Applicant's Orientation and 2nd General Meeting Docu

JULY 10, 2008—two important events of the UP Statistical Society took place. These events were the Applicants’ Orientation and the 2^nd General Meeting.

The applicants’ orientation was hosted by Marvin Santos and Lou Peralta. On the other hand, Karenne Joyce De Padua led the prayer for this event. The UP StatSoc’s President, Nikko Buhangin gave the opening remarks. A VTR was shown in order to help in the explanation of the application process. The application process was explained by Gee Lim with an introductory skit participated by some of the members.

The applicants were enjoying themselves as Julie Baluyot and Ericka Mabilin demonstrated each part of the application process. Elections for the applicants’ batch head was also done on this event. The elected applicant was Jimmy Pelantic, a second year Stat major.

The Board of Directors were also presented. The Personnel Committee Chairperson, Sherine Rivad, gave the closing remarks as the event came to an end. Overall, the event was a success. The Board of Directors would like to thank the Project team led by Kathy Ramos. The Project team was the one in charge of the program for the Applicant’s Orientation.

After the Applicants’ Orientation, it was now time to conduct the 2^nd General Meeting. For this event, the hosts were Karenne De Padua and Hulkster Duenas; while the prayer was led by Desiree Halagao. Topics discussed were the updates about different things (cleaners, applicants, etc.), Dark Knight tickets, financial statement, attendance, and explanation about the academic holiday. The explanations were each done by the officers. A raffle was also done on which gift certificates served as prizes. Committee breakdown was the last in the agenda.

The events started at 6:00 pm and ended at 9:00 pm at the Vinzon’s Rooftop.

-EYEcom (karenne)