I'd like to shed light on the newspaper releases stating Arturo Ilagan's arguments that the recent BSCP elections were not valid.
On March 5, 2012, the Board of directors confirmed that Perry
Mariano, Jaime Chongco and Christine Caparras are members of the BSCP and were
in fact present during the oath-taking in front of POC Chairman Cojuanco.
Further to the confirmation of the three members, nine other
members were nominated and accepted by the board based on their qualifications
and involvement in the billiard industry. The nominated members are:
1. Jesse
Gonzales Cambosa
2. Bernardo Pinol Jr.
3. Francisco
Bustamante
4. Dennis
Orcollo
5. Rubilen
Amit
6. Iris
Ranola
7. Reynaldo
Grandea
8. Francisco
dela Cruz
9. Felimon
de Leon.
Each one of the nominated members was notified and among all
of them, only Francisco dela Cruz refused his nomination into the BSCP. This brings the membership of the BSCP to 17.
Including the following:
1. Aristeo
Puyat
2. Mahar
Mangahas
3. Efren
Reyes
4. Arturo
Ilagan
5. Robert
Mananquil
6. Ruben
Roque
A petition was submitted to the Chairman from the general
membership to call for a special meeting and hold elections in order to address
the many issues currently plaguing the association. The letter was dated June
15, 2012 and was signed by 11 out of 17 members of the association. This is
over 1/3 of the membership and based on section 2 of BSCP by-laws, this makes
it a valid reason to call for a special meeting and elections.
Section 2: Special meetings- Special meetings of the
members shall be called as the need thereof arises, by the Board of Trustees or
the President or upon petition of 1/3 of the general membership.
Again, 11/17 members signed the petition which therefore
makes the special meeting valid.
After receiving the petition, all the members of the BSCP
were given notices of the time and place of the special meeting more than 15
days prior to the date set. There are acknowledgement receipts from all the
members including the LBC receipts for the notices sent to the three members
who did not sign the petition namely:
1. Arturo
Ilagan Jr.
2. Robert
Mananquil
3. Ruben
Roque
The POC was also given notice of the said meeting and we
hold a receiving copy.
In the special meeting held on July 9, 2012, a majority of
the members were present. This makes the meeting valid and all decisions made
during the meeting shall be deemed valid and official based on Section 4 of the
BSCP by-laws which states that:
Section 4: Quorum- A quorum for any meeting of the
members shall consist of a majority of the members and a majority of such
quorum may decide any question at the meeting, except those matters where the
corporation code requires the affirmative vote of a greater proportion.
In the said meeting, 13 out of 17 members were present
making any decision made by a majority of those present during the meeting
valid.
During said meeting, the members called for the removal of
all officials currently serving and for new elections to take place.
The following members were
elected into the board of directors:
- Mahar Mangahas
- Perry Mariano
- Aristeo Puyat
- Christine Caparras
- Jimmy Chongco
- Bernard Piñol Jr.
The newly elected board members then proceeded to elect a set of
officers in order to avoid further delays in dealing with urgent matters. The
new set of officers were elected as follows:
Chairman: Bernard Piñol Jr.
President: Aristeo G. Puyat
Treasurer: Mahar MAngahas
Secretary General (National): Perry
Mariano
Secretarty General
(International): Christine Caparras
Therefore, all arguments raised by Arturo Ilagan stating
that the elections were illegal are false. The elections followed every rule in
the BSCP by-laws and are therefore valid.
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