Hi all,
I'm Elisa Marchi from Ferrara.
I'd like to say a few things about Su and new members.
I don't think a lot of people leave AEGEE because they find low quality
SU.. in Ferrara I think it never happen.
In my opinion it' s important
to tell new members that the quality of lodging is not necessarily
high... cause AEGEE has much much more to offer than soft beds .
I know that Nicola didn't mean to say that , this is just an occasion for
me to focus that I don't mind to loose members who want soft beds, if I
know I gave them more than a simple holiday.
Sure, if we have an higher quality SU it's great!!!
I must then add that in my opinion, it's really difficult to organise a
SU with 2 meals a day without the fee raising -at least in my part of
Italy-
Again about new members:
I think the real biggest problem is the selection at the SU.
Last year, coming back from my su in Enschede, I met in Bologna a greek
girl. The year before she had made an application letter for a SU,
but she wasn't accepted. I had done the same, but I waited for one year,
and in the meantime I became an active member of AEGEE Ferrara. Result:
in 2000 my application was succesful, while she left aegee and made an
application for a voluntary association.... and she was a nice and
clever girl!!!
Yes, I know it's impossible to change SU selection criteria, and enlarge
the numbers of the hosts in the SUs.....
What I mean is that we have to tell and tell and tell to young members
that there are a lot of non-SU event, send them seasonly and monthly
programs, and free places in SUs.
And, which is more difficult, always involve them in our domestic SU.
Don't say : "the board will do it!!!!"
Some things must be done necessarily by the board, but we have to enlarge
as much as possible their partecipation to the SU, and show them a
positive attitude.
E.g. : the selection to the participants opf the Su is really important.
If you are a new member, it's important for you to listen to the
applications of foreign participants, and give your opinion, and learn
how to do a SU: learn to do the soup instead od find it ready and hot on
the table.
Well , I'm sliding into banal, but...
Last but not least:
in march I received 2 phone calls from north italian people who wanted to
participate to the SU in Ferrara...
What should I have answered them when they told me "We can have european
integration also without going abroad"
?????
Surely there had been a misundestanding about practical life in AEGEE,
but that can make us understand that all SUs are important!!
......So the ferrarian board decided to invite them as SU staff of our
antenna....
Ok, hope that Elisa's thinking hasn't been too boring.
Good work to everybody!!! Elisa
> Ciao Nicola, hey all.. i completely agree on you because it seems that
> we have a similar concept to improve our association.. according to it
> i show you a part of my work in the task force ( another part was
> succesfully used by Cagliari, other italian antennas and Bobigosa to
> insert the internal education course in the Su's program) that speaks
> generally of all kind of events and was written trying to find more
> capable members of Aegee but it can be used also for the Su's.
>
> How to attract members
> We have to attract as many members as possible, we have to propose a
> lot of opportunities to have more choices to create enthusiasm in young
> students. This can be done by the following means:
> Promotion of events to the outside by organising high quality
> AEGEE-events; one of the best options that locals can use is to be able
> to organise as frequently as possible events full of quality and fun.
> [Perhaps I better explain what I mean with the word quality: in few
> words an event is well organised when you give to participants the best
> that you can, a good lodging first of all, then a interesting program,
> a multicultural and international attendance of the event, the presence
> of the staff which is one of the most important things, enough food,
> amusing parties and a good social program.]
>
> ciao a tutti
> Enrico
>
> Nicola Rega wrote:
>
>> Prologue
>> Su if our best way of promotion. Especially for new/fresh members.
>> It's a pity that the quality of the SU is very low. Isn't it?
>> And sometimes happens that quality grows down in the most famous
>> cities in Europe. Conclusion: people go the a "famous SU", find low
>> quality, next year they (and their friends!) won't join AEGEE anymore.
>> Neither you can hope they'll be active members, of course!
>> And on the other hand there are cities where the quality is very high,
>> but they're not famous and nobody cares them, except the few
>> enthusiastic people who join that SU.
>>
>> In our region the quality has an important role. Why don't we use it
>> as our flag for a "revolution" inside the project?
>>
>> My proposal
>> The problem is that parameters for organising a SU are very "soft".
>> But if we can't change it (rules cannot be change by people who are in
>> a better position!) we can contribute to let them change themselves.
>> How?
>> Why don't we decide new "facultative higher parameters"?
>> I explain this concept.
>> Now we have SE, LC, SU+ and TSU. Right?
>> If the Antenna decides to join higher parameters, it will be
>> recognised with an "*".
>> So if it will organise a LC with higher parameters, on the booklet
>> you'll recognise it because next to its name you'll see "LC*".
>>
>> Possible consequences:
>> - in the short period: there will be privileged antennae who organise
>> a SU with a higher level of quality;
>> - in the long period: a lot of Antennae will be interested in
>> improving quality (competition!)
>>
>> Problems:
>> Everything seems easy. The only point is: which are the parameters? I
>> think 2 are enough:
>>
>> 1) 2 meals per day (breakfast + lunch or dinner)
>> 2) sleeping in beds (or on mattresses)
>>
>> Ok. This is my proposal. I hope to hear your voice (in order to
>> increase or modify the project or in order to clarify some "dark
>> points").
>>
>> Waiting for you.
>>
>> Yours,
>>
>> Nicola
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