1st Meeting,The BIRTH of CHOP, February 18, 2011 (Fraser Place - Gracita's home)

The BIRTH of CHOP

Founded on:  February 18, 2011

Founder:  Regina (Regee) Newport

Founding Members:

Regina (Regee) Newport

Magdalena (Ada) Bernal

Maria Dolores (Niña) Colayco

Nanette Medina

Carmen (Meng)Perez

Gracita Tolentino Sieber

Leonora (Nora) Tolentino

Gracita, Nora, Regee, Ada, Nigna, and Meng (missing: Nanette)

First Meeting of CHOP

Friday, February 18, 1:30 pm

Fraser Place, Valero St., Makati City (Gracita’s house)

AGENDA

1.      Name of group; description and purpose

2.      Official Fiscal Year of the organization

3.      Election of Officers

                 Founding Members/Board of Directors

                 1^st set of officers – Terms of Office

                 List of Responsibilities

3.      Membership and Fees

     Membership application form

                 Official receipts

4.      Meetings

                 Schedule of meetings (monthly? Bi-monthly?) time

                 Venue for meetings (helpful to hold the meetings at the same place

                        Each month – hire a seminar room somewhere? Get someone

                        To “donate” the space for free each month?)

                 Programs during meetings (collect ideas for interesting topics and culinary

                        personalities whom we can invite to give talks)

                 Food to be served at meetings – potluck?

5.      By-laws and Guidelines

                 Email to founding members suggested draft by-laws for review & comments

                 Decide when the by-laws should be finalized

6.      Bank account/Signatories

7.      Newsletter

8.      Website

9.      Ideas for Projects

                 See sample of CHoWDC’s projects and seminars – collect ideas

10.    Next meeting date and place


[The MINUTES of the Meeting are in the CHOP Archives.]