Gail Co for COA Health and Environment Secretary-Treasurer

Excellence Synergized.

Room 205, Manny V. Pangilinan Center for Student Leadership, Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City,

Philippines||4266001 loc. 5050|| Fax: 4260795 ||[email protected]

Council of Organizations of the Ateneo Central Board Elections 2011-2012: Electoral Form

I. CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDACY

GENERAL INFORMATION

Name of Candidate Gail S. Co

Yr & Course III- BS PSY

Position Aspired for *Put a check ( )

President Chief of Staff VP – Special Projects VP – Organization Strategies and Research

VP – Training and Development Secretary General Finance Officer Cluster Head

Cluster Secretary-Treasurer

Cluster (for Cluster Head / Secretary-Treasurer Candidates)

Health and Environment Cluster

Are you running as part of a coalition? *Put a check ( )3 N

o

If yes, what is the name of the coalition? (if applicable) ALAB

ESSAY. Explain in 100 words or less why you want to run for the position and the key points of your platform.

1) HEC has a special role in my Ateneo life. I first fell in love with org life in Ateneo because of a HEC

organization. Additionally, my experience as part of the TD ExTeam Core Team has allowed me to gain experience in logistical and administrative matters. This is what I want to contribute to HEC. Although small, HEC is a diverse cluster. HEC’s diversity opens it up to a lot of possibilities that HEC has yet to explore. In my platform as HEC ST, I concentrate on the administrative side: communication, identity formation through dialogue, information dissemination, and promotion.

PLEDGE

I, Gail Co , attest to the facts contained in this Certificate of Candidacy and in all other documents required by the Commission on Elections of the Council of Organizations of the Ateneo (COA). I thereby give the COA and the Office of Student Activities permission to evaluate the facts contained in all the documents I have submitted to the COA Commission on Elections.

I swear to uphold the rules stipulated in the COA Electoral Code and by the COA Commission on Elections with full awareness that the violation of the said rules would result to possible sanctions as stipulated in the COA Electoral Code.

It is my sincere intention to promote a free, honest, and clean election.

Gail Co Jan. 20, 2012 Signature Over Printed Name *Submission qualifies as candidate’s signature* Date

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III. RESUME *Use Ateneo Placement Office’s (APO) One (1) Page Format, See Sample Resume below”

Gail S. Co 0922-858-1191 ♦ 933-7963 ♦ [email protected]

POSITION ASPIRED FOR

Health and Environment Cluster Secretary-Treasurer

EDUCATION

Ateneo de Manila University | BS Psychology March 2013

Dean’s Lister (2010-Present; 4 Semesters)

CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Ateneo PEERS | PEERS Big Blue Sea Project Head

(May 2011- Jul 2011)

Worked with the PEERS central board; edited and created the layout for the manual distributed during the event, coordinated with speakers and helped with the program flow; and managed the event as a whole.

Council of Organizations of the Ateneo | Training and May 2011- Present

Development Department Core

Is one of the people in charge of creating the first trainings database to be used by the department in the coming years.

Also facilitated trainings with the team, such as the General Departmental Trainings (2011), and other needs-specific trainings requested by organizations, mostly on project management.

Council of Organizations of the Ateneo | COA Leadership Sept 2011- Dec 2011

Day: EXCEED!! Programs Deputy for Talks and Specializations

Coordinated with speakers, both from offices in the Ateneo as well as Ateneo alumni and current COA Executive Board members. Also contacted hosts for the event and was in charge of updating them on program flow changes and reminders.

Council of Organizations of the Ateneo | COA Christmas Party: Oct 2011- Dec 2011

PASCOA: Logistics Deputy

Was in charge of canvassing and securing a venue for the Christmas party; main contact person.

WORK-RELATED EXPERIENCE

Gabay Halalan Task Force: Volunteer May 2010

• Informed people of the new process for automated elections through randomized phone calls to

residences. Conversed with all sorts of people from different walks of life, however brief.

Philippine Daily Inquirer| Youngblood Contributor Jan 2010

Submitted an article to PDI for their Youngblood column and got published a month after.

SKILLS & INTERESTS

Fluent in English and Filipino; can understand basic Chinese Mandarin and a modest amount of Fookien. Is

able to use MS Office programs. I also enjoy image editing and layouting; I can use Photoshop and basic





InDesign. During my free time I enjoy looking things up in the internet and finding new things to learn. I like

reading and find fulfillment and peace in writing and other creative endeavors.





PLATFORM

2) Main Point: Two-way communication between COA and the HEC orgs. Details: This is important as the CheSTs are the liasons between COA and the HEC organizations. For this to be successful, transparency between the two should be facilitated through constant updates on the status of reimbursements (c/o Finance Officer) as well as venue reservations, updates on Central Board Meetings, and Cluster meetings. It is also important that HEC be aware of the services that COA can offer to them (i.e. ExTeams) –in this way, COA will be able to support the organizations in their endeavors. A manual of COA services can be provided; if not, a list may be emailed or posted.

3) Main Point: Utilization of organizations’ core competencies Details: HEC is composed of 4 different organizations, each with a different story to tell. The phrase “health and environment” itself denotes two separate things –the connection is not as clear-cut as we think it is. This is why it has constantly been difficult for HEC organizations to find a common ground from where they could start. An identity as a cluster that would be able to consolidate the core competencies of the organization is needed. At the beginning of the year, dialogues should be held about the nature of the organizations’ core competencies, as well as to identify how they think they fit into the nature of HEC. Mission-visio crafting as a cluster may help resolve this identity crisis.

4) Main Point: Efficient ways and means of information dissemination Details: Several avenues for information dissemination will be explored, both between the presidents and their respective EBs (Facebook groups and/or fanpage, twitter, etc.) Two facebook groups will be created: (1) For the HEC EBs and (2) for the HECtangle, HEC’s cluster core team. For all concerned, a ‘noted’ culture has to be sustained to avoid misunderstandings. A directory of each HEC organization’s EB shall be made accessible to all the HEC EBs. If possible, information on the EBs of other clusters may be provided for easier communication, as well as to foster a culture of organization collaboration. Additionally, these directories should be updated as soon as changes are made.

5) Main Point: Promotion of organization activities through COA and HEC Details: This can be done through social networking sites like facebook and twitter. Besides the COA Mail, HEC should have its own regular stream of organization events for the week / month. While COA Mail is useful, the fact that is caters to all the organizations makes certain organization events get ‘drowned out’ in the sea of other different events. Hence, a HEC fanpage and/or Twitter account should be created and promoted not only to the LS community but also to the HEC orgs. This allows the HEC orgs to be kept abreast of what’s happening to the other HEC organizations. Additionally, should the HECtangle be expanded this year (hopefully to be improved so that it fosters a culture like an ExTeam), this can be an avenue for deployment of HECtangle members to HEC events should HEC organizations lack manpower for their events.

Gail Co for COA Health and Environment Secretary-Treasurer

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