Volume 35 Issue 5
May 2015
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ALPHA PHI OMEGA GREATER LOS ANGELES
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THE 2015 APOGLA WORKSHOP/ SYMPOSIUM… The Aftermath Last April 25 and 26, 2015, under the sponsorship of the Board of Directors, APOGLA held its first ever WorkshopSymposium, touching on important and relevant topics necessary for the Association’s smooth operation. After the initial General Assembly moderated by Chairman of the Board, Bro. Roehl Reyes, the Workshop participants broke
into 3 smaller groups, the first group took part in the “Fundamentals of running a 501(c)(3) Organization”, the second group focused on an in-depth “Review of APO-GLA’s Constitution and Bylaws and our Policies and Procedures Manual” and lastly, the “Leadership seminar, Project management and Robert’s Rule of Parliamentary proceedings”. The first group, where majority of the participants joined in, was moderated by Bro. Eric Serrano and had for its Resource Speaker, Ms. MICHELLE FRERIDGE, the Executive Director for Asian Youth Center (AYC), a non-profit organization in San Gabriel Valley, providing after-school programs for the youth, their families and the marginalized sector of the community. Michelle is a lawyer by profession, having been involved with the organization and development of non-profit organizations, starting out as a grant-writervolunteer for various organizations until she became the Executive Director for AYC. During the 2-day workshop, Michelle provided instructions on the basics of forming a non-profit organization, the legal
requirements/ regulations involved in its operation and how to raise funds from private and governmental agencies through efficient grant writing. On the first day after her initial lecture, Michelle broke the participants into smaller groups and tasked each group to create a mission and vision statement for the Association. Several mission and vision statements were proposed, all revolving around the Association’s main principles of Leadership, Friendship and Service. In the end, majority voted to make the mission statement brief but appropriate, borrowing the slogan Sis. Melody used during her term : We Lead, Build and Serve. This particular workshop was very informative, allowing the participants to identify the current organizational deficiencies and providing them with the tools to effectively correct these deficiencies. The second breakout group tackled our Association’s CBL and Policies/ Procedures. Chaired by Sis Emma Galang and moderated by Bro. Mar Garchitorena, the participants were divided into two groups and one group was tasked to review our existing CBL and the other, the Policies/ Procedures Manual. The dedication and resolve of all the participants thoroughly impressed the group Chair and Moderator. Each group came up with its own findings, including gross conflicts between the CBL and P/P, including sentence structure, typographical and grammatical errors. At the end of the 2-day workshop, there were several proposals on the changes that must be effected to both the CBL and P/P. Additionally, pertinent changes in the structure of the 501(c)(3) Organization will need to be incorporated in the planned changes in our CBL and P/P to make everything compliant with the applicable requirements and regulations. [See Sympsium,on pg 4]