FANHS Stockton Chapter Meeting Minutes for November 4, 2006
By Terri Torres, President
Meeting was called to order at 10:10AM. In attendance were Terri Torres, Anita Bautista, Lupe and Frank Tibon, Leatrice Perez, Virgie Melear, Maria Vea, Deanna and Moreno Balantac, and Mel LaGasca. Also in attendance were two students from UOP Kilusan Club – Gabriel Lanoza and Chris Carvalho.
Terri passed around various correspondence and flyers:
Minutes: Minutes from the October 7 meeting were approved as written.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Membership: (Violet Dutra was unable to attend, but submitted her report in writing)
Family -- 69 (5 memberships reinstated)
Seniors -- 71
Individuals -- 19
Students -- 7
Total members -- 166
Sympathy card sent to Elena Mangahas on loss of her brother. A “get-well” card was sent to Stephanie Teczon. Frank Tibon mentioned that Sue Mangrobang had been in the hospital recently. Violet will send her a get-well card.
Collections: (Bob Cabigas was unable to attend) No work session has been scheduled yet for the storage areas.
Activities: (Violet Dutra and Mary Louise Lopez were unable to attend. Violet submitted a report in writing)
October 21, 2006 Annual Recognition Awards event – Held at China Palace Restaurant. Approximately 130 persons present.
Summary Report:
Income:
Ticket Sales and Donations $3,135
Gamers 100
Raffle Ticket Sales 347
Total Income $3,582
Expenses: (Partial)
Food (for 13 tables) $1359.15
DJ Music 200.00
Dessert 29.98
Printing 212.18
Partial Expenses $1801.31 Cost of plaques not yet included.
Profit for event (before cost of plaques) = $1,780.69 [*final profit – see 3rd paragraph below]
Recommendation from Committee for next year: From comments made by those present, the choice of a luncheon event was well received, so it is suggested to continue the luncheon for the awards. If a decision is made to select another site, select one with a minimal need for decorations. Suggested theme for next year: basketball team members—honor those who played in the games held in the 40’s and 50’s or earlier. They could be introduced, yet not detract from the Community Recognition awards. What is decision on this?
Some suggestions for Community Annual Recognition Awards honorees: Richard Gacer, Jose Fidel, Jimmy Ente, Gloria Nomura, and Posthumously, Segunda Reyes, Nono Navarro. If someone would like to take up the task to interview these suggested candidates, they should speak up and do so soon.
Deanna and Moreno Balantac turned in their expense report for the award plaques, printing, postage, phone calls, etc. The total expense was $171.24, which they graciously donated to Stockton FANHS. Their report also thanked Anita Bautista, Terri Torres, Violet Dutra and Mary Louise Lopez for their help on the event.
Mary Louise Lopez also donated her expenses for the raffle basket preparations (ribbons, plastic, bows, etc.)
If anyone has any suggestions as to where to hold next year’s event, please contact Violet or Mary Louise with your suggestions.
Education/Exhibit Committee: Virgie Melear reported that the exhibit at the Cesar Chavez Library was being held over for the month of November per the library’s request and that she needed help to set up this month’s exhibit at the Troke Library as soon as possible. Bob Cabigas has been very busy and has not had time to assist Virgie, and Anita had been under the weather. Terri said that she and Violet would be available to help either Monday or Tuesday. Virgie will contact them if help is still needed. [Exhibit was put up on Tuesday, Nov. 7 with the help of Bob and Ryan Cabigas] Virgie also passed around the exhibit calendar for upcoming displays, and if anyone has any questions, they can call her at (209) 956-6672.
Nov. 2006 – Troke Library – “The Fighting Filipinos”
Dec. 2006 – Maya Angelou Library – “Filipino Woman – Family and Friends”
Feb. 2007 – Tracy Library – “Filipino American Authors”
March 2007 – Stanford Students – “Queens”
May 2007 – Golf Tournament – a historical display will be available, possibly the Moncado golfers.
Terri reported that she received a phone call from a man who had seen the exhibit at the Chavez library and that his father is in one of the photos and he and his family had never seen that photo. He said his stepfather is also in another photo in the exhibit. He was to attend our meeting today, but did not show. Terri made a CD of the photos that contained his father, as it was photographs from her family’s album and will give it to him. She’ll have to wait to hear from him again, as he did not leave his number.
