OPENING REMARKS
(Delivered by Dr.
Randy S. Gamboa, PSITE President, during the 15th PSITE National
Convention held at Crowne Regency Residences, Cebu City, February 21, 2013)
Our Keynote Speaker, who
will be properly introduced later, Honorable Mayor Michael L. Rama – City Mayor
of Cebu, Convention Chair and PSITE VP for Visayas, Dave Marcial, Co-Convention
Chair, Dr. Gregg Victor Gabison, Ms. Larmi Feliscuzo, President of PSITE Region 7, National Board Members, Regional Officers
and members of PSITE, Ladies and Gentlemen, maayong hapon sa inyong tanan, magandang
hapon po sa inyong lahat, good afternoon everyone.
First of all, let me say
that I am very pleased with the turnout of attendance today. It just reflects, among others, that PSITE
has gained grounds in terms of importance, knowledge sharing and
networking. For the next couple of days,
we will be witnessing how PSITE has contributed for 15 years in transforming
the lT academic community. From the
chapter reports, we will come to know the activities that each chapter has
done. We made some modifications
though. Instead of the usual rundown of
activities, we requested the chapter presidents to report based on the PEER agenda
in order for us to assess how we faired in our three year plan. As some of you might have already known, the PEER
agenda is P
for Partnership,
E
for Education, E for Extension and R
for Research. All chapters strived to come up with
activities in relation to the PEER agenda.
If you will also note in the program, it is organized according to PEER
topics.
As part of the Partnership
agenda, during this convention, we shall be witnessing the signing of
memorandum of understanding/agreement with new partners. They are IBM (Faculty Immersion Program), Intel
Easy Steps, ISSA (Information Systems Security Assoication)-Philippines T3
Training, and ACCI (Asian Center for Competitive Intelligence).
Since this year is a
milestone year, a crystal anniversary for PSITE, 15 years in existence, we
shall be awarding special citations to our founders of PSITE, Ms. Fe Ferroils
and Dr. Paulino Tan.
Most of the parts of the
program are presentations, awarding and interactions. And speaking of interaction, we will also
have time to intermingle and network with our colleagues and contemporaries in
the IT community during our socials time.
For tonight, we shall have a sinulog night courtesy of the University of
San Jose Recoletos. The second night is
a drink-and-dine session at the Lakwatsa Resto Lounge courtesy of Ngkhai
Development Corporation. To top it all,
since this is a milestone year as I mentioned, we will be raffling tablets from
today until the third day. A total of 15
tablets will be given away to the lucky winners.
We sincerely hope that the
presentations, sharing of experiences, deliberations and the jubilations during
this three-day convention will be helpful and that it will encourage all of us
to be together in another 15 years.
On the lighter side, I am
encouraging you to experience the sights and sounds of Cebu, the Queen City of
the South. Don’t forget to bring home as
pasalubong the famous manga cebu, bulad or dried fish, otap, lechon cebu and
other cebu delicacies. Listen to
beautiful music interpreted by Cebuano singers.
I am sure that you will enjoy it.
Let me take this
opportunity to thank Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama for allowing us to hold our
convention here in your wonderful place and for gracing our affair. My gratitude to the convention chair Dave
Marcial, Co-Convention Chair, Dr. Gregg Victor Gabison and PSITE Region 7 President
Larmie Feliscuzo, for organizing and hosting this convention. It wouldn’t have been possible without your
all out dedication and dynamism. I am
very grateful to the partner school, the University of San Jose Recolletos, for
their active involvement and participation. Of course, how could I ever forget our
sponsors, for sharing their resources to make this convention not only
educational but also enjoyable. Thank
you to our speakers and guests for taking time out to be with us and impart
their knowledge and expertise. And
lastly, thank you to the officers and members of PSITE, and all of you, for
showing interest as manifested by your presence here today. Your enthusiasm inspires us to continue
making PSITE as a premier national IT professional organization transforming
the academic community that enables and sustains the growth of a
knowledge-driven Philippine economy.
Thank you and have an
educational, enjoyable and successful convention.
Good Afternoon.
