UFCH CONVENTION IN LAHAINA, MAUI JULY 23.24.25, 2010

PERSONAL JOURNAL/DIARY ORIGINAL, UNEDITED, AMADO I. YORO



KOMBENSION IDIAY LAHAINA, MAUI HULIO 23, 24, 25, 2010


Hulio 23, Biernes, Panagbiahe

Destination: Kahului Airport

Sangabunggoykami nga aggapu iti Honolulu.

Eddie Agas, Aurea Agas, Philip Alcain ti kinaluganko iti nangisit a Mercedes Benz

Iti pagcheck-inan ti Hawaiian Airlines, dagiti agassawa a Louie ken Lucy Funtanilla. Ben Cabreros

Iti gate 49, nadanonmin da Lucy Pascual ken ti barona ni Michael.

Madamdama pay, agsangpeten dagiti dadduma a kaduami a delegado
Maria ken Renato Etrata, Ruben ken Lynne Gutierrez, Bernadette Fajardo

Nagsangpet met dagiti grupo ti Kauai nga ipanguluan da Abe Iloreta ken Liza Trinidad.


Apagbiit ti panagtayab ti eroplano.

Binirokmi dagiti bagahemi iti Baggage claim area.

Malemen idi sumangpet da Herman Andaya ken Bong Suerte, agkasinsin agpada a taga Bacarra.

6:15 ti malem idi agluas ti Van ni Bong Suerte.
Linabsanmin ti Hawaii Commercial & Sugar Mill iti Puunene. Natangkarang ti simburio. Iti talon, naberde ti kaunasan. Mailasin a nabiit pay a naimula dagiti dadduma. Adda metten dagiti agarup tumawendan. Kaaduan a maapit ti unas a madapil no agdua a tawenen ti unas.

"Sibibiag pay la ti unas ditoy aya," nakunami. "Wen, Manong, kakaisuna a plantasion daytoyen," insungbat ni Bong..

Nasimbeng latta nga agpataray ni Bong.

Iti kasla magawgaw-at a puro ti Kooholawe, sa ti Lanai, ket idi umasidegkamin iti Lahaina, daytan ti Molokai Channel ken iti ballasiw ti Isla ti Molokai, the Friendly isle.

Adda estoria a nalagipmi a ti Lahaina ti "Royal capital of Kingdom of Hawaii' 1820-1845 sakbay a nayakar daytoy a titulo iti Honolulu, Oahu.

Lahaina - ania ti lahaina? Pagsasao a Hawaiian daytoy kayatna a sawen: "Naulpit nga init [Cruel Sun] gapu iti paniempo a nainit iti namaga a panawen[sunny dry climate]

Ti Maui ti maawagan iti Valley Isle gapu iti kaadu dagiti valley iti sakupna.


Maikapiton iti sardam. Nagcheck-in ni Ben Cabreros, Room 815
We were 3 in the room Philip, Ben and I.



Fun Night ita a rabii.

Naragsak a immabat ni Joy Funtanilla

Nakalamisaak da Ben Cabreros, Dr. V, Vince Bagoyo, Rep. Keith Agaran, Herman Andaya, Ferdinand Cajgal

Naragsak ti rabii, husto la unay ti awagna a fun night.

Adda nagsala iti rigodon, adda nagkanta

Adda nangabak iti Mr. Barong, ken Ms Terno



KOMBENSION IDIAY LAHAINA, MAUI HULIO 23, 24, 25, 2010

Hulio 24, Sabado. Namigatkami iti Swan Court. Eat all you can. Napaliiwmi: adda dagiti kailokanuan nga agserbi ditoy a restauran.

Alas nuebe impunto a nangrugi ti kombension babaen iti pananglukat ni Eddie Agas, Sr. Naaramid ti imbokasion, nakanta dagiti dua a national anthems. Kimmablaaw ni Herman Andaya, presidente ti Maui Filipino Community Council, organizer, general chairman ti kombension. Naadaptar ti Convention Rules. Dinutokan ni Agas: da, Donnie Juan, Parliamentarian; Lucy Pascual, convention secretary; Danny Villaruz, timekeeper; Philip Alcain, Felipe Barroga, Ben Cabreros, Abe Iloreta, marshalls.

