested in the Road Map for 2014. The suggestions are based on who is available and who is willing to make valuable contributions right now. So, Joan indicated her circumstances resulting from the tragedy, where she has network challenges and can barely text. Three reasons justify my decision to step up as our next chair which are as follows, and I would not come back to explanation again in the future:

-          Joan is not entirely available as before given her present circumstances as explained above.

-          The mandate for current officers has expired

-          I am tremendously motivated to get our chapter up to the next level

I believe these reasons need no further explanations and I encourage all of us to complement each other and orientate our energy towards the same direction as a team and it would easier to move forward. Comments that disorientate the group are not welcomed and we should learn from past failures.

I will put myself forward for the webmaster in reference to this "John posted a sincere feedback indicating that he is not competent enough to fill the role of webmastering our website since he is an Economic student." But I believe
Ateafac is the webmaster, I didn't realise John was involved in it as the Vice chair / External affairs / Head of committee.

First, thank you for stepping up and willing to fill the role of webmaster for our chapter and contribute so we can move forward. We consider the role of webmaster filled by Sean and you can take your time and start building gradually, by the time we get a remote server space (hopefully from ACM when we register), we can migrate there immediately without stress.

Secondly, thank you for being here despite our multitudes of tasks regarding studies and daily life.

"the role of committee member(s)"

For one thing that I know, committees are more useful in large organizations. A committee is a group of persons subordinate to a larger group who have the responsibility to sit back and think for the organization. Make suggestions and take decisions on behave of the organization. You could have committees like board of directors, executive committees, etc. For lack of members, we can accumulate roles such that Rafael and John can continue to be committee members.

Added to that, Rafael can be our next secretary for reasons that:

-          Angela also indicated she will only be partially engaged since she doesn’t have much time in her hands right now. The role of secretary is suitable for Rafael or Angela because they have access to resources that can permit them do financial transactions easily such as credit cards and other payment options which we greatly lack here in my area. I truly wish, Rafael can step up for the role of secretary/treasurer.

The updated list:

-          Chair – Ateafac S. Forsong

-          Vice chair – Joan Advincula

-          Secretary/Treasuere – Rafael [suggestion]

-          External affairs / Head of committee – John Mboru

-          Webmaster – Sean

-          Sponsor – Dan Taipala (Ph.D)

Please, post up your feedbacks and help us continue to move with this renewed commitment.

- Ateafac

UoPeople Student Ambassidor

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[Sean Brady]

In reference to the post by Ateafac...

Dear students and group,

Will I just start building the technical infrastructure for the web site or does further suggestions from anyone need to be contacted before starting?

Regards,

Sean.

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[Sean Brady]

Also one last question,

I can get the forums for the ACM student chapter website up and running fairly quick on a temporary server if that suits.

It will be PHP for the forum as it the best overall for our needs.

Is it okay to proceed? After the forums are finished, the technical infrastructure for the main informative page will be created based upon the design created previously by a fellow student.

Regards,

Sean.

[Joan Advincula]

Hi all,

I believe some things needs must be clarified before anything else.

In the previous phase, we had the following officers:

Chair: Ma. Joan P. Advincula
Vice-Chair: John Mburu
Secretary/Treasurer: Angela Labianca-Campbell

We also established the following offices:

Webmaster: Ateafac Sylvanus Forsong
Heads of Committees:
External Affairs: John Mburu
Activities: Rafael Victor

Chapter Sponsor: Dr. Dan Taipala

These positions and offices were all volunteered for and vouched for.

John Mburu was NEVER the webmaster and I don't know where that idea came from. Just because a person was helping out with the website does not mean that he is the webmaster. Even I made up something to help out with the website.

John and Rafael were committee heads. Not members of one committee. I know there should be a better name for their offices because we are not in the power to make any huge committee but those are basically their job descriptions. Committees can be made up of only two people, though. It's a working group.

Now, unless my calendar is way off, it should only be Term 4 at the UoPeople which means that these terms of office have not yet expired.

I did say that I can't properly fulfill the role of Chair but the rest of the people in the above list haven't said that they can't.

Ateafac, just because you want to be the Chair this time doesn't mean that you can't be still the Webmaster. Both John and Angela were handling double roles before. Unless, you want to remove yourself from that position. Sean has volunteered for Webmaster so it should be fine. (Thanks for wanting to be more involved this time, Sean.)

Next, you can't just put me up there. The person currently holding the role of Vice-Chair is still available, after all.

And Angela did make her presence felt at the beginning of this phase.

Finally, as I've mentioned before, you also need the membership ID's of the officers for the information to be complete. Officers of the chapter need to be fully registered and recognized student members of the ACM so their membership IDs are needed for our chapter to be registered.

Best,
Joan Advincula
UoPeople Student Ambassador
@iamMJae

[Sean Brady]

I am getting involved in order to get things done.

If someone else wants to fill the role of WebMaster, I would happily step aside.

There have been a lot of technical suggestions by other people and we are still waiting for the implementation.

Again if someone better comes along with a idea and implementation I would gladly leave the post allow them to proceed.

Regards,

Sean.

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[Sean Brady]

"Officers of the chapter need to be fully registered and recognized student members of the ACM so their membership IDs are needed for our chapter to be registered"

Mr. Sean Brady

ACM Member:8023447

[Joan Advincula]

Right, speaking of membership IDs...

Ma. Joan Advincula
ACM Member ID: 7495508

Best,
Joan Advincula
UoPeople Student Ambassador
@iamMJae

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[Rafael Victor]

Hello All

Still interested in being a committee member. I've placed my membership info below.

Rafael Victor

Member Number: 8137050

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[Ateafac S. F]

Hi Rafael,

I was suggesting that ID Numbers could be added directly to the membership list. I even created a column for that.

Great to know you are still our committee member.

All the best,

Ateafac

UoPeople Student Ambassidor

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