21 - Rotary Club of Makati

RY 2012-2013 • No. 41 Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Incoming Club Leadership Team fine tunes
2013-2014 program in planning session
PE Carlo Rufino and his team of
directors, officers, and advisors put their
heads together to finalize their plans for
their year of service in a meeting at the
MRCFI boardroom on 11 th May.
Present were: PE Carlo Rufino, PN
Reggie Nolido, Sec. David Ackerman,
Chito Cantada, Ferdie Ordoveza and
Oliver Segovia, directors; Asst. Treasurer
Chris Ferareza and PDG Sid Garcia,
PDG Tony Quila, and IPP Rene Limjoco,
advisers.
Among the topics discussed were
strategies on membership recruitment and
retention, the revival of a community service
award, and support for Rotary Homes and
of public-private partnership programs
with the Department of Education.
There are also plans to support the
government’s anti-corruption drive, put
in place a new round of TB Eradication
modules, and step up the Club’s public
image program. They also exchanged ideas
on possible ways to raise much-needed
funds for club administration.
With July just around the bend, plans
for the 48 th induction ball were on the
agenda. Aside from the formal ball in
the evening of 12 July, there will be a
welcome lunch for Brother and Sister
Club delegations on the same day, when
matched-club agreements will be inked.
The other members of the incoming
board are Jun Jun Dayrit, treasurer;
and Mike Escaler, Philip Soliven, Mike
Varela, and Eddie Yap, directors.
The Club team for 2013-2014 will
be sworn in twice—the first time during
the mass induction of
D-3830 club officers
on 8th June at Brent
International School
in Mamplasan, Biñan,
Laguna, the second on
our formal induction
ball on 12th July at
The Peninsula.

RECAP Tuesday,
14 May 2013
PP RIC LIBREA
Invocator
JUNJUN DAYRIT
Introducer / Moderator
REUBEN VALERIO
Club President
NELSON JAVA CELIS
Guest Speaker
On the day after the election, PP Ric
Librea gave thanks to God for a “generally
peaceful and honest Halalan 2013,” asking
the Lord to “bless the winners, that they
may live up to their commitment to
serve the people; the losers, that they will
accept the mandate of the voting public
gracefully; and our country, that we can
now move forward to ensure the welfare
of our people.”
Club Functions and Committee
Announcements. PE Carlo Rufino thanked
Treas. JunJun Dayrit for attending the
Distas and announced the arrival of a fresh
batch of BATS books, samples of which
are displayed at the RCM office. The new
arrivals, however, are high school books,
not our preferred elementary school books.
The Club does not charge anything but
requests a donation of P10 per big book (P5
for small ones). Those who wish to donate
books to a school may go to the club office,
look at the samples, choose the books you
fancy, and fill out a request form.
Pres. Reuben Valerio made vocal note
of the lean attendance at last week’s meeting
and gladly announced, in an oblique way,
the victory of Gus Tambunting, son of PP
A book for Mr. Celis
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Sonny, as congressman in Paranaque City.
Just a week after the senatorial
elections and a good three years before the
presidential elections, the Club, exhibiting a
forward-looking mind, had a guest speaker
talking on preparations for 2016. Mr. Nelson
Celis, chair of the Philippine Computer
Society Foundation and the man credited
for the Philippines’ smooth transition to
Y2K at the turn of the millennium, gave
the Club a rundown of the action plans
recommended by his group, Automated
Election Watch (AES Watch), for 2016, based
on their experience in and observations of
the two automated elections.
Points: The Automated Election Law
(R.A. 9369) requires that the source code
be certified and reviewed three months
before the election, to check for bugs or
“backdoors” that can be used by hackers to
sabotage the election results. The source
code for the 2013 election was delivered
a few days before the election, leaving no
time for a proper review by the stakeholders.
In the 2016 election, the source code should
be certified by January 2016. . . The compact
flash cards (CF cards) used should not be
rewritable and all data should be stored
in a medium that cannot be
erased. . . The PCOS machine’s
fake ballot detection feature
or ultraviolet detector should
be enabled, but this was not
done in 2010 nor in 2013. .
