IN THIS ISSUE: CIAG President Celebrates Birthday 1 Editorial CIAG-Fil-Aggies Joint Christmas Party 2 President‘s Corner 3 Greetings from the Endowment Fund Committee 4 List of Endowment Fund Donors 5 Remembering the Great Raid— A Great Visit 6 -7 Galinato Brothers Donate to Scholarship Fund 8 CIAG Scholars at CLSU on the Roll 9 CIAG Save-the-Date Flyer -3rd Grand Alumni Las Vegas. 10 Solicitation Letter— CIAG Souvenir 11 Endowment Fund; From the Treasurer‘s Desk 12 NOVEMBER 2011 CIAG PRESS RELEASE #8 CLSU INTERNATIONAL ALUMNI GROUP (CIAG) CIAG PRESIDENT CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY P resident Rodrigo Dioso, Jr. was ecstatic on the scheduled CIAG meeting last October 22: he was celebrating his birthday! The get together was almost typical. Where normally about 15 officers and members participate, this time the meeting was attended by almost 30, counting the non-member guests. Furthermore, Rod‘s first cousin, Roger Alsasua (A.A.E., Class 1957) was present for the first time. It also was not a potluck meeting – Rod and Frances took care of the scrumptious food and fine drinks. Yours truly was asked to offer a prayer and blessing of the food and after an hour and a half of eating and chatting, the business meeting started at 2:45 p.m. The Secretary, Nenita Perez, was not available due to some ailment and had to cancel her Friday (October 21) flight, so someone was asked to take the minutes of the meeting. The CIAG 3 rd Grand Reunion in Las Vegas which is just 10 months away, was one of the major issues discussed in the meeting. To expedite matters, such as selecting the venue, President Rod decided to amend the committee he formed last July and appointed Dr. Leo Abenes and Engr. Gerry Galinato to co-chair the new committee with the following members: Norma ―Ohma‖ B. Viray, Angela ―Geling‖ T. Gaetos, DG ―Lakay‖ Elegado, Cornelio ―Noy‖ Binoya, Jr., Gloria Tan and Susan Rodriguez as members. The upcoming Christmas Party was also discussed. At first, the group decided that it will be held with a dinner/dance on December 17 (Saturday) from 5 to 11:00 p.m. at the Masonic Hall, 2500 Masonic Drive, San Jose, CA. It was approved that each member contributes $15.00 and music will be provided by The Housekeepers for $400.00. President Rod was confident that this plan when presented to the Fil-Am Aggies meeting on November 5 will be confirmed. During the Fil-Am Aggies meeting on November 5, the plan for the Christmas party was revised and finalized with the following details: Venue: Dioso Residence at 1506 Rue Avati, San Jose, CA, Date, December 17 (Saturday) from 1:00 p.m. Food will be provided by the Fil-Am Aggies Association, USA, and Music will be provided by the members via KARAOKE. Going back to the CIAG October 22 meeting, after the group sang Rod a ‗Happy Birthday‖, a member asked how old he is and he replied, ―Maybe 56, I don‘t know, I stopped counting after I hit 50‖. - frg. CIAG EDITORIAL TEAM Floro Gutierrez Editor-in-Chief Gerry Galinato Associate Editor Norma Viray Graphics/Layout Rob Bugawan Webmaster CIAG Pres. Rod Dioso, shown with CIAG’ers, celebrated his birthday on 10/22/11.
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I N T H I S I S S U E :
CIAG President Celebrates Birthday
1
Editorial CIAG-Fil-Aggies Joint Christmas Party
2
President‘s Corner 3
Greetings from the Endowment Fund Committee
4
List of Endowment Fund Donors
5
Remembering the Great Raid— A Great Visit
6 -7
Galinato Brothers Donate to Scholarship Fund
8
CIAG Scholars at CLSU on the Roll
9
CIAG Save-the-Date Flyer -3rd Grand Alumni Las Vegas.
10
Solicitation Letter—CIAG Souvenir
11
Endowment Fund; From the Treasurer‘s Desk
12
NOVEMBER 2011 CIAG PRESS RELEASE #8
CLSU INTERNATIONAL ALUMNI GROUP (CIAG)
CIAG PRESIDENT
CELEBRATES
BIRTHDAY
P resident Rodrigo Dioso, Jr.
was ecstatic on the scheduled
CIAG meeting last October 22: he
was celebrating his birthday!
