Events, Activities and Announcements

HAMA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HAMA's first general assembly is tentatively scheduled on Saturday, 26 July 2008, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. The newly opened Paradise International Seafood Restaurant which is located at 1465 North King Street (right across from Farington High School) was offered for our use by HAMA member Alejandria A. Benitez, ChE '67, who owns and manages the place. Since we are just a small group of about 30, the restaurant is suitable and convenient enough. A plate lunch with two or three choices plus a soda will only cost us less than $10 and there is a wide variety of Filipino food choices in their menu aside from other local favorites such as poke and some shasimi and sushi. The place which will allow us to conduct a meeting and also have an affordable lunch.

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All members will be informed in due time when final arrangements are made. This general assembly will allow us to meet in person the members of our group. During this general assembly, information about the outcome of the forthcoming NAMA Homecoming and Convention on May 17 will be disseminated. Members will be informed of our association's plans and activities and how the members could be involved. We will also be electing the 13 HAMA Board of Directors who will be tasked to administer and manage the affairs of our Association. It is hoped that all the members will find time to join this important annual gathering and not miss it. And bring your spouse along so she (or he) will get to meet the other spouses and also enjoy the tasty food served by the Paradise Seafood Restaurant.

NAMA's 2008 GRAND ANNUAL HOMECOMING & CONVENTION

The 2008 Grand Annual Homecoming & Convention of the National Association of Mapua Alumni (NAMA) will be in Manila on Saturday, May 17, 2008. This gathering of Mapua alumni will be held at the Le Pavillon which is located along Roxas Boulevard corner EDSA. The Registration Fee is set at P700.00 per participant and will start at 5:00 pm. During this event, awards will also be given to outstanding alumni of the Mapua Institute of Technology. This prestigious award which is given annualy is known as THE OUTSTANDING MAPUAN (TOM) Award. Juny P. La Putt, the President of the Hawaii Association of Mapua Alumni (HAMA), will attend the homecoming and convention to represent our Association.

HAMA's LOGO

The Hawaii Association of Mapua Alumni (HAMA) now has its own official logo which is portrayed in the home/main page of the HAMA Website. The Logo was designed by HAMA member, Zam Louie Criste, an architecture graduate of the Mapua Institute of Technology and who belongs to the Class of 1981. It was also Zam who designed earlier the official logos of the Filipino-American League of Engineers & Architects (FALEA) and the Hawaii Council of Engineering Societies (HCES). The logo will be incorporated in the HAMA seal and will be used for all documents issued by the Association, including certificates of membership.

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