PAMANA National Council Meeting

July 5, 2005
I.R.C. (Institute of Religion and Culture), Guadalupe, Cebu City

Meeting chaired by PAMANA Council President Fernando "Tio Andoy" Tiburcio.

National Council Summary

The council meeting consisted of a President's report by the PAMANA Council President, various reports by the PAMANA Secretariat, setting of PAMANA agenda and deliberations, and development of PAMANA council action plans.

 

MORNING SESSION

I. PRELIMINARIES
•  Invocation
•  Roll Call
•  Declaration of Quorum
•  Reading of Previous Minutes
•  Matters Arising from the Previous Minutes
•  Approval of the Previous Minutes

II. REPORTS
•  President's Report
•  Committee Reports - deferred until National Congress.
•  SMART Project Reports and Updates
•  Secretariat Reports:

PAMANA Visayas Regional Coordinator Mario Anabieza presented several reports for the Secretariat.

•  SL Project: Sustainable Livelihood project.
•  Pamana Newsletter: Volume 2, Issue A, dated July 2005 now ready for printing.
•  Pamana Fact Sheet.
•  Pamana Primer - Updated primer is ready for printing.
•  Pamana Video Documentation.
•  RTD on DAO 17: Round Table Discussion on DAO conducted April 15-17, 2005.
•  Stakeholder's Planning in the Leyte Gulf.
•  Signature Campaign.
•  Atlas Production.
•  Fund Sourcing.
•  Proposals Facilitated and possible collaborations.
•  Financial Reports, covering the periods January - December 31, 2004, and January 1 - June 30, 2005.

PAMANA Administrative / Finance officer Myla Roslinda presented finance reports.


LUNCHBREAK

Featuring a delicious IRC-provided lunch and then soulful sing-a-long by Carol, Ka Eugene and Ka Jhonny.


AFTERNOON SESSION

III. AGENDA SETTING AND DELIBERATIONS

National Conference
Agreed venue will be in Metro Manila, target date will be secretariat decision (first week September 2005.) Target participants will be PAMANA council and chief executive or director of PAMANA MPA sites catalysts which help in their respective sites. It will be a venue for consolidation of PAMANA's round table discussion such as RTD of Marine Tenure, RTD of Municipal Water Delineation, and RTD of IFW.

PAMANA Documentary
Careoff Secretariat

Amendments of RA 8550 incorporating Fish Warden Concerns
• Notes.
• Creation of PAMANA Committee on Roles, Ammendments and Styles; Chair appointee is Kap Dodong.
• Resolution requesting congress to ammend certain provisions incorporating fish wardens concerns of RA 8550.
• Position

Organize PAMANA Committees:
1. Committee on Research and Documentation

•  Ka Vic – Chair
•  Ka Ely
•  Ka Aldo
•  Ka Mario
2. Committee on Education and Membership
•  Ka Gil – Chair
•  Ka Toto
•  Ka Artem
3. Committee on Fund Sourcing
•  Ka Alex – Chair
•  Ka Mariano
•  Ka Thata
•  Chris Pforr - volunteer
4. Committee on Advocacy, Campaign, and Networking
•  Ka Greg – Chair
•  Ka Nemy
•  Ka Gasung
5. Committee on Organizing Assistance
•  Ka Ben - Chair
•  Ka Manny
•  Ka Muloy
6. Committee on Rules, Amendments, and Styles
•  Ka Dodong
•  Ka Eugene
•  Tyo Andoy

Other Matters
•  Proposal for Council to undergo basic internet orientation (careoff sec)
•  PAMANA to be a party list (defer for further study)
•  PAMANA to buy a Philippine National Flag and PAMANA banner (National Flag to be donated by Kap Mariano / PAMANA banner to be donated by Kap Mario)
•  To have a PAMANA Song (Open for submission to any council)
•  PAMANA to find strategy to collect pamana site case studies on member sites (

IV. PAMANA COUNCIL ACTION PLANNING
Incorporate in the PAMANA previous 1-year development plan the concerns identified during July 5, 2005 National Council meeting in IRC and some of the concerns identified also during RTD of IFW and Project Development training.
Also continue unfinished business of the previous 1- year plan.

ADJOURNMENT of Council Meeting