The new EB list..
I was browsing through my mail when I read a message from Manu, the current president of UPJPIA, announcing the new Executive Board for the second semester of 2007 and I can't help but feel overwhelmed with emotions when I saw the list. For one thing it shows that JPIA is very much still in good hands seeing the great job that the EOs had done and the promising new names in that hallowed list. And of course it makes me proud to see familiar names on the list heading their own committees and adhocs
I distinctly remember the time when I was applying for my first EB position and I had no apprehensions in doing it. It was just having the guts to come up and write your name on a paper in one of the bulletin boards on the 3f back lobby and hoping that you get your desired position. What was more dominant was the feeling of excitement, knowing that you'll get the chance to enjoy college life and at the same time meet great people along the way. Whatever you learned and got from it was the bonus, the proverbial icing on the cake.
I also remember my time when we had to choose who would go where in that hallowed list and I can say for a fact that those EB deliberation nights where one of the most fun discussions I've ever had, simply because of the gusto that my co-EOs were putting into it and the numerous considerations we have to factor in and most especially, looking at what position would fit the person the best and where he or she would grow best as a person, as a leader, and as a jpian.
And now as I see the revered list again (perhaps the 3rd to the last time where I will still know people in the list) I can't help but feel proud of all the people in there and were there. From the new members with the guts to try out something new in their life (JPIA is definitely an experience that nothing else will compare to); to the old members who once upon a time where the young ones we were trying to guide, to influence, and more importantly to love JPIA, who are now its leaders; to all the past EB members and past EOs who have put their hearts in this organization and helped it continue its growth and leadership; to the current Executive Officers who have to make the decisions and stand by it, the EOs who have to be the organization's back when everything is good and to be its face when everything is bad; these are the people who now make up the organization I love.
But I do have to warn people who are in this list. Being part of this list is not a right, it is a privilege granted to you because of your commitment. Once you signed up, you are telling yourself and you are promising others that you will commit yourself in the projects not only of your committee or ad hoc, not only on all the projects of JPIA, but you are also committing yourself to love this organization and its people. This list is a testimony of that commitment
I was once part of this list and one of the greatest fulfillments for me is to see that somehow I did my own little share in molding the people who now make up this new EB list. And just to see them imparting to the new generation lessons that were imparted to me, learnings that that helped them grow and most importantly, the love that we all have for JPIA is enough gratitude for me and for those who came before.
Go JPIA!
posted by JaY @ 10/19/2007 02:55:00 AM
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