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Goodbyes and new beginnings

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“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens; a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build…” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-3)

My last official function to preside an annual representative assembly as Board chairperson of DCCCO Multipurpose Cooperative, a CDA-adjudged Most Outstanding Primary Cooperative in the Philippines for large billionaire cooperative, will be during the 7th ARA on March 8 at the Lamberto Macias Sports & Cultural Center. The month of March will be my 10th year as chairperson.

To recall, I was elected as No. 1 director during the 41st general assembly on March 28, 2010 and was on the same day elected by the Board as BOD chairperson, then reelected the following year. During the 43rd general assembly on March 11, 2012, I was reelected as director (again as No. 1) for my second term, and thereafter reelected as chairperson. The following year I was again reelected as chairperson.

The election for directorship is every two years. Electing for the chairmanship of the board is every year. Under the bylaws, the term of office of an elected director is two years. Elected director is qualified to run for reelection twice to serve his/her second and third term or a total of six years. From 2010, I was elected by the BOD as its chairperson, and every year thereafter reelected for the same chairmanship position.

After serving my 2nd term (4th year) as director, my election for my last term on March 9, 2014 (where I again got the highest number of votes) during DCCCO’s 1st Annual Representative Assembly was not treated as reelection, but rather an election for my new term of office under Article III, Sections 15 and 20 of the DCCCO Articles of Cooperation and By-Laws as amended and approved by the general assembly on March 13, 2011.

The amendments renamed DCCCO from Dumaguete Cathedral Credit Cooperative to DCCCO Multipurpose Cooperative which provides that the final authority in the management and administration of the affairs of the cooperative is vested on the Representative Assembly. Hence, beginning 2014 there would be no more Annual General Assembly. Instead, the Annual Representative Assembly has to be held to be attended by the different Chapter Representatives from the different branches of DCCCO elected for a term of two years.

Previously, I was elected by the General Assembly, but beginning on the 1st ARA on March 9, 2014, it’s the Representative Assembly that elected me. The 2011 amendments of the by-laws of DCCCO conform to the provisions of RA 9520.

Following the three-year term provision of the by-laws, my first term commenced at my election as director during the 1st ARA in 2014. I was reelected by the Representative Assembly during the 3rd ARA on March 13, 2016 for my 2nd term, then reelected again by the Representative Assembly during the 5th ARA on March 11, 2018. In view hereof, my duties and functions as director and chairperson will only be up to the last day of March 2020. Just like in elective positions of Local Government Units, after the end of one’s third term, one is no longer qualified to run for reelection, but rest for one year before you can run again for the same position.

As I bid goodbye for now to DCCCO, let me thank and express my gratitude to the Representative Assembly for electing me always as No. 1 in all elections, to my esteemed colleagues in the Board of Directors, the officers and members of the different committees, the area coordinators, the Branch Managers, management and staff headed by CEO Flordeliz Bokingkito, and all our member-owners, stakeholders, and partners. We had fruitful collaborations and worked hard together in achieving the cooperative’s vision, mission, core values, strategic directions and annual operational plans.

In particular, I would like to thank the past and present directors during my incumbency for their all-out support, trust and confidence in my leadership of the board: the late Felicidad Ruiz, Dr. Sylvia Flores, Dr. James Jed Rosales, Dr. Ma. Milagros Velez, Judge Tirso Banquerigo, Val Alfa Vidal, Elmer Teves, Ma. Emma Dael; Atty. Vivian Maquiling, Marina Mendoza, Mary Magdalene Villegas, Atty. Felix Araula III, Atty. Lowell Andaya, Edilberito Euraoba II

What we have achieved under my stewardship for 10 years (2010-2019):

Membership increased to 119,097 from 36,067 in 2009. From four branches, we now have nine as of December 2019. There were no satellite offices when I assumed office but now, we have six. Our total assets skyrocketed to P5.9 billion from P952.1 million in 2009, same with our undivided net surplus which rose from P60.9 million to P296.2 million.

During my term, DCCCO was recognized on the following: 2012 2nd placer, Most Outstanding Cooperative in the Philippines, Best in Community Involvement and Development; Outstanding Cooperative in Central Visayas Region; Most Outstanding Cooperative Leader in Region VII. Recognized by SIPAG as 2016 Most Outstanding Community Enterprise, 2017 1st runner up of CDA Gawad Parangal Most Outstanding Cooperative in Region 7; 2017 Outstanding Cooperative Leader in Region 7; 2018 1st runner-up Most Outstanding Cooperative in Region 7; 2018 Gawad Parangal Special Citation for Excellence in Providing Financial Products/Services to Members and Gawad Parangal National Nominee to the CDA Gawad Parangal; 2019 CDA Regional Gawad Parangal Award as lone awardee of the Outstanding Cooperative in Region 7 for “exemplifying best practices in good cooperative governance, and for excellent performance in financial inclusion services, providing effective access and wide range of financial products and services to members and community.”

2019 Most Outstanding Primary Cooperative in the Philippines Award (the country’s most sought-after highest award); Gawad Parangal Special Citation as Best in Gender and Development Mainstreaming; and as National Finalist for the Gawad Parangal awards.

Among the unique alliances and partnerships that DCCCO has initiated:

End local communist armed conflict, tapped by the Cooperative Development Authority through its Cebu office to help solve the insurgency problem in Negros Oriental through cooperativism.

Fish Right
Partnership MOA to promote the Fish Right program through cooperativism was inked on Oct. 17, 2019. The parties have agreed to join forces in achieving the objectives for sustainable fishing, community development, and gender empowerment through stakeholder collaboration.

10M Trees
Partnership MOA signed on Oct. 26 with the Energy Development Corp. for its 10M trees project implementation

Partnership with the different schools for the Aflatoun Savings program benefitting 8,170 students who have deposited the total amount of P5.4 million, and with DSWD for family development trainings for 5,115 Pantawid or 4Ps beneficiaries that resulted to P30.2 million savings deposits from them.

My heart aches with the thought that I will finally be leaving this dynamic organization and all the wonderful people who work for DCCCO to thrive all these years. But as the Bible says, there is a time for everything. Jeremiah 29:11also says, “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

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Author’s email: [email protected]

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