. There should be a facility
for verifying one’s vote, a
small piece of paper, like an
ATM machine receipt, that
confirms that a person has
voted for given candidates.
. . The accuracy level of the
system should be 99.95%. .
. There is a need to cleanse
Comelec’s database to rid it of
double registrants and ensure
its consistency and integrity. . .
There is a pending case in the USA between
Smartmatic and Dominion regarding
software licenses that is not likely to be
settled in the next few months. This means
that the system we’re using is not licensed
but pirated. Before 2016 all legal contracts
between vendors should be reviewed.
The election law stipulates that the
source code should be the same in all
PCOS machines. The machines should be
validated together with the source code. . .
Another stipulation of R.A. 9369 is that every
certificate of canvass (COC) transmitted
should be digitally signed to be considered
an official election result that can be used
for canvassing and as basis for proclaiming
winning candidates.
According to Mr. Celis, there have been
no digital signatures, though Comelec says
the PCOS does have digital signatures but
are different from the digital signatures of
the board of election inspectors and the
board of canvassers. He clarified that the
digital signature represents the identity of
the person, not of the machine.
AES says that Comelec needs to
undertake “real project management,”
documentation of all systems, and
thorough testing of both hardware and
software and ensure that there is full
compliance with the law. The organization
also advocates for the participation of the
private sector, particularly on the audit
side because though the law tasks the
DOST to authenticate systems, hardware
and software, it also says that it may tap
professionals to do this. Finally, AES is asking
Comelec to consider using indigenous
systems, that is, developed by Filipinos, like
those developed by UP, Gus Lagman, and La
Salle students.
He concluded his talk with a rhetorical
question: “Why give the power over
(Philippine) elections to Venezuelans when
Filipinos can do it”

Theresa
Genevieve
Nueve-Co
Personal Information
• Born 2 April 1983 in Tacloban City
• Married
Professional Experience
• Court Attorney, Office of Associate Justice Presbiterio
Velasco, Jr., Supreme Court, since May 2011
• Professor (Property Law, Labor Standards, Constitutional
Law, Statutory Construction and Legal Writing), College of
Law, San Beda College, since November 2008
• Attorney, International Tax Affairs Division, Bureau of Internal
Revenue, January-May 2011
• Associate, Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department,
ACCRALAW, 2007-January 2011
Education
• Master of Law (International Business Law), Universiteit van
Tilburg, The Netherlands, cum laude, graduated July 2010
• Bachelor of Laws, San Beda College, valedictorian, graduated
April 2007
• Bachelor in Business Administration, major in Management,
UP Tacloban, cum laude, April 2003
Honors
• High School, Cathedral School of La Naval, Biliran:Gerry
Roxas Leadership Award, Mercury Drug Award for Excellence
in Science, Bishop’s Award, Ven. Catherine McAuley Award
• UP Tacloban: PMAP Award for Academic Excellence
• San Beda College: Judge Montesa’s Award
Affiliations
• Secretary, Integrated Bar of the Philippines – Biliran
Chapter
• Member, Rotary Club – Makati Buendia
Co-Curriculars:
• Editor-in-Chief, Vas Honorabile Student Publication, 1998 -1999
• Editor-in-Chief, Sedes Sapientiae, Student Publication, 1998-1999
• President, Venerable Catherine McAuley Organization, 1998-1999
• President, Management Circle, University of the Philippines,
Tacloban City, 2002-2003
• Volunteer, NAMFREL-Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible
Voting
Starts at 12:30PM
LADIES’ DAY
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
The Conservatory, The Peninsula Manila
Adjourns at 2:00PM
• Call to Order …………………… Pres. Reuben Valerio
• Invocation ………………………. Ann Terry Tambunting
• Philippine National Anthem
• RC Makati Hymn
• Introduction of
Visiting Rotarians & Guests
• Welcome Song / AVP
• Greetings to Birthday and
Wedding Anniversary Celebrators
• Club Functions &
Committee Announcements
• President’s Time ………………. Reuben Valerio
• Introduction of
the Speaker ……………….. First Ann Mimi Valerio
• Speech:
ATTY. GENEVIEVE CO
Topic: Family Law
• Q & A
• Response ……………………… Reuben Valerio
• Adjournment
Ann Cat Rufino
Moderator
• Member, Junior Personnel Management Association of the
Philippines
• Member, Cathedral School of La Naval Dance Troupe, 1997 –
1999
• Member, Cathedral School of La Naval Drum and Bugle
Corp., 1995 - 1999
• Member, Aningal, UP Tacloban Class of 2003 Organization
Arceemakr’s meet ................................................................... from page 4
Golf Club for their first post-election lunch, compliments of the
May-borns—Wilfred Gui, Wash Lou, PP Conrad Marty, PP
Fred Parungao, and Warren Yu.