Nakalamisaanko da Mrs. Hawaii Filipina Kanani Dias, Dr V, Aurea Agas, Danny Villaruz, Emmie Villaruz,

Nagreport dagiti Island Presidents. Naisaruno dagiti standing ken special committee reports.
Nagreportak iti Membership about 108 unit organizations from the 6 Island Councils

Insarunok ti Social Action Committee gapu ta siak ti Co-Chair. Kaaduan nga aktibidad ti Social Action Committee, ti Feed the Homeless ket no kitaen ti awan langanna iti eskediul, ni Philip Alcain.

Adu pay dagiti sabali a partisipasion ti SAC, Hawaii Food Bank, Census 2010 Filipinos Count, Fundraising drive for Typhoon Ondoy and Peping Victim, Flores de Mayo, dadduma pay.

Duakami a nagreport ken ni Fe Velasco iti Publicity/Tunos newsletter


WORKSHOP BREAK

Workshop #2 Positively No Filipinos ALLOWED ti tinurongko no apay a siak a Filipino ket maparitanak.
Nakatugawmi iti lamisaan ni US Cong Mazie Hirono.



Sakbay a nagreportak iti Golden Book, binigbigko nga immuna iti kaadda dagiti UFCH past presidents a nakataripnong met itoy a kombension pakaibilangan ni Atty Anotnio Ramil, 1988-1990; Maggie Domingo, 1990-1992-1996-1998; Dwayne Bueno,2001-2003; Don Guzman, 2003-2004; Bryan Andaya, 2006-2008
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[Maysa a delegado ti agreklamo ta saanna a maawatan ti kayat a sawen ti Tunos - Unity]

Ni Dr. Belinda Aquino ti guest speaker


I declined the nomination for president due to health and medical restrictions and limitations.

"Thank you for the nomination. Truly, I was so determined and with inspiring desire to be a UFCH president. Since 2007 when I came cak to OFCC, I am determined and prepared to seek this presidency....to continue my volunteer service and my commitment, In February this year, I already made plans with some program blueprint, and in June 5, I officially announcement my intention. I love to serve, as my passion and my mission.

But, things changed UNEXPECTEDLY, so rapidly, abrupt and sudden without any warning or signal what comes next. To the point that my wife brought me to the Emergency Room, then moved me to Queens Hosptial that I was confined for 10 dark days.....I have this pain in me, yet, I am avoiding pressure, and per doctor's advised, to take it easy, not to get involved in strenuous, streeful activities as a health and medical restrictions and limitations.

For this reason, if I may just go back 20 years ago in 1990, we had elected a one and only woman then and became a history of UFCH. This woman whom I gave her a high regards and respect, because under her administration for the 2 full terms, I was fortunate to be the Chairman of Publicity, ladies and gentlemen, fellow delegates, I am referring to Nana Maggie Domingo as first woman president.

Today, I believe I can help make a very significant history of UFCH, if Nana Maggie had the opportunity to serve, only one woman president within the first 50 years of UFCH, I could have been an opportunity for me to become the 31st UFCH president, but again, because of this unexpected circumstance, this pain in me, with restrictions and limitations as my doctor prescribed me, of course, I have that warning of precaution to have a second thought. and some of you said: health is wealth, first and foremost of priority, I listen to my doctor, to you, to myself. If for the last 50 years toward the century of UFCH, the 51 year starts, I think, we can provide helping UFCH anothe remarkable event and history if we can give an opportunity to anothe woman become the next UFCH president, and to be the 2nd woman president of this pretigious Council....I can always serve in so many ways, and any capacity that I am capable of....Mr. Chairman, fellow delegates, thank you.

Saan a napengdan ni Lynne ti naglua.



KOMBENSION IDIAY LAHAINA, MAUI HULIO 23, 24, 25, 2010

Napintas ti pabuya iti rabii ti Miss Hawaii Filipina Scholarship Pageant nga indauluan da Michelle Santos ken Ryan Piros.

Uppat dagiti nagsasalip a mangibagi kadagiti bukodda nga Island Council.

1. Big Island
2. Oahu
3. Kauai
4. Maui

Napagasatan ni Margaret Pascual a Miss Hawaii Filipina 2010-2011. $2000.00 ti ited ti UFCH a gunggonana sa maikkan iti round trip ticket nga agbakasion idiay Filipinas.


Maysa a kapaliiwan iti dayta a rabii ti pabuya, naguapo latta ni Deputy Consul Paul Cortes a maysa kadagiti emcee. Nataytayag nga amang ni Laksmi Abraham ngem ni Dep Consul Cortes, ngem agpadada a nabatad ti timek ken bokadorada.

