July-August 2012 - Manila Polo Club

NEWSMain Lounge Opens for Events in SeptemberThe renovation of theMain Lounge as wellas its adjacent areasis on the final stretchof construction. Thesefunction rooms will be available for event reservationsstarting September 2012. For more information, pleasecall the Banquets Office at 8170951 loc. 240, 244 or242.Facilities Oversight Committee (FOC)The FOC which was created in 2006 continues to workoverseeing all construction activities in our Club.If the Manila Polo Club has a world class environmentwith excellent facilities it is thanks to the continueddiligence and effort of the Committee members. Specialcommendation is due our leading architects: WillieCoscolluela, Alfred Wieneke and Bong Recio. They formthe Technical sub-committee which studies, evaluates andrecommends approval of all on going projects.Annual General Membership Meetingand ElectionThe Annual General Membership Meeting and Electionwill be held on August 28, 2012 (Tuesday), 5:45 p.m. atthe Main Lounge. Five directors will be elected to servefor B.Y. 2012-2014. The Membership department is nowaccepting proxies which will be validated startingAugust 20. Deadline for submission of proxies is onAugust 28 before 5:45 p.m.MPC Goes Green through Online BillingAs part of the Club’s environmental campaign, membersare encouraged to waive the printed copyof their monthly billing statements. Online viewing ofthe billing statements is now available at the Member’sCorner of the MPC website. New statements are uploadedevery 6th of the month. For security purposes, all files arepassword protected with options to save and downloaddirectly to members’ computers.For those who will join the program untilAugust 31, 2012, a P300 credit will be reflected in theirmonthly consumable the following month after they signedup. For more info, please call the Billing Officeat 8170951 loc. 214/215.Internet Bandwidth UpgradeThe Club has upgraded its internet bandwidthfrom 3Mbps to 8Mbps. Members, guests andvisitors can now enjoy a faster and more reliableconnection for surfing, downloading and social networkingactivities.10NEWS