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A14 PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY April 16 - 30, 2016 Dateline MHHS By Demetrio Avendano Election fever is in the air & almost everywhere. The Multicultural Helping House Society or MHHS is holding its own general election for its Board of Directors for the year 20162018. It will be held in June 18, 2016, Saturday, at the Multi-purpose room of the Resource and Employment Centre from 1pm to 4pm. According to our constitution, the list of qualified candidates and qualified voters will be released by the Comelec Committe to the General Membership seven days before the election. As we grow and expand our services in the Philippines, part of Asia and throughout Canada, we need to bring in people with additional experiences and skills to augment the expertise and personal affiliation of our present Board to be able to meet the needs and challenges of our growing new immigrants and the requirements of our government and other funders. We have listed several criteria or qualifications for people who want to apply to become members of our Board of Directors. They can be found in the Application form that we provide to our applicants. Among those criteria, however, is one very important qualification which states the following: A Candidate must be a member MHHS ELECTION OF OFFICERS in good standing of MHHS for two consecutive years. According to our constitution article III; a) He/She must participate in at least three functions/ activities of the Society in a calendar year. b) He/She must also volunteer his/her expertise to assist others in the society. When we examine and look at our applicants, we ask this most important question. What has he/she done for the MHHS during the past two consecutive years that he/she has been a member? Has the applicant shown or demonstrated enough willingness and action to dedicate his time, energy and talent to promote the vision and mission of the Society? How much contribution has he/she done to the MHHS in terms of volunteer work to help the Society? In short, it is not enough to just be a member paying your membership dues and simply attending meetings and events to qualify for the MHHS Board Member position. We encourage future aspiring applicants to our Board to do some volunteer works at MHHS. We are looking for people who share our vision and mission to help other especially our new immigrants, caregivers and Temporary foreign workers. We are CONT A21 “ABOT- KAMAY ANG TAGUMPAY” 7th Annual General Meeting theme Sa Mayo 8, 2016 ay ika-Pitong Taunang Pagpupulong (7th Annual General Meeting or AGM) ng mga may-ari at kasapi ng One Filipino Cooperative of BC. “Abot-Kamay ang Tagumpay” ang magiging tema ng pagpupulong na kung saan nakapaloob sa 5 Year Development Plan ng samahan ang isa sa mga pangarap na proyekto na makabuo ng isang Filipino Housing Cooperative. Sa taong ito ang magiging simula ng mga pag-aaral, pagsasaliksik at pakikipag-ugnayan sa mga ahensiyang pribado at gobyerno para makapagbigay gabay at technical support sa mga opisyales ng FilCo-op sa pangunguna ng kasalukuyang Pangulo na si G. Tony Calderon. Si G. Jimmy Rico na dating board member ng FilCoop ang volunteer consultant. Si Mr. Rico ay kasalukuyang Manager ng Asset Management Services and Development ng BC Housing. Panauhing pandangal sa AGM si Mr. Darin McLennan, Capital Asset Management Development WWW.PHILIPPINEASIANNEWSTODAY.COM and Asset Strategies mula sa BC Housing Management Commission upang magbahagi ng mga karanasan at mga opportunities sa social at cooperative housing. Ang Taunang Pagpupulong ang isa sa pinakamahalagang gawain ng isang kooperatiba dahil dito ay nag-uulat ang mga opisyales ng samahan sa nagdaang taong takbo ng operasyon at pamamahala nito sa pang negosyo at pang samahang aspeto. Dito rin naghahalal ng mga bagong opisyales tulad ng Board of Directors of mga members ng standing committees tulad ng credit committee, audit and inventory committee at election committee. Inaabangan din dito ang pamamahagi ng kinita sa mga may-ari sa taong 2015 na naaayon sa Profit Sharing at Patronage Refund cooperative principle. Ilan sa mga Programa at Serbisyo ng FilCo-op ay ang mga sumusunod: 1. Pahiraman ng Bayan MicroCONT A21