<!--[if !supportLists]-->·                         <!--[endif]-->We believe the purity of the motives and sincere desire of the Adventist University of the Philippines Board of Trustees (AUP BOT) to show appreciation to those who contribute generously of their means, large or small, to the College of Medicine project.  However, if the AUP Board of Trustees wish to rename the College of Medicine building, why make it appear as if it were largely if not entirely an AUP alumni funded project though it is absolutely not?  

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·                         <!--[endif]--> Though some may agree with naming an entire building as Alumni Hall, in the eyes of more people this action of the board may not conform to sound ethical practice. In our opinion, it violates the rights of many non-AUP alumni in particular, as well as numerous friends and supporters of the AUP College of Medicine, whether they are AUP alumni or not, who were made to believe, based on clear and specific appeals from the Advancement Office of the University and the Office of the President of the University, that they were contributing to the realization of our collective College of Medicine dream.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·                         <!--[endif]-->Besides, will permitting the AUP administration to let other programs and departments of the university to develop and convert the rooms and offices of a still-to-be-completed structure, presumably only temporarily for their respective occupancy, truly advance our case with the Technical Committee on Medical Education (TCME)?  Will this action on the part of the University administration really enhance the medicine program's chance of being approved and be recognized by the TCME thus hastening the opening of medicine classes?

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·                         <!--[endif]-->Evidently, the preceding observation as well as more recent revelations coming from the Advancement Office of the University and the Office of the President of the University amply demonstrate that more resources than were needed to get the medicine program approved have been spent on the construction of a structure of which only a small portion will actually be used by the College of Medicine.

So, finally, we appeal through our Adventist University of the Philippines Alumni Association of Western North America (AUP AWESNA) House of Delegates to our church officials in the North Philippine Union Conference (NPUC) of Seventh-day Adventists and the Adventist University of the Philippines Board of Trustees (AUP BOT) to:  Let the breadth and depth of our love and generosity as alumni of a Seventh-day Adventist Christian university be recognized by an equal measure of our truthfulness, honesty, transparency and accountability.