AEGEE-Kebab, AEGEE- Cthulhu, AEGEE-Night Ballroom Dancers, AEGEE-Ababa and AEGEE-Pssss. One may think that we have again some fake locals in AEGEE, but believe me – they really existed during three days of Network Meeting Kharkiv with their own board, own projects and 
own members.
But let us start from the very beginning.
It may seem complicated to organise a Network Meeting (NWM) together with a fresh host-local which just signed Convention d’Adhesion at the Agora Skopje, but this is not the case of AEGEE-Kharkiv. There are not enough words to describe how fast and well-coordinated the work of the girls (yes, in the board of AEGEE-Kharkiv there are only girls and only beautiful ones) was and which amazing things they did during the event as team of organisers.
The last fact was noticed not at once by all 30 participants of NWM-Kharkiv, who were from Çanakkale, Lviv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Ryazan, Ivano-Frankivsk, Odessa and Rostov-na-Donu. It was a real meeting of old friends, where were present also new, but already so close, participants from different locals.
Almost serious part of Network Meeting
The whole Network Meeting was dedicated to discussions about everything what is important for the network.
Troubles with thematic field of work? Here is Olga Yuschenko (AEGEE-Kyiv) from the Action Agenda Coordination Team to tell you how to make your events thematic, but not boring and extremely interesting.
Any problems with finances and budgeting? Anna Gots (AEGEE-Kyiv) from the Audit Commission is right here to tell you how to make the budget of average local AEGEE-Ababa and how it should fill in the Financial Report for AEGEE-Europe. Now you may be sure that AEGEE-Ababa will never have problems with finances!
What about solving troubles in your local if your event coordinator suddenly resigned or your sponsor refused to help your local? This difficult part was prepared by me – “evil” Network Commissioner of this area. The participants had to train case management and solve cases aimed to show how to act in problematic situation, how to use all resources you have and act when you are limited in time. And here come AEGEE locals: Kebab, Cthulhu, Night Ballroom Dancers and Pssss – the locals with their own board which participant created in groups to arrange simulation of board work and solve cases.
Not so serious teambuilding
Separate word is necessary to say about teambuilding activities arranged by AEGEE-Kharkiv. Nothing can make people closer than running all around dark Kharkiv city center in teams and solve how to get the magnet from the vertical pipe having only paper clip in your hands, rule blindly your team mate in the labyrinth or solve difficult logical tasks, when it seems that exactly logic is totally absent there. Participants were frozen, tired, hungry, but their shiny eyes and endless talks about it were saying everything – the quest was adorable!
Meeting of friends under the name “T.G.I.F. – Thanks Got It’s Friday” was finished with common kisses, hugs, tears and promises to see each other at the Agora. Dear NWM Kharkiv family, thank you for wonderful three days, and see you at the next Network Meeting – we have lots of them yet to visit!
Written by Olga Iatsyna, AEGEE-Dnipropetrovsk & Network Commission
Tons of thanks to Maria Chvan, AEGEE-Kharkiv, for pictures.