The get together was almost typical. Where
normally about 15 officers and members participate, this
time the meeting was attended by almost 30, counting the
non-member guests. Furthermore, Rod‘s first cousin,
Roger Alsasua (A.A.E., Class 1957) was present for the
first time. It also was not a potluck meeting – Rod and
Frances took care of the scrumptious food and fine drinks.
Yours truly was asked to offer a prayer and blessing
of the food and after an hour and a half of eating and
chatting, the business meeting started at 2:45 p.m. The
Secretary, Nenita Perez, was not available due to some
ailment and had to cancel her Friday (October 21) flight,
so someone was asked to take the minutes of the meeting.
The CIAG 3rd Grand Reunion in Las Vegas which is
just 10 months away, was one of the major issues
discussed in the meeting. To expedite matters, such as
selecting the venue, President Rod
decided to amend the committee he
formed last July and appointed Dr.
Leo Abenes and Engr. Gerry
Galinato to co-chair the new
committee with the following
members: Norma ―Ohma‖ B. Viray,
Angela ―Geling‖ T. Gaetos, DG
―Lakay‖ Elegado, Cornelio ―Noy‖
Binoya, Jr., Gloria Tan and Susan
Rodriguez as members.
The upcoming Christmas Party
was also discussed. At first, the
group decided that it will be held
with a dinner/dance on December 17
(Saturday) from 5 to 11:00 p.m. at
the Masonic Hall, 2500 Masonic
Drive, San Jose, CA. It was
approved that each member
contributes $15.00 and music will be
provided by The Housekeepers for
$400.00. President Rod was
confident that this plan when
presented to the Fil-Am Aggies
meeting on November 5 will be
confirmed.
During the Fil-Am Aggies
meeting on November 5, the plan
for the Christmas party was revised
and finalized with the following
details: Venue: Dioso Residence at
1506 Rue Avati, San Jose, CA,
Date, December 17 (Saturday) from
1:00 p.m. Food will be provided by
the Fil-Am Aggies Association,
USA, and Music will be provided by
the members via KARAOKE.
Going back to the CIAG
October 22 meeting, after the group
sang Rod a ‗Happy Birthday‖, a
member asked how old he is and he
replied, ―Maybe 56, I don‘t know, I
stopped counting after I hit 50‖. -
frg.
CIAG EDITORIAL
TEAM
Floro Gutierrez
Editor-in-Chief
Gerry Galinato
Associate Editor
Norma Viray
Graphics/Layout
Rob Bugawan
Webmaster
CIAG Pres. Rod Dioso, shown with CIAG’ers, celebrated
his birthday on 10/22/11.
CIAG PRESS
RELEASE #8
Patriotism and Heroes
A s I am writing this a week
before Veterans Day, I
recalled the National Heroes Day,
probably its closest or equivalent
holiday in the Philippines. In the
1950‘s, the latter was observed
on November 30. It may be noted
that the observance of holidays in
our old country, except Christmas, Easter, and Thanksgiving,
invariably changes and other or new holidays are created or
revised by presidential decree or legislation. It may also be
noted that in the United States, Veterans Day is celebrated
proudly with all the noise and pageantry, the exploits and
bravery of our men and women in uniform, many of whom
have paid the ultimate sacrifice, while Memorial Day is
observed solemnly on the last Monday of May, remembering
the heroes and patriots who gallantly served their country so
that all of us can enjoy that priceless treasure – freedom.
Patriotism is simply defined as the love for one‘s country.
Paul R. Kach, a college student and former De Molay
councilor who won last year in an Essay Contest aptly wrote
that patriotism is more than blind loyalty. It includes
following the high ideals of honor, goodness and freedom.
Having been colonized by Spain for three and a half
centuries and later ceded to the United States for almost fifty
years, it was quite natural that many of our early compatriots
unite and fight the colonizers. In the process, many leaders
and heroes emerged. Jose Rizal, Marcelo del Pilar and
Mariano Ponce on the propaganda side, and Emilio
Aguinaldo, Andres Bonifacio and others in the armed revolution
easily come to mind. They toiled, sacrificed and most of them
gave their lives so that we and our posterity will be free.
The colonial days are gone, but we still need heroes who
follow the high ideals of honor, goodness and freedom. Shifting
our global gaze from our country to our alumni group, we can
see in the horizon modern day heroes in our association that its
future leaders may consider to emulate. They, too, volunteered
many hours and a portion of their material resources for the
association. To mention a few, we can begin by naming the
presidents (or chairperson): Lorie S. Malonzo, (2002-2007), Val
Pascual, (2008-2010) and currently, Rod Dioso. Working closely
with them were their vice presidents, Ray Peralta, Rod Dioso
and Johnny Campos, respectively. We can see also in the
horizon Gerry Galinato, ably assisted by his vice chair, Norma
B. Viray, who spent endless hours planning, coordinating and
implementing the alumni reunion last year; Ed Cabacungan who
conceptualized the Endowment Fund which is steadily growing.
