My Impressions of the 2008 RSC-General Conference

Accomplishment Report of the different units for the first semester of SY 2008-09 was the theme of the 2008 RSC-General Conference last Tuesday, Oct. 14. Here are my impressions!

President's Report: Amazing, unbelievable, exciting! The salary standardization caught my attention more. I was impressed with Commissioner Angeles's redefinition of an SUC in this time and age. Somehow, it rationalizes the high and stringent admission and retention policies of the BS Accountancy program which we have been rallying for years. To paraphrase, the Commissioner supports programs that produce quality and effective graduates even if these graduates are very few because of retention policies. Congrats IBA! You have been misinterprented for so many years and now comes the fruit of your principled judgment of distinguishing quality vs. mercy. And even if you have been dubbed as 'ineffective teachers' because almost 50% of the students failed in accounting classes' you were not moved because you have produced many CPAs from your very few graduates while other universities produced 'none' thus, proving the effectiveness of the program and the BSA faculty. Yahoo!

Board Secretary: An almost chronology of events in the 69th Board Meeting. Maybe next time the highlights of the meeting will already do.

VPAA: Nothing unusual. A chronology of her 3-month stay in the office. I appreciated the MOAR however.

VRDEC: Good program and plans. Good start but it seemed that he failed to coordinate with his directors especially in extension about the accomplishment of the unit. There was no any extension work mentioned. Refrain from making self a source of laughter. I personally don't like it.

AO: Impromptu but the content was rich and delivery remarkable.

DEANS:

IAFF: The admin should address their major concern. There is a great potential to tap international linkage (Japan).

IET: Good presentation. Pictures please next time.

IAS: Eloquent speaker. But trivial matters should not be discussed anymore. There are more speakers to follow.

IBA: Organized. Everybody seemed to listen because there was silence all throughout the presentation. Accomplishments were indeed major, no trivial components particularly in the areas of research and extension. The President was attentive. The audience applauded the presentation. But next time, pictures must be in one full slide.

SHS: Trivial. Caught my attention of their commendable achievements in academic contests.

IPSTED: Congrats, AACCUP Accredited [Level I]. I was disgusted of the flying objects and the reports on memos [irrelevant]. Too much slide decoration.

STA. FE: The Lapu-lapu King! Accomplishments: 'inventory of assets'. Pictures speak a thousand words.

STA. MARIA: Another inventory of assets [so many trivial issues] which consumed time.

CABOLUTAN: Another inventory of assets [so many trivial issues too]. The plea not to dissolve Tablas Branch was evident.

SAN ANDRES: Another trivial case. But what caught my attention was the approval of the LGU to move RSC San Andres to Agpudlos.

DIRECTORS

Faculty Training and Development: He meant to sound funny but he was not. He was a BIG destruction to the formality of the conference. Immodest. I think it was not proper to drag a faculty name at the middle of the conference and put him to a compromise. There is a proper forum of doing it but not at the middle of the conference. Bigyan nya naman ng kahihiyan yung faculty. He utilized so much time for non-sense talks. Insensitive to other speakers.

Accreditation, Testing and Evaluation: Self-attribution. I doubt some of the information she shared because I have proven so many times that her interpretations of AACCUP policies were flawed. I don't like the ending: why include her academic loads? What was her motive?

Special Project: The best! Congrats Sir Fadallan. That was an inspiring presentation of the metamorphosis of Agpudlos from barren to an almost agri-park. To quote: The problem is not the soil... the problem is the culture! There is no barren soil... only barren minds!

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Powerpoint presentations of accomplishments were commendable but next time, due to the number of speakers the following must be observed:

1. Set a time limit for each speaker so that matters not worth sharing and mentioning will be eliminated. And also so that everyone can present, unlike the conference last time when three speakers were not able to report.

2. Include in the school calendar the schedule for general conference (semestral end) for the accomplishment presentations of different units so that everyone can prepare.

3. Pictures, pictures, pictures. Audience interest is sustained when there are pictures (preferably 2 per slide, or whole slide) so that those from afar can view the presentation.

4. Make the general conference a big academic event. With decorations, with presidential table, etc. Give it a more honorable and distinguished look.

5. DO NOT include open forum until everyone is done with the presentation.

6. TEACHERS: Pay attention please!