FSAFilipino Student Association

The 2009 – 2010 election results are as follows:

President: Matthew Vasquez
Vice-President: Nikko Braganza
Treasurer: Skill Kang
Secretary: Robert Wong
Historian: Roberto Garcia

We all look forward to your continued support through the 2009 – 2010 school year!

Hello all!

With the closing of the 2009 academic year, IBP would like to thank everyone for all their support throughout the year! Good luck with Finals everyone!

PCN Food Demo

• Thursday 4/30 5pm
• MU East Kitchen
• RSVP: manlimok@onid.orst.edu

APA Food Demo

• Tuesday 5/19 6pm-8pm
• Volunteers Needed
• RSVP: manlimok@onid.orst.edu

IBP Camping

• Friday 5/22 – Monday 5/25
• South Beach, Newport
• $40 RSVP: manlimok@onid.orst.edu

Officer Nominations!!

• May 20th
• Send your nominations to Paul at duboisp@onid.orst.edu

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Information on study abroad programs in the Philippines
•    Provided by Lizzie and will be sent out on the list serve

PCN Shirt Design
•    Color Ideas
o    Royal Blue with Yellow
o    Black with Yellow
o    Black with Gold
o    Blue with Silver

Food
•    Vegetarian Pancit (FINAL)
•    Chicken Adobo (FINAL)
•    Rice (FINAL)
•    Pineapple Cake (FINAL)
•    Lechon plans are still tentative
•    Cucumber salad still tentative

Decorations
•    Tri-fold centerpiece (FINAL)
o    Map
o    History/Fun Facts
o    Menu
•    Star centerpiece (FINAL)
•    Backdrop?
o    Must be of fireproof materials (new rule as of 2008)
o    Normal paper must be coated with Borax
o    Anything that goes on the walls must be approved
•    Re-using Evolution/Revolution banners?
o    Must locate…

Floor plan
•    Fishbone Layout (FINAL)

Skit/Eskrima/Dance (traditional and hip-hop)

Recruiting
•    Table in the quad (2-3 days)
•    April 15th Wednesday, Brick Mall
o    Table in the afternoon
•    Drop by and hang out

Food Demo
•    6PM to 9PM April 29th Wednesday
•    No General Meeting That Day
•    MU Kitchen

ISOSU Spring Festival
•    Sunday, May 3rd
•    IBP booth volunteers
•    Volunteers needed for prep

For those who couldn’t make it to the meeting or if you would like a refresher on what we covered this past meeting, here are the notes:

April 29th for the food demo?  During our regular meeting time?

• We’d make a testable sample of our food menu
• Recipe/portion size needed for:
  - Pancit (vegetarian option supplied)
  - Chicken Adobo
  - Cucumber Salad
  - Rice (we don’t need a recipe for this, but it’s on the menu)
  - Pineapple Cake

6 weeks until PCN “Fiesta P-Noize”

Dance practices start soon:

• We need to find out if Bloss/Finley have a big mirrored room for practice
• Find costumes for traditional dances
• Create/buy tinikling sticks (PVC pipe)

Skit for PCN
•    Input needed for skit possibilities
•    Tourist finding their way through the Philippines?

Decorations
•    Ideas for centerpieces?
- Island cards
•    Picture of an island
•    Description and name
- Stand up card
•    Information and historical info on the Philippines
- Next week, bring examples of decorations and skit ideas

NWFASA Conference at WSU
•    April 17th-19th
•    Jon, Kristine, Mark driving
•    9 of us going – Robert can’t go anymore, so there is a possibility of someone taking his place if you’d like to reimburse him for payment

Volunteer for ISOSU Spring Festival in the Brick Mall (where the Poster Sale is located) on Sunday, May 3rd
•    Food servers
•    Need people to stay at the IBP booth
•    Option: bring object that represents Filipino culture to you, to put on table to explain to others. Make sure to watch it.
•    Idea:
- We’re allotted $100 to use for food purposes
- Use fryer to cook totoron (spelling?)

Have a fun and safe time wherever your destination is!

Our spring term meetings will be back at the APCC.  7PM on Wednesdays!

See you on April 1st! (not an April fool’s joke)

In collaboration with OSU, PCC, and UO FASA, PSU Kaibigan proudly presents:

FASA FORMAL 2009 “One Night Only”

February 21, 2009 7:00pm

Portland State Smith Ballroom

Tickets are available at (503) 725-3307, office hours M-F 9am-5pm

$8 students, $10 general admission, $15 at the door

featuring: DJ TJ, refreshments, live auction, photography.

DRESS TO IMPRESS!

proceeds benefit Kaibigan Scholarship Program.

Here is the promo video:

FASA Formal 2009

Here is the promo poster:

Let’s all collaborate and attend this FASA Formal! It should be lots of fun! We also have the opportunity to meet new and cool people!

The 2009 NWFASA Conference Registration is up!

For more information about the 2009 NWFASA Conference, please visit: http://www.nwfasaconference09.com

For IBP members interested in attending and traveling with our group, please inform Kristine or one of the other officers of your intent so that we may get a proper headcount!