The well-wishers, led by Arceemak Pres. Raymund Peralta,
were: PP Fidel Alfonso, George Barcelon, Chito Cantada,
Josemari Cortes, Lito Hernandez, Vic Ong, Ferdie Ordoveza,
Fred Pascual, Ed Rojas, George Temblique, Vic Velasquez,
and Ed Yap.
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TODAY: Tuesday, 21 May
Ladies’ Day
Guest Speaker:
Atty. Genevieve Co
Topic: Family Law
Saturday, 25 May
Seminar of RI Zone Coordinators
3/F, MRCFI Building
Thursday, 30 May
Tournament of Champions
“Tee-off ‘Fore’ Life”
Palmer Course, Orchard Golf
& Country Club
Dasmariñas, Cavite
Host Club: RCM Paseo de Roxas
In charge: PN Reggie Nolido
JUNE: Rotary Fellowship Month
Saturday, I June 2013
District Awards
CCP Little Theatre
Time: 4 PM
Saturday, 8 June
District Handover Ceremony
& Mass Induction of Club Officers
Handover: From Gov. Sue Sta. Maria
to DGE Robert Kuan
Attire: Filipiniana
Venue: Brent International School
Mamplasan, Biñan, Laguna
Time: 3:00 PM
Registration Fee: P1,000
Tuesday, 18 June
RC Makati
YEAREND AWARDS
Also:
MRCFI Election of 11 Trustees
for RY 2013-2014
Saturday, 29 June
Installation Ceremony
RC Kota Kinabalu (Sister Club)
Sabah, Malaysia
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BIRTHDAYS
ROTARIANS
PP Fred Nassr, 22 May
Mohsin Razi, 26 May
Boy Arteche, 27 May
Eric Lee, 27 May
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Andy & Felice Sta. Maria, 26
Sunday, 30 June
Installation Ceremony
RC Singapore (Sister Club)
Friday, 12 July
Noon:
Welcome Lunch for
Brother & Sister Clubs
3/F, MRCFI Building
Evening:
48th Induction Ball
Rigodon Ballroom
The Peninsula Manila
Arceemakr’s
meet for first
post-election
fellowship
lunch
The Arceemak Gun Club’s
regular weekend shooting
exercises may have been
disrupted by the election gun
ban, but their fellowship lunches
were not. Gun ban or none, they
found a way, or a reason, to see
one another at some resto or
other.
Last Saturday, 18 May, they
hied off to the Philippine Navy
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7 May 2013
Regular Non-Exempt
Members in Attendance ............................ 36
Honorary and Exempt Members /
Visiting Rotarians and Guests ................... 2
Total Attendance ....................................... 38
Make-Ups ............................................ 15
Total Attendance Credit ........................... 51
Total Regular
Non-Exempt Members ........................... 126
Exempt Members ............................ 24
Total Membership to date ................... 150
Honorary Members ................................... 10
Attendance Percentage ..................... 40.48%
Make Ups:
1. PP Fidel Alfonso 10. Vic Ong
2. George Barcelon 11. Fred Pascual
3. Gani Buenaflor 12. Raymund Peralta
4. Chito Cantada 13. Ed Rojas
5. Wilfred Gui 14. Eddie Yap
6. DGE Robert Kuan 15. Warren Yu
7. Wash Lou
8. PN Reggie Nolido
9. Ferdie Ordoveza