The Process Agenda

I just came fresh from the Student Leadership Development Office of SacDev and I felt the need to blog this.

I was tasked by the President to oversee one of the two vital components of this administration’s paradigm, the process. Before we will have a product, it will go through a process. The President said that this idea was born out from the socio-economic development theory of industrialized nations and it’s quite interesting to think that this could be applied in a student governance context.

The “theory” states that most nations with winter seasons are relatively industrialized. This is so because their society has developed technologies derived from their emphasis on the processing of raw materials due to the freezing season. There limited vegetation and livestock compelled their society to think on how to maximize the food they have. The need to process led them to develop technologies and methods to produce the end product giving it higher quality and labor value.

Now in the student governance aspect, I am tasked to plot the process that will result into a more effective and quality product (services, one-shot projects). This is appropriate because my office aside from legislating, serves as the link between the grassroots level and the central office. The process is characterized into the following areas:

1. Online grassroots networking – The formation of a centralized online community is vital for fast and direct information dissemination. An SMS system is still under scrupulous study.
2. Monthly consultation mechanism – a monthly forum with low ranking officers of the councils and randomly picked students. The forum will be facilitated by the triumvirate. Each forum will tackle 3 different topics (school services, canteen, and academic policies). This activity will also serve as a venue to channel solicited ideas on certain school activities. There shall be a written literature published after every consultation.
3. Room-to-room team – this function shall be placed under XSAC (Xavier Students’ Action Center) with the FFP classes as feasible and major partners. This mechanism will serve to directly inform the students on school activities, advocacy campaigns, etc. in a public and massive manner.
4. The Student Talipapa – this is a fund raising activity sponsored by different student organizations and “barkadas”. The CSG will provide the logistical, technical (permit), and marketing services provided that they will receive 15% of the total gross sales. The sellable items are planned to be mainly assorted clothes and used items much like a garage sale. This is in partnership with the Department of Budget and Finance.

Observe that there is no tangible end result of these activities. These activities are designed to supplement the product aspect of the entire process which is headed by the Executive Secretary. Aside from legislating, the office will finally handle an executive job with the drive for developing better ways of serving.

AMDG