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For this year, the annual exchange gift routine was replaced by 3 fund raising projects for our society's own LCD projector. They were: 1) Cash for Trash - ALPers bring along their old (working or non-working) electronic equipment such as CPU, printers, office chairs & tables, scanners, laptops, etc to trade in for small amount of cash which HMR represented by ALPer Elena Moya will pay members corresponding trade-in equivalent. Members can opt to give the entire amount or in part to the society for its LCD projector fund raising Program. 2) Fund Raising through voluntary donations/pledges - a pledge box will be passed around that evening for members to give voluntary donations of any amount to help raise the fund. 3) Sale Your Wares - members can bring items such as books, eyepieces, etc to sell to members and they can either donate the entire amount or in part to the fund. Some of the games played that evening were:
1) THE LONGEST YARD (song “ GREAT BALLS OF FIRE”) Search around the ground with scattered yarns, group mates PICK as much yarns, tie them each in a knot… the group who makes the longest line wins the game #1. Score 20 points, participation of all member +5 points
2) YAYA GOES TO MARKET (song ‘WALKING ON SUNSHINE..) It’s time for yaya to go to the market. Dress up, put on your bandana, bring along your spectacle este binocular, your OPEN umbrella, and carry your Bayong.
Walk along the CROOKED PATH to reach the “talipapa”, looking at it through the binocular TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. Once you reached the “talipapa” each player will shop for just 1 thing on the list and put it in the GREEN BAG. Pick any one Item on “KUYA’s Sampung Utos.” Hurry back to your team members with your umbrella open cause it’s already raining. Remove your market attire for the next yaya to do the same. Team mates can help the player dress up. Bawal po ang tsansing. Team member wave the bandana when all Yaya’s done with shopping!
Mas higit pa sa…SAMPUNG UTOS NI KUYA URSA MAJOR, LEO, ORBIT, The Hunter, MOONROCk, MERCURY, PISCES HORSEHEAD NEBULAE, CRUX, CANIS MINOR, Milky way, I- Piece, Sun First team to finish - 20 points Completed task and correct items: “Listahan ni kuya” – 20 POINTS Participation of all team mates +10 points
3) AstroQuiz with a Twist! Game mechanics: Teams should fall in line according to Height! Smallest to tallest….or according to width, whichever u prefer. Each
team will send in 1 team representative at a time. The first one to ring
the bell
1. “PASS” THE QUESTION”: You may let the opposing team answer the question. If opposing team answered correctly, they get to score. If they answered incorrectly, your team gets the score. 2. CHEAT: The representative can ONLY ask from teammate NEXT to him or her for the answer. Wrong answer, no score. 3. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Player may pick multiple choice answers. Wrong Answer no score. 4. STEAL: You may steal any one of the opponents team member to join your team to answer the question, however the opposing teams cannot steal back their ex-teammate. 5. TRADE: trade-in your question for new question. The opponent will draw a new question, if they got the answer correctly they get to score. They too get the chance to seek helpline during this round. If they still do not get the right answer, your team gets the score REMEMBER: HELPLINE CAN ONLY BE USED ONCE BY EACH TEAM, Once used up, you will rely on brain power to score for the team. SO USE THEM WISELY. As the games were being played and prepared, ALPers also had a bountiful dinner as prepared by ALPers Angie Tan, Rich Pijuan and Bel Pabunan. ALP president James Kevin Ty also brought along a Magic Sing Karaoke Sing-Along unit for the members to show their singing talent to fellow members. Among the surprises were from ALP director Alfonso Uy who show the younger members how good his singing skills was! Among the great songs he sang that evening were "Danny Boy" and "Edelweiss." ALP president James also sang his personal favorite "My Way" by Frank Sinatra. Lots of ALPers also sang that evening as members use that opportunity to get together to celebrate their good friendships.
ALP President James Kevin Ty also presented the "Highlight of ALP for te year 2008" and also thanked the members as well as all the sponsors for their great support specially on the ALP 5th Year Anniversary Souvenir Yearbook Project. Without their full support, the project would not a success!!! Of course, there were 3 ALPers who show exceptional effort and time contribution to help out in the project and they were ALP directors Melisa Bata who garnered the most ad support for the yearbook project ; Angie Tan who also help a lot in ad procurement for the project but also help make follow-ups on the members on their support for the yearbook. Both were presented Certificates of Appreciation by the ALP president for their invaluable contribution of time and effort to the successful launching of the ALP 5th Year Anniversary Yearbook.
Last but not the least, ALPha editor in chief Francisco Lao, Jr. was presented the 2008 Father Victor Badillo Astronomy Service Award for his invaluable contribution to the successful launching of the ALP 5th Year Anniversary Yearbook as well as being the editor in chief of ALPha, the official newsletter of the society since its inception. Since he was not around to accept his award, ALP Vice President Dr. Jett Aguilar received the award on his behalf.
With the telescope set up at the Planetarium grounds, ALPers went out to observe objects such as the Moon as well as M42 Orion Nebula . Some members aso use that tie to try to observe the Geminids meteor shower. Although there was Moon glare, some members were able to catch a few bright Geminids that evening.
After the votes were tallied, the following new directors were elected: 1) James Kevin Ty 2) Angie Tan 3) Rich Pijuan 4) Alice Villa-Real 5) Edgar Ang
With the presence of 7 directors which constitute a quorum, the following officers and committee chairs were elected: Officers 2009 President - James Kevin Ty Vice President - Dr. Jett Aguilar Secretary - Rich Pijuan Treasurer - Henry So Auditor - Brian Davis PRO - Alice Vila-Real
Committee Chairs 2009 were as follows: Observation - Peter Benedict Tubalinal 2009 Total Solar Eclipse Expedition Team - James Kevin Ty Instrumentation - Jomar Lacson Education - Dr. Armando Lee National Astronomy Week - Dr. Armando Lee Membership - Angie Tan Ways and Means - Melisa Bata Special Events - Angie Tan Publications (ALPha) - Francisco Lao Jr. Publications (Phil Journal of Astronomy) - Raymund John Ang Webmaster - Jonathan Ty Web Content Editor - James Kevin Ty The party ended at around 11:45pm.
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