WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO

1993-1995 Art Henares, President

1. To promote closer ties among the alumni of Notre Dame Schools of Gen. Santos City now residing in the U.S.(Two years later, "residing in the U.S." was changed to "North America" to include Canada).
2. To extend moral support to its members and material aid to its Alma Mater.

• Started a database and published an alumni directory of its members that has grown from 32 (1993) to over 300 (2001)
• Increased attendance at the reunion from 65 in San Diego, 1993 to 206 in Las Vegas, 1995. Bro. Joe Damean Teston, Guest Speaker.
• Launched programs like the Sponsor-A-Mentor Program by sponsoring three mentors, the Souvenir Program and Newsletter, an Invite-A-Classmate program. Six alumni from the Philippines attended.
• Drafted bylaws. A copy is available upon request.

1. A Reunion Committee. Sol Santos Cuenco, first Reunion Chairman.
2. A centralized banking and accounting.
3. Applied and received 501(c)(7), non profit status
4. Sponsored 13 mentors, (the late) Fr. Joseph Milford, OMI, Guest Speaker
5. Increased reunion attendance from 206 in Las Vegas to 311 in San Francisco
6. and celebrated the 50^th Anniversary of the Foundation of Notre Dame of Lagao
(1947-1997), 4 alumni from Philippines attended, initiated a costume gala and after gala picnic.
7. Donated monetary help towards the Covered Court of NDD College and helped organize a reunion in Manila

Accomplishments...

1. Under Ray Rogan's leadership, officers worked toward accomplishing the second goal, to provide material/financial aid to our Alma Mater.
2. Ray and the officers laid the foundation for fund-raising projects that will benefit all the Notre Dame Schools in Gen. Santos City.
3. An alumni hall in NDDC was established, and Ray contributed to refurbish the chapel.
4. He pledged to match every dollar up to $7500 that the next administration is able to raise.
5. Sponsored 25 mentors to the reunion in New Jersey, Mrs. Rosky Santos Munda, Guest Speaker, 9 alumni from the Philippines attended.

1999-2001 Angel Boloico, President

Accomplishments...

1. Angel made two trips to the Philippines to establish contact with alumni associations in Gen. Santos City in preparation for the 50^th Anniversary of the Foundation of Notre Dame Dadiangas 2003.
2. Extended invitations to all alumni in Gen. Santos City to attend reunion in Anaheim, 2001.
3. Developed our own website, www.NotreDameGenSan.org.
4. Worked on a fund-raising project to match the funds that Rayland Rogan had pledged towards the covered court (multipurpose building) for the High School of both ND Lagao and ND Dadiangas Boys Departments.
The building is located at the original Notre Dame of Lagao campus.
5. Both former president Rayland Rogan and current president Angel Boloico pledged to support the projects of the next administration. One of their recommendations is to work on raising funds for the Girls Departments both ND Lagao and ND Dadiangas for 2003.

2001-2003 Sol Santos Cuenco, President

Accomplishments...

1. Appointed Mr. Ding Mateo to help update the NDGSC Alumni Association's by-laws
2. Spearheaded the ratification of the first Notre Dame Alumni chapter
3. Procured donation from husband Ramon Cuenco's company to install a state of the art communication systems at Notre Dame of Dadiangas College (now a University) through collaboration with President Bro. Willy Lubrico, FMS
4. Organized and facilitated "Balik Gensan 2003", the first Homecoming Reunion in General Santos City. But due to the outbreak of SARS, the reunion was moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. Over 100 alumni attended the Las Vegas Reunion and 14 alumni attended the 2003 Homecoming in General Santos, and,
5. Made official the annual sponsorship of the associations's domain and official website, account is paid out of the association's operating funds.

2003-2005 Henry Rogan, President

Accomplishments...

1. Raised $5000.00 through pledges and souvenir program sponsorship and donated the same to the building of the Alumni Wall for the Notre Dame of Lagao Girls Department. Henry and his siblings went home to turn over the check to the NDL Administration
2. Published the directory cum souvenir program with photos of alumni
3. Sponsored Bishop Romualdez as guest speaker from the Philippines, and seven mentors
4. Introduced as part of the traditional tour, a mini-cruise of the Atlantic Ocean, and,
5. Initiated the campaign for the attendance of alumni from four countries (Canada, England, Belgium & Philippines) and 15 states of the United States of America

2005-2007 Minda Hingco Zamzam, President

Accomplishments...

