Helping UP Institute of Chemistry

azneita
ambassador
15 posts

Sunday, Jul 11, 2010, 8:23 PM

We have an ongoing discussion[1] on how Filipino Fedora Contributors can help the UP Institute of Chemistry (IC) get their bearings back after being hit by a fire earlier during the semester[2] which left most of its laboratories, classrooms and facilities burnt and damaged irreparably. Fortunately enough for IC, they are currently constructing a new building that although still bare and incomplete, can now be used to start anew.

At this point, I would like to point out that although UP is a premier university in the Philippines, it is state-run and have to contend with other branches of government for funding. In the Philippines, that is at least a year-long wait and the Institute can ill afford such a delay.

The IC students and alumni spearheaded a project, PhoenICs: Out of the Ashes, which aims to raise the necessary funds to hasten the rehabilitation of the Institute. They are currently organizing a fund-raising concert titled "rakCHEMrol" on July 30 at the Ang Bahay ng Alumni Building inside the UP Campus. Expected attendance is at 2000.

It has long been established that Filipino Fedora Ambassadors would like to help and as Mel have said it earlier, we want to do it Fedora-style. It has been proposed that Fedora sponsor the event for PHP 15k in return for (1) acknowledgment by the hosts during the event, (2) plain text acknowledgment during presentation, (3) tertiary billing on all promotional materials, (4) 10 second video commercial during the event, (5) flyers to 80% of attendees, (6) option to set up a booth, (7) 3" x 4" banner in the venue AND permission to distribute a UP Chemistry remix based on Fedora 13 to attendees.

It has the makings of other events we had run so far EXCEPT that we're now giving out money for the sponsorship, we're not dealing with the usual CS+Engg crowd, we're going to give away a custom Fedora remix and this would be our biggest UP event to date.

And did I mention we're helping a good cause.

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Full disclosure: Fedora Ambassadors Heherson Pagcaliwagan, Engels Antonio and Magie Antonio are UP Alumni. Mel Chua has strong ties to UP (her parents are alumni and her cousin is a student).

[1] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-July/014962.html
[2] http://www.gmanews.tv/story/193089/fire-razes-up-dilimans-chemistry-building