2012.11.14  

Summarized Minutes Year-End Status (YES) Report c/o Secretary-General (SecGen) SecGen already released the YES Report Kit. The kit includes the YES assignments together with copies of YES reports for the past three (3) years. All Executive Committee (ExeCom) members are enjoined to read and understand the whole archive. The Best Efforts for the school year were discussed during the meeting. The ExeCom decided to feature the formation of the Philippine Society of Math Organizations as the Best Organizational Development Effort. The entries for Core Competencies Effort and Synergy Effort remained unresolved as NSTP-AMS could pass as any of the two.

Math Applications Department (MathApp) Updates The MathApp Heads updated the ExeCom about MathSaya, Math Conference, and CMJ. MathSaya: Everything is all set for Day 1 (17 November 2012). What remains a concern to the MathSaya core team is finding a replacement for Dr. Marcelo who was supposed to give a talk on card tricks. The ExeCom suggested that they try to get Nico Baguio to talk about basketball statistics as opposed to their contingency to have Jver Venturillo to give a talk on Dr. Marcelo’s topic. MathCon: The MathApp Heads gave an overview of the program flow as discussed in the most recent meeting of the MathCon Core Team. As of present, they already have one (1) confirmed speaker for Day 1 (10 December 2012). CMJ pool will have a general assembly next week (19-23 November 2012). The team plans to release two issues for the school year, and they have already started working their way to producing a journal similar to Readers’ Digest.

Academics Department (Acads) Updates The Acads Heads updated the ExeCom about Sipnayan, AMO, Agimath+, FMIC, NSTP-AMS. Sipnayan: The number of confirmed participants will be updated as soon as the minutes for the most recent Sipayan core team meeting becomes available. AMO core team had a meeting a while ago (14 November 2012). They have decided that the theme for this year’s AMO would be Avatar, with a tentative title: The Last Mathbender. Agimath+ is currently revising contract with the University Athletics Office (UAO). The tutorial service for LS students for the second semester will be launched on 19 November 2012.

 

PAOLA GABRIELLE MATANGUIHAN Ams sECRETARY-GENERAL

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Academics Department (Acads) Updates (continuation FMIC core team plans to hold three categories this year including Math 11 due to the number of classes offer for the said course. NSTP-AMS: Since the previous semester, it has been a challenge for the Acads Head to make the creation of NSTP modules regular. In line with this, Ms. Lara from OSCI sought of making the modules standardized. AMS will do this in partnership with the Math Department as Dr. Debbie Versoza volunteered to be in charge of the creation of long-term NSTP modules.

Member Relations Department (MemRel) Updates The MemRel Heads updated the ExeCom about XMath, and AMS Week. XMath core team had a meeting last Monday (12 November 2012). One of the things that came about in the meeting was that the team wanted to serve alcoholic drinks, which poses a problem since they prefer to hold the event at JSEC. Details of the rough program flow will not be disclosed in this document. AMS Week: Core team plans to have a human auction on top of the usual events during AMS week.

Documentations and Promotions (DP) Updates The overhauled website will be launched in January. Infinity content for the week of 19-23 November was discussed.