In Agora Zaragoza we saw changes to the Network Commission. Emotional goodbyes had to be said to Claudio Armandi, Bartek Sudorowski, Pilar Lop, Inez Wenta, and Andra Toma. At the same time the ZarAgora gave a warm welcome to Arsenis Tselengidis, Pauline Létard, Holger Schmidt, Mateusz Dokurno and Mattia Abis. In this NetCom telegram you will get to hear about what Bartek, Inez, Vira, Dominique, Patricia, Pauline and Claudio did the months prior to the big event in Zaragoza, while working for the Network Commission.
Bartek
Bartek Sudorowski
Recently I have been struggling with an unpleasant event in my family life. This was the main reason that I decided o detach from any other activities for a short period of time. However, that does not mean that I did not work. I am working on preparation for Autumn Network Meeting together with my fellow Network Commissioner Inez Wenta and AEGEE-Poznań. I am also keeping in touch with the coordinators of EBM in Lublin. I have a fresh update of progress on the preparation of the project. From 6th to 12th September I was co-organizing the Academic Campus Swinoujscie 2013, the event where freshmen students can adapt to students’ life. I was promoting AEGEE and I was giving trainings on PR, HR, and public speaking. I also have changed the team of AEGEE.pl website and am working on finalizing the work. Moreover I’m working on the expansion of the Network, but this case is so fresh that I don’t want to say anything more about it untill it will happen.
Claudio
Claudio Armandi
I cannot write my last NetCom Telegram without getting a bit emotional. It’s been a great year that will leave me with a lot of wonderful memories. They normally say “Netcommie once, Netcommie forever”. I will feel always a bit responsible and protective towards my beloved locals, even if I am sure they will be in safe hands for the upcoming years.
In August, most of my locals were busy with their Summer Universities and they sometimes needed just small advise. Two of my Contacts were busy preparing their statutes for the big moment in which they signed the Convention d’Adhésion in Zaragoza.
September has been quite hectic. There were many candidates from my locals, and I was in touch with all of them. Furthermore, many locals needed a bit of assistance for Agora-related bureaucracy. In this month I also selected participants for my last Network Meeting in Foggia and defined the program.
September was also the month of my final and biggest achievement. Italian locals finally submitted an official request to join their national Youth Forum. It was the only point in my plans that I hadn’t fulfilled yet. Now I can say I did my homework!
Dominique
Dominique Lenssen
Now Summer has ended and everything is getting back to normal. Well, ‘normal’…. With the Agora coming closer and closer, my work as a NetCommie was as busy as always! Staying in touch with locals to remind them about all the deadlines, answering questions, checking the status of locals together with Beata Matuszka and so on.
Where August was for my locals all about gaining new members during their introduction weeks, September was the month in which the boards of most of my locals changed. This meant getting to know the new board members! A perfect opportunity to do this are ‘constitution drinks’, where board members come to a local to congratulate the new board. I have been to these meetings of AEGEE-Enschede, AEGEE-Delft and AEGEE-Leiden, which was a perfect opportunity to meet many new boards at the same time.
Also the preparations for the NWM are going well. In my last Activity Report you could read that the NWM would take place in Nijmegen, but due to logistical reasons this has been moved to Utrecht. The theme for NWM Utrecht is ‘Key to your AEGEE future’, so apply now if you want to learn everything about the future of AEGEE, the development of your local and so much more in the beautiful city of Utrecht.
Inez
Inez Wenta
The Summer ended, but… the whole new academic year started! As you know there’re many new boards starting their work, so also many hours of knowledge transfer! It’s great to see all the motivation and passion for AEGEE and I hope everyone will succeed in their amazing plans.
Also preparation for the NWM Poznań “Share your secret. AEGEE Know-How.” started to be really intensive. Together with Bartek and the coordinator Justyna Zielska from AEGEE-Poznań, we want to create an unforgettable experiance for you all. I hope that this will be the opportunity to meet, discuss and create new ideas for people all over the Network! Almost 200 AEGEEans in one place? And it’s not EBM? It’s possible! Just come to Poznań!
I’m very happy to say that I see the Network evolving and exploring new grounds – amazing projects are coming up! We’re trying to make some more steps. Even if Summer ended and we’re again working and studying, in the new academic year we gain a fresh start, great ideas and an amazing amount of positive energy! How can you not love AEGEE?
Vira
Vira Kakhnych
It has been a stressful month due to Agora preparations and organizing a Network Meeting. Trying to keep in constant contact with a variety of AEGEEans (considering a huge time difference) was very challenging. A big huge ‘thank you’ to my subcommissioners and the excellent team of Rostov-na-Donu for their efficiency in collaboration and great ideas. Unfortunately, I did not have the chance to attend this Agora, but I have heard it was awesome.
I would also like to take this opportunity and welcome the new colleagues in Network Commission! Guys, I wish you all the best for this term! Welcome to our family!
Patricia
Patricia Anthony
Before the Agora I was finishing up my internship in Valladolid (Spain) and at the same time I had to deal with personal health matters. Luckily I have an amazing team helping with preparation of the upcoming Network Meeting in Tartu. Maria Arends and Sergio Oliveros have been working hard on preparing the program for it and I am sure that it will be great and I am beyond jealous that I cannot go, as taking part in NWMs is one of my favorite things in AEGEE. Instead I keep trying to find ways to help the antennae from home with improving and before the Agora I tried in every possible way to ensure that the delegates came prepared to Spain, and indeed they came to Zaragoza full of knowledge about the event.
Pauline together with fellow Network Commissioner Mattia Abis – Picture courtesy of Golden Times
Pauline Létard
October was a month quite busy for me because I have been preparing the Agora in three ways. First as a delegate of AEGEE-Toulouse, I read all the candidatures, proposals and activity reports and talked about it with my antenna and some friends of mine. Then as subcommie, I worked together with Pilar and the Tripulación 5.1 to make sure all the delegates of our area were getting all the information needed for the Agora through the Facebook group we created. Guillermo Macia Diaz, from AEGEE-Alicante, summed up the proposals in Spanish. Based on his work, we wrote a guide for delegates in English: a sum up of the proposals and a voting guide “how to choose the best candidate”. I contacted all the bodies whose members would be elected at the Agora in order to give to the delegate an idea of what is the “ideal candidate” for the positions concerned. Thirdly I was also preparing the Agora as candidate for Netcom. For this reason this Agora was really special for me, a new step in my AEGEE life, the Agora during which I became Netcommie!
Written by the Network Commission