We also see others who share their expertise in teaching and
research, like Leo Abenes in Philippine state universities (and
also Co-chairs the upcoming CIAG 3rd Grand Alumni Reunion);
and Dr Eliseo Ruiz, the first CLSU alumnus to become a CLSU
President, now retired, who, last April, pledged to donate
$100,000 to the CIAG Endowment Fund payable in three years.
(We can easily name more than a dozen individuals who
unselfishly served the association in significant ways but will
remain anonymous due to space limitations – hope they
understand).
It is great to have trailblazers such as these in our midst. But
it would be greater if each of us will realize that we, too, can
step up and be patriots and heroes in our own way – by simply
actively supporting CIAG in its projects and activities. –frg.
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EDITORIAL By: Floro R. Gutierrez
CLSUIAG AND FIL-AM AGGIES ASSOC., USA
JOINT CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
When: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2011
1:00 PM
Where: THE DIOSO RESIDENCE
1506 RUE AVATI
SAN JOSE, CA
Catered
Dinner: FREE (to be provided by Fil-Am Aggies Assoc. ,USA)
RSVP: On or before December 10th PLEASE CONTACT: Rod Dioso (408) 510-9969
T he CIAG Endowment Fund (―EF‖) is an investment fund established in 2008 for the purpose of providing scholarships to the underprivileged and deserving CLSU students and for research and educational programs. EF is being funded by voluntary donations from CLSU Alumni, former staff/faculty and CLSU friends and supporters.
All donations of CLSU alumni and friends to the CIAG Endowment Fund will be deposited by the CIAG Treasurer in a safe, interest-bearing account, like a Certificate of Deposit (CD), which is insured/guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) of the U.S. Government.
Only 90% of the interest will be used to fund CLSU scholarships and research and educational programs; the remaining 10% of the interest will be re-invested into the CIAG Endowment Fund. Hence, all donations will always increase and never decrease through the years—forever.
Ed Cabacungan, PhD Chairman, Endowment Fund Committee
C L S U I N T E R N A T I O N A L
A L U M N I G R O U P
( C I A G )
We’re on the web
http://www.clsuiag.org
A s of November 10, 2011, CIAG‘s bank
account balances at Wells Fargo Bank
totaled $15,041 and are broken down into:
Endowment Fund (EF) $11,795
Scholarship Fund $ 2,789
General Fund $ 457
Well, folks, 2011 is almost over - it just
flew by us so quickly and seemingly, we have
not accomplished anything—but we have done
a number of wonderful things for CIAG. Recapping the Year
2011 activities and events:
CIAG had a successful participation at the recent 2011
Grand Alumni Homecoming at CLSU.
CIAG, in partnership with CLSUAAI, started this April its
scholarship grants ($300/student/year) to two CLSU junior
college students.
The CIAG Endowment Fund account has increased by
$3,750 since the beginning of 2011 and the number of CIAG
donors also has increased from 26 to 34.
The change of CIAG‘s status to tax-exempt, non-profit
organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code is in the works under the leadership of Engr.
Johnny Raniel. This project is anticipated to be completed
by mid-2012. If CIAG can offer its donors the ability to
make tax-exempt donations, hopefully, this can help bring in
From the Treasurer’s Desk By: Norma B. Viray
more donations.
Fundraising activities in 2011 brought in $900+ and this
amount was added to the CIAG scholarship fund.
In addition, the Galinato Brothers (as indicated in the
news article on Page 9) recently contributed $300 to
CIAG scholarship fund. Outstanding! Our heartfelt
thanks to the Galinato Brothers for their generosity and
continued support!
The last CIAG‘s big event—2nd Grand Homecoming in Las
Vegas was a huge success and enabled our organization to
donate half its earnings ($2,000) to the CLSU Hostel project.
And guess what! CIAG is again planning to hold another
homecoming event in Las Vegas next year in September. We
are hoping to enjoin a lot more alumni and friends to
participate next year. The format will be the same I suppose
but with some refinement to make this coming reunion more
meaningful and enjoyable to all attendees.
Thanks again and again to our benefactors and EF donors.
And for those who are still contemplating to be one of the EF
donors, please do not hesitate anymore and send in your
donations. We cannot and will not be able to attain our goals
without your help.
So long, and …. “Think of giving not as a duty but as a