"One way to be a self-sufficient person is to build a self-sufficient community. A day for the community to survive is a year of your life it provides." - @themanualbot

Before going into the minutes of the meeting and its important agendas, I would like to call all Cebuano steemians' attention. "We are here! The Cebu Community is much more willing to help you, guide you, improve your abilities and reward you with your contribution to the platform. With the power of @bayanihan, you will be uplifted and with the aid of @steemph.cebu, you will grow! And together, we can make a community of enthusiastic individuals wth decentralized minds."

Steem-Powered Meeting

This was the first formal meeting of the core members of @steemph.cebu and it was held at Big Hotel, Parkmall, Mandaue City. Together with me and @jassennessaj are @fernwehninja, @mikekenlytungal, @queenjventurer, @itineranph, @rfece143 and with special appearance of @ninyea. Some core members were not in the scene: @belvaj, @emonemolover and @purepinay because of some personal matters.

Stronghold Bond

We started our meeting by introducing ourselves to each other. I already knew some of these amazing steemians and some were just newbies but with exceptional talents and skills.

We, the core members, have the equal rights of the communal account, @steemph.cebu. We assigned distinct and important roles or tasks to each other. And we have agreed upon all major rules and regulations stated in the meeting.

Steemit Community Growth

We discussed about how we gonna disseminate the word of steemit to the entire Cebu Province by conducting promotions and orientation. We proposed some events and communal ideas that can be powered by the @steemph.cebu:

Cebu Language Exchange- An independent institution that promotes cultural language from any other countries like Japan, S.Korea etc. that is located in Cebu City Proper. It is perfect for promoting steemit from any foreign individuals that are residing in the region and availing the service of the CLE.
Charitable Supports- This one focuses in promoting steemit that can benefit two factors in the community, Steemit.com and the Charity Institutions and causes. This proposed idea is not timely, it could happen once a month or once a year.
Occasional SteemBuilding- Team building inspired by Steemit. An occasion for @steemph.cebu community, core members including steemians that are newly registered or old ones that will be held for every successful campaign or set of campaigns.

We are not only aiming for the growth of Steemit here in our region. We are also planning some communal initiatives that can uplift the spirits of Filipino Steemians by providing the following:

Weekly Featuring of Cebuano Authors- This has been generic to the steemit community for the past months and some sub-communities are doing this regularly. Our target are mainly Cebuano steemians or any steemian in the region of Visayas. We are open to any steemians located in the neighboring provinces like Samar, Leyte, Bohol and Negros. We will be featuring authors at different topics.
Constant Events/Challenges/Constests- This is the chance for the Filipino steemians to showcase their exclusive talents and versatility. Future contests will be poetry and story making, editing, photography and many more that can make Filipino steemians more productive and active.

Incorporating Sndbox

Me and @jassennessaj already discussed this matter to @sndbox. We are very happy to incorporate the @steemph.cebu to them, to provide empowerment to our communal initiatives, planned promotions and campaigns and community growth. With their blessing for the community, I can say that we will be productive enough to support all Cebuano steemians and to some talented Filipino steemians.