PRELUDE Reunion Dec 2009

Dear All:

In relation to the Grand Reunion (the place & dateare still to be set), this is to announce that a PRELUDE Reunion will be organized in Manila Temple , the details are as follows:

Date: December 18 & 19, 2009 (Friday & Saturday)

Time: 12NN (see program of activities below)

Place: Manila Philippines Temple (Day 1)

Caylabne Beach Resort, Ternate Cavite (Day 2)


This reunion will serve as a kick-off meeting for planning and finalization of the Grand Reunion which I believed has to take place sometime 2010 or 2011 to give way to those who need to save for the costs that will be incurred for the planned Grand Reunion.

However, several RMs have already signified their travel plan to be here in the Philippines by December 2009 so I thought I would personally initiate a Reunion that would also pave way for finalizing all the necessary details for the planned Grand Reunion while those who are residing within the Philippines may not find it hard to attend this kick-off meeting/reuninon.

The program of activities will be as follows (to be finalized):

Time Activity Place

DAY 1 (Friday, 18 Dec 2009)

12NN Registration (pack lunch per individual/family) Temple Visitors Center

2:00PM Orientation, Socialization, etc. Back of the Visitors Center

3:00PM Devotional with Pres. A. Pagaduan Back of the Visitors Center

4:00PM Testimony Meeting

4:30PM Temple Session Temple

6:30PM Departure to Kamay Kainan Buffet, Trinoma Mall Trinoma Mall

7:00PM DINNER/Meeting Kamay Kainan, Trinoma Mall(Eat all you can Php 250.00/head)

8:30PM Back to Patron House/Hotels (REST) Patron House, Hotels, Homes


DAY 2 (Saturday, 19 Dec 2009)

4:00AM Departure to Caylabne, Ternate, Cavite Patron House Parking Lot

7:00AM Arrival Caylabne Beach Resort

8:00AM Breakfast Caylabne Beach Resort

9:00AM Swimming Caylabne Beach Resort

10:30AM Group Games Caylabne Beach Resort

12NN Lunch Caylabne Beach Resort

1:30PM Swimming Caylabne Beach Resort

3:00PM Snacks Caylabne Beach Resort

4:00PM Departure to Manila Cavite to Manila



Cost:

Transportation: 200/head, Manila-Cavite-Manila (depending on the number of attendees - may increase) Van will be rented

Food: 200/head (snack for day 1 and Day 2 - Breakfast, Lunch, PM Snacks, children below 5 yrs old need not pay)
Dinner (Day 1): 250/head (Eat all you can!)

Resort: 500/adult, 300/child (Caylabne Beach Resort is a World & 1st Class Beach Resort with pools, games, courts and other interesting facilities for the group.)

Accommodation: To be arranged individually. Use of Patron House is highly encouraged or hotels close to Manila Temple would be more convenient.

Please do not hesitate to contact me for more details. You still have 11 months to prepare for the event and I’d be sending you posters for you to print and post in your respective Stake Centers, chapels and Institute of Religions.

PS. Please bring scanned pictures of your Mission Days

To those who will attend this kick-off reunion, please email me back with the following info:

INFORMATION:
Name of Adult Attendee/s:(1)
No. of Children who will attend:(2)
Intended place to stay:
Email Add:
Contact No.:

Thank you very much.

Jigs Segre

Globe: 0915 393 4770
Smart: 0928 6767 337
US No.: 510 397 3329

A letter from Bro. Jigs Segre

Dear All:

Pres. Pagaduan is perfectly right on his estimates and time frames. It would be best to do the reunion during the dedication of Cebu Temple which could take place 2-3 years from now.

Here is my take on the matter of planning the event. We have to set long term plan (which is the ultimate goal of holding the Grand Reunion) and short term goal (which should address the ongoing logistical requirements).

1. The grand reunion should be a spiritual and productive gathering. We have to anticipate that attending the event would require a number of persons in the family (since majority have their own spouses and children already) along with the PDM RM. Unfortunately, not all PDM RMs have the resources to attend this gathering (which was earlier pointed out by Pres. Pagaduan) but do have the desire to join. To address this matter, we have to set this plan into a more organized undertaking.

a. Organize a more structured organization with its set of officers. The way of appointment is by volunteering through advertisement of vacant positions (i.e., President, Vice President, Secretary General, Finance Manager and Public Information Officer). I personally do not believe to have more officers than what I have noted to avoid chaos since more often than not, too many hands spoil the stew or to that effect. We do not want to appoint people since volunteerism would be more effective based on a self-motivated desire to make this happen.

b. To help the vital key persons (officers) in micro-coordination, we will then request for volunteers to act as Area Coordinator (i.e., West Coast-US, East Coast-US, Central-US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, Island Pacific, Europe, Manila, Cebu and Davao - - which I believe are key areas where PDM Missionaries are now residing. Their primary role would be to personally call the PDM RM and establish contact, build database, update through telephone calls and/or even meeting the RM in person to discuss/update re the matter. This way, we establish a long-term contact with less effort and time. Also, they create a local circle of friends based on a common past of serving in the same mission. This is exciting.

c. We need to have a grander purpose of reuniting ourselves in this event aside from social aspect. I suggest that we make a charitable service which will be discussed later on upon establishing the organization (e.g., adopt a school, or college scholarship, etc.). In this regard, upon organizing ourselves, we could then later on become a Foundation operating worldwide based on our already existing bonds. We can call our Foundation as 99-02 PDM RM Foundation (or other name). You see, we do not only just socialize but we achieve higher purpose than meeting each other and putting our learned lessons in PDM into practice, which is to become a light to the world.

d. Thanks to Sis. Analee for that blog and I'd put a Yahoo Group where one can send an email to the group and broadcast any announcement regarding the Grand Reunion.

2. Nonetheless, we need to do something to jump start this endeavor. I have a couple of things that we could prolly start doing.

1. Set up the officers
2. Determine a tentative date.
3. design a "teaser" poster to be posted on stake centers where PDM RM might be residing.
4. invite anyone to design a website solely for this event, the web address should be easy to remember, accessible and full of information where visitors can immediately send an email or get the info in a heartbeat.
5. build a contact dbase, name, date of service, email ad, residence ad, and contact numbers.

We should be careful not to make this whole endeavor so tasking that everyone would lose the interests because it demands so much of their time but also watchful that we do not idle too much about it as well. We just chill and let things happen. The last thing we need is stress our already stressful life with unnecessary worries related to this event.

Lastly, with e-mails, what else is impossible to make this happen? hehehehe, yeah there is one thing that could make this remain just a dream, laziness and unwillingness to be a part of it.

Ciao guys!

I am volunteering to be the Vice-President.

Please feel free to forward this to everyone if needed. Thanks.

Jigs Segre
Philippines Davao Mission 2000-2002