Council of Organizations of the Ateneo

Central Board Elections 2011-2012: Electoral Form

I. CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDACY

GENERAL INFORMATION
Name of Candidate Xavier Roel Q. Alvaran
Yr & Course First Year – AB Political Science
 President  VP – Training and Development
 Chief of Staff  Secretary General
Position Aspired for
 VP – Special Projects  Finance Officer
*Put a check ( )
 VP – Organization Research and  Cluster Head
Development  Cluster Secretary-Treasurer
Cluster
(for Cluster Head / Issue and Policy Analysis Cluster
Secretary-Treasurer
Candidates)

Are you running as part of a coalition? *Put a check ( )  Yes

If yes, what is the name of the coalition? (if applicable)

ESSAY. Explain in 100 words or less why you want to run for the position and the key points of your platform.

I want to run as Secretary-Treasurer of IPA Cluster to better serve organizations I am part of and other
organizations belonging to IPA Cluster as a way of supporting our advocacies: social responsibility,
global rapport and political awareness.

With IPA being a diverse cluster, I plan to create programs that will empower discourse among
members towards a unified advocacy. I plan to form a more accessible internal system to allow more
participation from members and an effective external system to assist organizations in terms of
promotions and extend their projects more to the Ateneo community.

PLEDGE

I, Xavier Roel Q. Alvaran , attest to the facts contained in this Certificate of Candidacy and in all other
documents required by the Commission on Elections of the Council of Organizations of the Ateneo (COA). I thereby give
the COA and the Office of Student Activities permission to evaluate the facts contained in all the documents I have
submitted to the COA Commission on Elections.

I swear to uphold the rules stipulated in the COA Electoral Code and by the COA Commission on Elections with full
awareness that the violation of the said rules would result to possible sanctions as stipulated in the COA Electoral Code.

It is my sincere intention to promote a free, honest, and clean election.

Xavier Roel Q.Alvaran January 19, 2011

Signature Over Printed Name *Submission qualifies as candidate’s signature* Date

II. RESUME *Use Ateneo Placement Office’s (APO) One (1) Page Format, See Sample Resume below”

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Central Board Elections 2011-2012: Electoral Form

XAVIER ROEL Q. ALVARAN

349 Midtown Subdivision, Barangay Rosario
Rodriguez, Rizal 1860 Philippines
368-0865, 0920-5077139, xav_m03@hotmail.com

16 years old 5’3” Single

June 8, 1994 95 lbs. Filipino

Position Aspired for: IPA Cluster Secretary-Treasurer

Education: Bachelor of Arts

Major in Political Science (2014)
Ateneo de Manila University
Dean’s List, 1st Sem S.Y. 2010-2011

Co-Curricular State Notary Squire – Luzon Jurisdiction, Columbian Squires (present)

Activities: Writer, Matanglawin, Opisyal na Pahayagang Pangmag-aaral ng Pamantasang Ateneo de
Manila (present)
Writer, Bantay Presidente, Ateneo de Manila University (2010)
Freshmen Representative, Ateneo Gabay (2009-2010)
Volunteer, LS Paper Market, Ateneo de Manila University (2010)
Facilitator, Blue Christmas (2010)
Member, Ateneo-Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (present)
Member, The Assembly (present)
Senior Crew Leader, Boy Scouts of the Philippines, Roosevelt College Rodriguez (2009-
2010)
Editor-in-Chief, The Green Torch Editorial Staff, Official Quarterly Publication of Roosevelt
College Rodriguez (2009-2010)
President, Youth for Environmental Preservation Club, Roosevelt College Rodriguez (2008-
2010)

Work-Related Student Assistant for Cashier, Ateneo de Manila University (2010)

Experience: Student Assistant for OAA, Ateneo de Manila University (2010)
Tour Facilitator, PUBPAR (Public and Parish-based Schools) Tour, Ateneo de Manila
University (2010)
Counter, Bantay Eskuwela, Dep-Ed—Procurement Watch, Inc (2008)

Seminars Participant, Smooth Transition and Empowerment Program (STEP-Up), Council of

Attended: Organizations in the Ateneo (2010-2011)
Participant, Ateneo Student Leaders Assembly, Antipolo City (2010)
Participant, Summer Youth Camp, Columbian Squires (2010)
Participant, Asia-Pacific Regional Jamboree, Boy Scouts of the Philippines (2009-2010)
Participant, Annual Leadership Seminar Workshop, Roosevelt College Rodriguez (2008-
2010)
Ex-Officio, Area I Boy Scouts of the Philippines Youth Forum — Rizal, Roosevelt College
Rodriguez (2009)
Participant, Annual Boy Scouts of the Philippines Council Youth Forum — Rizal (2006-
2010)
Participant, Global Warming Awareness Symposium, Roosevelt College Rodriguez (2009)
Participant, Vocation Seminar Workshop, Alagad ni Maria Seminary—Tahanang Nazaret
Retreat Center (2009)
Participant, Youth Empowerment Seminar-Leadership Seminar Workshop, Samahang
Likha Para sa Kabataan ng Ating Bayan (2008)

Skills: I am effective in multitasking and working under pressure. I am also effective in managing,
motivating and mobilizing people in project-making. I am good in facilitating group
discussions with my knowledge in group dynamics. I am inclined with drawing and fairly
knowledgeable in other visual arts skills.
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depicting history. I like reading books about social studies, geography and literature. I enjoy
discourse with foreign people about culture differences and similarities. I also enjoy
designing and drawing.
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Central Board Elections 2011-2012: Electoral Form

III. PLATFORM

1) Main Point:
System Reboot
Details:
I plan to complete the previous centralization of database of all IPA members. With this, I will extensively
use e-groups and social networking sites to promote the projects of IPA organizations to their members. In addition, I
will introduce an organized online newsletter as a way of promotion. It will contain all the upcoming events of IPA
organizations and articles regarding recent social issues in order to be more informative and interactive than ever in
terms of information dissemination. As a way of encouraging IPA members, recognitions will be posted to the
newsletter to people who had made significant contributions to their organizations.

2) Main Point:
Marketing and Promotions Assistance
Details:
In order to address the problems of IPA organizations in terms of marketing & sponsorship and promotional
designs, a team will be formed for each. The teams will assist organizations in their funds and advertising materials.
In line with this, those who are not active in their organizations will be the ones to be encouraged to constitute these
core teams. This is also a way of forming them as effective project managers and trouble shooters for them to
become potential leaders and project heads of their respective organization.

3) Main Point:
Forms for Dummies
Details:
To make information more accessible to IPA members, a web account will be set up to feature the FAQs of
project making and IPA basics. Requests for assistance and concerns & suggestions will be less of a hassle as
simplified and guided online forms of requests will be inducted in this web account. Included in this account are social
issues previously posted from the online newsletter where IPA members are free to post comments and discussions
to promote their critical thinking.

4) Main Point:
Umbrella Project and Visibility
Details:
As another way of promoting IPA org projects and recognizing the unity of the cluster in terms of their
advocacies, a semester-long umbrella project which will highlight open projects of IPA organizations that best
represent their identity and cause. It will be done to promote discourse among IPA members. This is also a way of
reaching out to the Ateneo community to make them more politically and socially aware.

5) Main Point:
Effective Communication and ‘Voice of the Orgs’
Details:
A hotline will be open to everyone who needs urgent information and reference. Questions are assured to be
answered immediately (within 24 hours). On the other hand, grievance committee will be formed to address the post-
project problems of organizations. IPA organizations are free to file their concerns regarding regulation problems that
they encountered in the duration of their project. Everything will be raised to the CB for considering policy and
procedure changes for the betterment of the organizations.

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