Minutes from Monday, January 21st's Meeting

Bayanihan General Meeting

January 21, 2008

· Icebreaker

· Cultural Show

1. "Back to the Future" is the theme for the show.

2. Eight Dances for the show which include Modern Hip Hop, Binasuan, La Jota, Singkil, Subli, Maglalatik, Pandago Si Ilaw, and Tinikling. *Tryouts may be held for some of the dances.*

3. If you are interested in being a dancer, singer, guitarist choreographer, actor, or backstage crew attend the informational meeting this Wednesday, January 22 AMU 163 8pm. Bring your friends! Last years video of the show will also be played.

4. If you are unable to attend email the Cultural Events Coordinator at chris.napatal@mu.edu

· MAFA

1. To be held at the University of Minnesota February 22-24.

2. Transportation and lodging are free; however members must pay for registration which includes a shirt, meal, workshops, etc. Sign up by February 8, 2008 and pay $30 any later fee goes up.

3. Register at www.mafa2008.com and save receipt for a partial reimbursement for those who have paid their dues.

4. Those who are interested in attending, driving or have a car please contact nicoleanne.tud@mu.edu

· Kuya/Ate

1. Ice Skating February 9, 2008 11am

2. Possible events, snowboarding/skiing, bowling, trivia games, and end of the year family photo albums.

3. For more information or suggestions email Christina.tu@mu.edu or leanne.lechoco@mu.edu

4. Get to know your families!

· Cultural Event

1. The next cultural event will be sometime next week called "Family Origins" if you want to be apart of the event email Chris Napatal.

· Dues

1. If you have not paid your dues for this semester please pay $5 to Maemij and please do so as soon as possible.

· Bukas

1. Bukas will be sent in a pdf file to everyone. Take notice to our new logo!!

2. Bayanihan has a new blog which the web address will be available soon!!

· Next general meeting to be announced at a later date.

January 21st Issue of Bukas!

Click here to view or download the January 21st Issue of Bukas

Sorry for the wait, everyone. Bukas will be posted both here and distributed in print form at meetings. As always, contributions and content are always welcome at bso.bukas@gmail.com

And apologies if the logo didn't come out right on the title. Sometimes you can't make computers do what you want them to do...

Welcome to the first post of the Bayanihan blog! Wondering what Bayanihan means? Here's something from the center of human knowledge: Wikipedia! (It's not plagiarism if it's free license...)

Bayanihan (pronounced as IPA: [bajanihan]) is a Filipino term taken from the word bayan, referring to a nation, town or community. The whole term bayanihan refers to a spirit of communal unity or effort to achieve a particular objective.

Etymology

The origin of the term bayanihan can be traced from a common tradition in Philippine towns where community members volunteer to help a family move to a new place. The process involves literally carrying the house to its new location. This is done by putting bamboo poles forming a strong frame to lift the stilts from the ground and carrying the whole house with the men positioned at the ends of each pole. A mural by Filipino National Artist Carlos "Botong" Francisco and painting by Joselito E. Barcelona illustrates the whole process. The tradition also features a small fiesta hosted by the family to express gratitude to the volunteers.

Usage

In society, bayanihan has also been adopted as a term to refer to a local civil effort to resolve national issues.

In teamwork, one of the first groups to use the term is a world acclaimed dance group (Bayanihan Dance Company) which travels different countries to perform the various traditional folk dances of the country with the objective of promoting Philippine culture.

In computing, the term bayanihan has evolved into many different meanings and incorporated as codenames to projects which depict the spirit of cooperative effort involving a community of members. An example of these projects is the Bayanihan Linux project which is a Filipino based desktop focused Linux distribution.