The meeting started at 8:00 p.m. on February 03, 2003 at the Max’s Restaurant located in Makati City.  (Dinner was served courtesy of Ronnel S. Samson as his “baptism of fire”, as he calls it).  The following were discussed and agreed upon:

1.)  Ronnel, being the Chairman of the Board, presided over the meeting.  He distributed a list of all the committees formed with its respective assignments as follows: 

ExCom – To oversee the activities to be taken up by each committee on a functional level. 
Finance – Collections, disbursements and financial controls. 
First Aid - Emergencies and Medicines 
Logistics  - Hotel and transportation bookings, travel arrangements, etc. 
Foods – Food and catering preparations 
Physical Arrangements  - Venue requirements (tables, chairs, etc) 
Security & Maintenance – Stage/props, cleanliness, peace & order, parking and traffic controls 
Program – Invitation of guests, awards, activites, entertainment, etc. 
Publicity – Souvenir materials, advertisements, media/video/photos, promotions and press releases 
Secretariat – Membership / registrations, “locate & search”, preparation of directory
Ways & Means – Fund-raising, tickets, concessions, etc. 

3.)  Ronnel reiterated the need for all the committees’ involvement and immediate actions in the tasks assigned (i.e., The Food committee should now be working and conceptualizing the menus for the events for budgetary purposes, etc.)

4.)  Committee functions were reviewed and redefined.   Total number of existing committees was narrowed down from eleven (11) to nine (9).  Merged were:  Logistics and First Aid, Physical Arrangements and Security and Maintenance.  The program committee was renamed:  Events Committee.    Suggested officers for each committee:  Executive (Ronnel S. Samson, Fr. Eric Y. Santos, Leah E. Ponio, Nelson T. Ceña & Ma. Edna A. Gilera), Finance (Edmundo C. Liao and Leoner R. Piguing), First Aid, & Logistics (Olivia G. Seña, Edwin Tuazon and Dolly C. Ramos), Food, (Elmer Pangan and Rosalinda C. Valdez), Physical Arrangements and Security & Mainternance (Edgardo B. Morales, Jr. and Dante Manalang), Events  (Jesie G. Moran and Reynaldo Medenilla), Publicity (Ma. Evelyn A. Muallil and Ramon L. Yap), Secretariat (Perlie G. Gonzales and Jenny J. Isidro),  and the Ways and Means (Dra. Consolacion C. Albornoz).  Those with the red marks in the list are the incorporators of the Torres High School Batch ’78, Inc., and the rest are the members of the Manila Core Group.

5.)  It has been further agreed that a progress report will be shared to all members of the Manila Core Group for discussion and approval in the next scheduled meeting. 

6.)  Leah reiterated the need to replace her as an officer as she will be out-of-the country from April, May and June 2003.

7.)  Dra. Ching discussed about the BingGo Na!  She had initially brought the first 1,000 pcs. of bingo tickets during the meeting but was decided to defer distribution for control purposes.  Tickets must be stamped and signed by her, being the Committee Head of the Ways and Means Committee. The total number of tickets ordered for printing was 5,000 pcs.    Feasibility of the project was assessed as follows:

5,000 bingo tickets at P100.00 ea.  - P500,000.00(Expected ticket sales)
Less:  Expenses (cash prizes)                 60,000.00 
                                                                P440,000.00(Expected Net Income)