Vol 42 Issue 11 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ALPHA PHI OMEGA GREATER LOS ANGELES ALUMNI ASSOCIATION November 2022
Rene Diaz Calv ario Calvario is APOGLA APOGLA’’s esident President 2023 Pr By Bro. Dan Nino
El Monte, Calif. – A din of diverse noise and chatters with APOGLA brethren and their spouses enjoying the fellowship with abundant food and drinks while shooting the breeze, marked the fruitful Oct. 22 election at the B Nutritious Center in this city. Some attendees garbed in their Sunday’s best converged in jubilation for their solo and group pictorials. In the waning hours of the gathering, brods and sisses took turns singing along with a karaoke. Not to be outdone, Brod Christian David and Sis Emma R. Galang swung into action for a “swing dance.”
A group pose of the incoming elected Executive Officers and Board of Directors of APO Greater Los Angeles Alumni Assn.
The only thrilling episode of the election was the contest of four candidates vying for three open seats for the Board of Directors. The outcome could go either way. After all, the four board candidates were APOGLA past presidents who are so accomplished in their own right and worth their salt. They could provide sound wisdom and judgment as board members. They are pre-eminent stalwarts of APOGLA, no doubt. But not all can be winners. The COMELEC declared Brods Edgar Ninofranco (Beta), Art Rivera (Eta) and Domel Evangelista (Gamma Pi) in that order. They will join the holdover members of the Board: Brods Yusup Maidin and Geoffrey Arroyo of Beta Tau, the incoming prexy Rene Diaz Calvario (Alpha) and outgoing president Roehl Reyes (Chi). Bro. Rene Calvario who has been egged to run as APOGLA president, finally relented and ran unopposed. “It’s about time,” seemed to be the sentiment. After being declared officially as the president-elect, this author congratulated him. He quipped, “Remember, you were the one who discovered me.” Bro. Rene was referring to our press releases in the early 1980s in several FilAm newspapers when then Alpha Phi Omega Alumni Assn. of Southern California, the precursor of APOGLA which was being revived after a hiatus of sort. “I called you and inquired how I could join and participate actively,” he reminisced. The rest is history. Continued on page 3