PP Ces Singzon, incumbent district officer as Rotary Watch District Administrator for D3830, RY 2010-2011 has been appointed Assistant Governor for RY 2011-2012. He is AG for cluster 11 consisting of RC Makati Legaspi (our mother club), RC Makati Essensa and RC Makati Salcedo. He joins the 27 AGs for the district headed by Executive AG Patty Chiong, PP of RC Makati Legaspi.

In line with DGE Billy Villareal’s training program for the incoming AGs and PEs, AG Ces has already undergone a pre-DTTS last June and Pre-PETS, with PEs last July 19.  PE Jane Lobos was a participant of the pre-PETS I. A computer-based training for all PEs and incoming AGs is scheduled August 1 2010 to January 2011.

To all club members. Please email your profile picture to rcmmckinley@yahoogroups.com by 4 August.  We will need them for our club identification cards. We will also use this photo to update your profile picture in our web site.

As a general rule, a profile picture usually follows the same format of a passport picture. However, please email any picture in any size and format that you deem appropriate and we will edit the picture accordingly.

If you want us to the use profile picture that is currently in our “Club Member Profiles” page of our web site, also let us know by emailing rcmmckinley@yahoogroups.com.

The Rotary Club San Fernando Pampanga joined our club on 17 July Makati City Hall for the signing ceremony as our new sister club.  The event was part of grand signing with 22 other clubs from District 3790 and District 3830. The ceremony included the exchange of banerettes from each club.  RC San Fernando Pampanga was chartered 61 years ago in 1949. It is an all male club with 60 members which are mostly businessmen & professionals.  We invited each other in our respective club activities and pledged to attend.  The signed copies of the agreement are to be submitted to the Office of the Vice President of the Philippines.  Vice President Jojo Binay is expected to pledge a gift to each sister club agreement.

DRIAC holds their 4th Meeting at Hotel Intercon (18 July 2010) in preparation for the DRIAC event to be held on August 7, 2010 at Don Bosco Alabang.

A festive occasion was had by all.  Noodlelicious food was provided compliments of Anna Liza Gaspar which opened her new food cart in Baclaran.  Cake and cookies were compliments of Eugene Tan supplied from Sofitel.  And most importantly, awards were given to members that were not able to attend awards night on 24 June.

Our club VP, Attorney Pol Sangalang (pictured left) hosts “Labor Law for Businessmen” seminar at the Philippine Trade and Training Center (PTTC) in Pasay.  The seminar was held on June 1 and 30 was a joint vocational service project between RCMMc and Law Offices of Parungao, Singson & Sangalang or PASSLAW.  Our first club project for the Rotary year 2010-2011 was approved for District Simplified Grant through the help of PP Cherry Rosario.  Pictured in the middle is special guest Reviewing Labor Arbiter, Tiburcio Adrian “Ady” Umbac II from the NLRC along with Global President Ronnie Legaspi on the right.  Another labor law lecture is expected to be conducted in November.