1. Successfully organized the first international reunion in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2. Minda did an ocular visit and met with local alumni in Vancouver to form a quasi-chapter to provide support of the reunion events
3. Raised and donated funds for the Notre Dame of Dadiangas Girls Department to complete the association's stated goal "To extend moral support to its members and material aid to its Alma Mater"
4. Sponsored 8 mentors, two from the Philippines. For some, it was their first trip to Canada, and,
5. Ratified the creation of Southern California Chapter

2007-2009 Magno "Ding" Mateo, President

1. Convened the By-Laws Committee Online and continued updating the by-laws that started under Pres. Sol Santos Cuenco's term. Draft is ready for submission for approval to the membership. A primer is under consideration as reference to proposed changes
2. Visited San Frisco-California in April 26, 2008, to organize their chapter. They successfully hosted the 1^st Napa Valley Wine Tasting Excursion in October 5, 2008 with an attendance of more than 25 alumni
3. Visited Vancouver-British Columbia to organize their chapter resulting in the election of their interim officers and joined in their picnic at Central Park, Burnaby-British Columbia on July 19, 2000
4. Attended the Southern California Chapter's Christmas Party on December 8, 2008 and December 13, 2008. Also attended their Annual Notre Dame Day Camping in September 7, 2008
5. Conducted different committee meetings in San Francisco-California, San Diego-California and Tampa-Florida in connection with the upcoming reunion in San Diego-California
6. Sponsored the first extended reunion that started with a 3-day land based event in San Diego, attended by 185 alumni (gala plus picnic), and capped with a memorable 4-day cruise of the Mexican Riviera attended by 35 alumni
7. Subsidized most of the events to lower the cost to its members as a means of thanking faithful members for their sustained attendance and support since 1993
8. Debuted the first hard cover, book bound souvenir program in full color, and,
9. Convened the Council of Past Presidents which resulted in the election of its Officers and definition of its function as Long Range Planning Committee

2009-2011 Jess Mendoza, President

1. Under the direction of the Bylaws Committee, chaired by Atty. Edna Aquino Balili, worked for the ratification / inclusion of Article XII into our Bylaws. This was overwhelmingly voted for by the general membership at our meeting, June 25, 2011. This Article-"Policies", will simplify any changes that future administrations would like to add later without the need of revising or amending the Bylaws
2. Encouraged and initiated the formation of the East Chapter at a mini-reunion, formation of the Reunion Committee in May, 2010. With Secretary Noh Dalid Conrad at the helm, the Chapter was formally formed during a meeting at the Rogan's residence in New Jersey on July 31, 2010
3. Worked for the sponsorship of eight Marist mentors, including two from the Philippines, for their attendance at our 10th Biennial Reunion in Virginia
4. Under the skilled direction of Treasurer Malut Diaz Corlett and with the able assistance of Asst. Treasurer, Minda Hingco Zamzam, an expansive database was created for directory purposes as well as ease of recording, accounting and creating of reports
5. Encouraged the opening of the Association's bank account at a bank with nationwide locations in the US to facilitate the change of signatories from one administration to the next and the handling of the various transactions with the bank

2011-2013 Nena Guipo Adonay, President

1. Organized week-long reunion activities held in General Santos City, Philippines. First time in the 22 years history of our association.
2. Record breaking attendance at all the reunion events: Welcome Party of 632, Homecoming at NDDU Lagao campus 600+ (Parade and Picnic combined), Homecoming at ND Siena Campus 400+, Gala Night 1,131
3. Jess Mendoza and his administration raised seed money that was earmarked for the Homecoming in the Philippines. Mindful of the tremendous travel expense for alumni living abroad, Nena's administration proposed to and was approved by the approving body to subsidize the cost of the reunion fees to $20 per person for U.S. attendees and $7.00 per person for alumni attendees residing in the Philippines.
4. Donated $1,000 for the NDGSCAA Tboli Medical Mission spearheaded by Minda Hingco Zamzam and Dr Jess Mendoza and implemented with the help of the Southern California chapter.
5. Matched the donation by East Coast Chapter to both Alma Mater. $1000 for the General Scholarship Fund of NDDU and $1000 for the Chapel Project of ND Siena College.
6. Bro. James McKnight was Guest Speaker.
7. Attendees came from 13 countries and 17 States of the USA.