Special Seminar for the Soccomp Students

This is the invitation e-mail from the DLSU Helpdesk.

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From: nelca leila balisado-villarin
Sent: Saturday, August 8, 2009 4:38:57 PM
Subject: Invitation from Lasallian Justice & Peace Commission

Peace and solidarity!

The Lasallian Justice & Peace Commission (LJPC) will be holding a forum entitled “iVote2010 Discussion Series: A Look at the Philippine Automated Election System” on 12 August at 8:30 a.m. – 12 n.n. in Natividad Fajardo-Rosario Gonzalez Auditorium, 18th Floor, Andrew Gonzalez Hall, De La Salle University – Manila.

The forum intends to discuss the Automated Election System (AES) -- the basis, technology, process and preparation. We hope that the Commission on Election (COMELEC) can provide a briefing and updates on the preparation and plans for May 2010 for the Filipino people to be better informed, understand and be more engaged in the upcoming national elections. We also have requested COMELEC to invite representatives from Smartmatic, the winning bidder to be able to discuss briefly how the system will work. We shall be inviting other schools and various groups.

The Lasallian Family has once again affirmed its commitment to restore faith in democracy. We have long been engaging our communities in the struggle for truth, justice and change in the various democratic institutions and processes. We find it important to understand the entire process of the election particularly with the new technology that we will be using. Being able to understand and be educated on this would help us, as we move towards preparing ourselves and our communities to participate in this coming 2010 national elections.

We hope that you can join us in this forum. The invitation may be extended to other schools and organizations. We also encourage IT students and professionals to come. Please confirm participation through LJPC Luzon Central Coordinator Mr. Emmanuel Garcia, DLSU-M through 09178154187 or emmanuel.garcia@dlsu.edu.ph and yrtsimehc@gmail.com.

Maraming salamat po. May God continue to bless us all.
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Nelca Leila Balisado Villarin