It is a hard time for AEGEE now. While we should all be excited about our General Assembly starting tomorrow in Budapest, a call changed our mood. We were informed that Frank Biancheri, founder of AEGEE-Europe, had passed away on October 29th. The members of AEGEE have reacted instantly to the news, sharing their memories of meeting him, remembering… Read more →
In the beginning nobody uploaded a candidature for the Mediation Commission (MedCom), but things have changed and now it is time to share the interview with the third candidate for the MedCom, Maurits Korse from AEGEE-Enschede. The AEGEEan: Why would you like to join the MedCom? Maurits: I would like to join the Mediation Commission because I believe that I… Read more →
The Dark Agora… it sounds like the title of some superhero movie: Batman fights the Dark Agora! However, we are not talking about fiction here… “Dark Agora” is the name that has informally been given to the shadow of the real Agora Budapest; the most popular event in the history of AEGEE! With about 1700 applicants and only 785 accepted,… Read more →
For most of you Olimpia Parje’s (AEGEE-Bucureşti) name is already known, and her list of previous positions in AEGEE both on local and European level is quite outstanding. This time Olimpia is offering her help in Mediation Commission (MedCom) where she has put her candidature forward. Besides of reading the usual questions and answers in her candidature application, we asked her… Read more →
Summer, summer, summer is over. However, the list for the Network Commission (NetCom) candidates has just begun. Here is where Sofia Kaskari from AEGEE-Peiraias comes in. She is no stranger to AEGEE both on a local and European level, and she is here to share with us some of her future plans. 1) Let us start with that basic question:… Read more →
As many board members already know, each local has to submit an annual report about the events that they organised, as required in the antenna criteria. But what about the plans for the future? The General Subvention from the European Commission represents around 40% of AEGEE-Europe’s annual budget, and the application for this grant has to include the activity plans of locals… Read more →
In Agora Enschede many proposals were made on enhancing the Summer University Project. It is no different for this Agora, and yet somehow it is. Because this time, on behalf of the Comité Directeur (CD) Pavel Zbornik proposes to remove the Summer University (SU) booklet from the CIA and to open up SUs for non-AEGEE members. The latter proposal especially… Read more →
It has been less than two months since Guillermo Garcia Tabarés moved out of the Comité Directeur (CD) house but that has not stopped him from being proactive in AEGEE. He has come up with not one, not two, not three, but four different proposals on how AEGEE could be improved in relation to Comité Directeur and the Working Groups… Read more →
The current Network Commission (NetCom) team as well as the previous Network Director Jüri Kirpu have prepared a proposal for the upcoming Fall Agora Budapest 2012 about the antenna criteria. You can read the proposal itself here. The AEGEEan gives you an opportunity to better understand the idea behind the proposal and the planned changes. “The proposal will aim at improving the… Read more →
Quite often after being involved in AEGEE work on full-time basis, lots of AEGEE members are leaving AEGEE “to get some rest”. However, the candidate for Chair Team Alla Resheten, whose name is usually followed by countless AEGEE titles, is not tired. “How you can be tired from something you thoroughly enjoy?”, says Alla. The AEGEEan was lucky enough to… Read more →