Historians: Moreno and Deanna Balantac passed around this year’s activities binder with photos from the October 21st event. They requested more photos from this event for the binder.
BUSINESS
Treasurer Report: (Violet Dutra was unable to attend, but submitted her report in writing)
Bank Statement as of 10/30/06
General Savings $5,621.68
General Checking $1,527.60
Museum Savings $5,578.56
Museum Checking 729.51
Museum Equipment CD $10,757.56
Museum Building/Misc CD $40,551.31
Total Museum $57,616.94
General Checking—One check not yet cashed totaling $100.00 (adv for golf tournament)
Museum Checking—One check not yet cashed totaling $69.12 (reimbursement to Anita Bautista for storage boxes for Haggin Museum display)
Terri requested that each committee and officer turn in their expense report for 2006 and budget for 2007 at the December 16 meeting, to begin drafting the 2006 Treasurer’s Report to National FANHS. Everyone is to include all amounts, even those donated, for an accurate budget for 2007.
Book Signing Wrap-up: FANHS member Rizaline Raymundo was asked to do a book signing at the barrio festival of the Kilusan students on her book “Tomorrow’s Memories”. Helping her out were her daughter, Patricia Schmidt and friend, Wilma Aguinid, both, also FANHS members. Terri and Violet were able to catch the end of the event. Rizaline said that she felt it was a successful event, a very good “trial run” for her. Terri spoke with some of the Kilusan students and they said that they really enjoyed the readings from the book and were very grateful to Rizaline for coming to the event. The students plan on making the barrio festival an annual event and would like to include more book signings in the future.
Patrick Johnston Trophy: Terri said she called and left a message for Mr. Johnston regarding our November and December meetings. She also said that if he had an office that we could go to and drop off the trophy, that that would be acceptable, as long as we could get a photograph of him with the trophy. She is waiting to hear back from him.
Calendar and Cookbook: Terri passed around the order forms for the calendar and the cookbook that FANHS and Little Manila Foundation will be putting out for 2007. Concerns regarding the selection process of the photos and recipes were brought up. Also concerns regarding photo releases were brought up. Anita Bautista said she would print out the photo release/property donation forms that she and Virgie Melear created and give them to Terri. Terri said she would email Dawn Mabalon and Dillon Delvo to see what their progress is on the calendar, since it is to be published this month, and to also set up a meeting with Little Manila to form a committee of people from both groups to work on the cookbook and other future projects.
Wreaths: Anita Bautista made nine wreaths and a centerpiece for our chapter to sell to raise funds for postage and newsletter printing. She was able to sell them all and raise $240. She donated the expenses. She volunteered to make them next year also. We thanked her for her dedication to FANHS.
Festival of Trees: Mel LaGasca had the entry form for the San Joaquin County Historical Museum’s Festival of Trees event and a photograph of our entry from last year. He will fill out the form and submit it and make plans for us to set up this year’s tree at the end of November. The tree will be up at the county museum throughout December.
Kilusan Students: Our two guests told us a little about what the Kilusan club is all about – getting students to learn more about Filipino culture of the US and of the Philippines. Their major events each year consist of the Pilipino Culture Night in the spring, the High School games in October and their barrio festival, also in October. Some of our members questioned them about certain events in Filipino history and also suggested they read more about Rizal and his poems. They were also questioned about why they sing the Filipino national anthem at their meetings and not the US anthem and cautioned them about segregating themselves voluntarily. Anita Bautista cited an incident at one of the colleges in Sacramento and told them to be aware of how they’re perceived in the community.
Visit from Kimberly Bliss: Kimberly emailed Terri that she will not be able to attend any of our meetings this year. She’ll contact us again when she her schedule can sync up with ours. She is writing a book and wanted to interview some of Stockton’s Filipino Americans. She originally contacted us back in July of this year to set up a meeting.
Meeting was adjourned at 11:45AM for a short break before beginning the Museum meeting. The next meeting will be on December 16, 2006, at the home of at the home of Mel and Gail LaGasca, 1870 McPeak Court, Tracy, 95376 – it will be a Christmas Party and Potluck, from 2PM to 6PM. Everyone are welcome to attend. A sign-up sheet was passed around for people to mark what dish they would like to bring. Please RSVP to let us know if you’re coming – (209) 835-7578 or (209) 814-2405.