THE ASSOCIATION'S COMPOSITION
The Mapúa Alumni Association,
Alberta Chapter, is a multi-faceted, multi-disciplined
assembly of engineers, architects, programmers, project
managers and designers with varying years of experience
in their field of expertise. While the majority is employed
in the oil and gas industry, a few is in the service sectors
that are oil and gas industry-related.
Many of the members who
came to Calgary in the late sixties and early seventies
are now close to retirement while others who have immigrated
to Calgary a few years back are just starting to get their
career on track. This makes the mixture in the association
membership interesting in that the young members look
upon the senior ones as their elders. It is not uncommon
to hear "Ka Pepe", "Ka Roger", "Ka
Tony" or "Tito Ed" (punctuated at times
with "sir") during the course of a conversation.
This makes the senior
members shudder with amazement because they are not accustomed
to hearing this salutation of respect from the locals.
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
Time and again, we hear
people asking what the Mapúa Alumni Association stands
for, what its objectives are and why it is having a fund
raising program. We dare say, that first and foremost,
it is a social organization whose main objective is to
maintain friendship and goodwill among the Mapúa alumni
in Calgary. It is also a professional club whose spirit
is attuned to the betterment of its members’ career. One
of the things that Eugene Sicat, the incumbent president,
wishes to accomplish during his term in office is to see
to it that interested members get the professional engineering
status recognition from the Association of Professional
Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA).
This is not a far-fetched dream considering that the Association
has the facilities, materials, and human resources to
back up this ambitious initiative.
Lastly, the Mapúa Alumni
Association has included in its mission statement a declaration
that supports fund raising events with proceeds
going to the financially handicapped but deserving students
of the Mapúa Institute of Technology.
The
association's headquarter is located at Solid Industries
in Calgary. Solid Industries, as many people in Calgary
know, is owned and operated by our very own Ben and Lourdes
Ang.