Sabali pay a paliiw: nagkalamisaan da Neil Abercrombie ken Mufi Hannemann, agpada a kandidato a para gobernador.


KOMBENSION IDIAY LAHAINA, MAUI HULIO 23, 24, 25, 2010

KOMBENSION IDIAY LAHAINA, MAUI HULIO 23, 24, 25, 2010

Resolusion

Feed the Homeless - mainaig iti pannakaadapatar ti Institute for Human Services a serbian a regular ti UFCH Social Action Committee kas inyusuat ni Amado I. Yoro, Co-Chair, organizer/coordinator ti Mission Day Service ti DWCLCAAH, binulan a mapan dagiti volunteers kadagiti dua a lugar, [Men & Women] tunggal maudi a Lunes ti bulan. Sangsanguen ti siudad ken ti State of Hawaii ti problema a Homelessness a maibatay iti mapagtalkan nga impormasion, aganay a 5834. Adda aganay a 200 dagiti maserbian iti Men's Site, idinto a 80 iti Women's site. Nairugi daytoy a proyekto idi Nobiembre 2009 kas partnership ti UCH/OFCC/DWCLCAAH, UGHO, ISAH, dadduma pay.
Supporting Strong Immigrant Communities - mainaig iti pannakasalaknib ti panagpapatas ti imigrante nga agsangpet iti Hawaii nga awan koma iti diskriminasion.
Support of Pacific Beach Hotel Workers and Labor Equity
Funds for Office of Language Access - mainaig iti pannakaruk-at ti pondo nga agpaay itoy nga opisina ti turay a mangimatmaton iti pannakaiprograma dagiti nadumaduma a pagsasao ken lenguahe dagiti nagduduma a grupo etniko.
Tony Ramil as Twenty Outstanding Filipinos Abroad
Tunggal kombension, tummakder dagiti managdillaw. Adu ti masaoda. Ngem bassit ti maaramidanda wenno maitulongda. ti naginad wenno bassit ti naaramidan ti administrasion. Kalinteganda ti kapanunotanda, wen. Ngem ti maysa a paliiwmi, dagitoy ket saanda met a makigamgamulo [unay] ta pinilida ti saan a bimmibiang.

Where Were You when we needed you?

INAWAT ti Lanai Filipino Community Council nga isuda ti host council iti 2011 Annual Convention ngem saan a nabatad no iti Isla ti Lanai wenno Las Vegas. Natibong ti Las Vegas, ngem iti maysa met a nabatad a boses a nagkuna: "Apay a ti Las Vegas pay, nabaknangen ti Las Vegas, panunotenyo pay la a pabaknangen. Ditoy Hawaii, apay a ditay met pabaknangen ti lugartayo, sapay koma ta mangted daytoy iti pagpanunotantayo amin. No denggenyo ti timekyo, saandak kadi met a mangeg itoy a kapanunotak?"

KOMBENSION IDIAY LAHAINA, MAUI HULIO 23, 24, 25, 2010

Ni Herman Andaya ti nangiparang kadagiti nainominar a kandidato/kandidata. Nagsarita ti tunggal maysa kadakuada.

Eleksion ti simmaruno. Nabilang ti butos. Aganay a 92 ti balota kadagiti 97 a rehistrado a delegado.

Ket nagsapata da iti panangannong ni Atty. Bryan Andaya, pasado a presidente ti UFCH.:
Lynne Gutierrez, presidente; Norma Barroga, bise, Doris Saribay, sekretaria; Ben Pulido, tesorero; Domie Bucasas, auditor.

Hunta del gobernador da:
Edwin Ranan, Big Island, Jean Sumagit, Lanai; Moises Luczon, Molokai; Angel Acorda, Kauai; Arnold Villafuerte, Oahu, Ben Cabreros, Oahu.

Holdover da Ryan Piros, Maui; Abe Iloreta, Kauai, Amado Yoro, Oahu.

Island Councils presidents, da: Christina Ranan, Big Island; Juan Degamo, Lanai, Benny Piros, Molokai; Liza Trinidad, Kauai, Herman Andaya, Maui; Maria Etrata, Oahu.

"This election could be difficult for me, but due to the circumstance this gentleman I have respect with him, Manong Amado as a great leader, here I am your new president, and the 31st UFCH president and 2nd woman president.When your time is come and ready, I'll be there and campaign for you.."