Volume 4 Issue 2 - Automobile Association Philippines

CLUBNEWSAAP Motor Sports Operations Manager MarkDesales and AAP Advocacies ExecutiveAssistant Cynthia Reyes teamed up to emceethe meeting.AAP members register before the start of the program.AAP holds 82nd GeneralMembership MeetingAAP Corporate Secretary Atty. Nestor Mejia, AAP President GusLagman, MMDA General Manager Corazon Jimenez, AAP VicePresident Johnny Angeles and AAP Treasurer Jacinto Mantaring Jr.MMDA General Manager CorazonJimenez addresses the 82 AAP annualgeneral membership meeting as AAPdirectors listen.The 82nd AAP GeneralMembership Meetingat the Ang Bahay ngAlumni of the Universityof the Philippines.THE Automobile Association Philippines (AAP) held its annual general membership meeting on April24, 2012 at the Ang Bahay ng Alumni of the University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City withthe theme “Driving Forward to Safer and Greener Motoring.”Skyway O&M Corp. (SOMCO)ADAAP President Gus Lagman presentsthe lifetime membership award tolong-time AAP member Patria Beltran.AAP Membership Manager NecitasZornosa (center) with the first andsecond prize winners of the raffle draw.6 AQ MAGAZINEThe event was attended by about 170 AAPmembers with some coming from as far as Batangasand Cavite. The annual meeting started at around3 p.m. with an invocation and the singing of theNational Anthem followed by the welcome addressgiven by AAP Director concurrent AAP TravelPresident Mina Gabor.Department of Transportation andCommunications (DOTC) Undersecretary CorazonJimenez, who is concurrently the MetropolitanManila Development Authority (MMDA) GeneralManager, was introduced by Director Gabor asthe guest speaker. Jimenez congratulated AAPfor successfully representing the interests of themotoring public for 82 years and proposed thatAAP and the MMDA team up to improve road safetyand traffic flow. Undersecretary Jimenez alsospoke on the importance of implementing efficientsystems to govern road and pedestrian safety, thepublic transportation system, vehicle emissionsmanagement and environmental measures onPhilippine roads and highways.After the meeting was called to order by AAPPresident Augusto Lagman and the verification ofa quorum by Corporate Secretary Nestor Mejia,the reading of the minutes of last year’s generalmembership meeting was dispensed with via amotion from a member of the audience that wassubsequently seconded and approved.For the club’s annual report, President Lagmansummarized the accomplishments of the past yearand gave a sneak peek of what to expect fromthe National Auto Club this year.The report alsoincluded the membership figures for 2011-2012and the state of the National Auto Club’s businessassets and operations, advocacies and motorsports projects.After the annual report, an open forum washeld whereby members asked questions and voicedtheir concerns. The open forum was followed bythe canvassing of votes and the proclamation of theboard members for the year 2013-2014, where allincumbent officers were reelected to continue officefor another one-year term.Another highlight of the event was thepresentation of the prestigious lifetime membershipaward, given to AAP members whose combinedage and length of membership (in years) equals orexceeds a period of 100 years. The awards weregiven by President Lagman to AAP members PatriaBeltran, Iona Quejada and Juan QuejadaThe General Membership Meeting culminatedin the much-awaited raffle draw wherein lucky AAPmembers won various prizes including an iPhone 5,Nokia cell phones, Acer netbooks, gift certificatesfor Motolite batteries and Goodyear tires.