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As you've realised with the previous e.mail of our dear Silvia, only few days are rest and we'll gather in Warszawa for one of the biggest Agoras ever!!! The Agora, as you know, is the General Assembly, the main making-decision democratic organ of our association where you'll have the great opportunity to meet AEGEE people from all over Europe and to share your experiences each other...But in order to give you a picture of what will happen ( so you can enjoy your preparation for this "european appointment") our Chairwoman Wiebke sent on the AEGEE-AGORA ML ( if you are not subscribed yet you can go to /?SUBED1=aegee-agora-l&A=1, as Silvia wrote you...but as the ancient romans said "repetita iuvant" - the repeated things are good-) some online lessons!!! You can read the first one below...and if you are so curious that you can't wait for the next lesson, you can also check www.aegee.org/chair....

I. Before the Agora
>
> In order to represent your local or WG, you should be well informed
> about what is going to happen during the Agora. The best source of
> information in this case is the Agora booklet, which is published by the
> Secretary General of AEGEE-Europe Bojana, via AEGEE-Agora-L it will be
> announced where you can download it.
>
> The booklet contains various information:
>
> 1. Agenda
>
> The agenda has been set by the Chair team and the Comité Directeur. It
> gives you an overview what is going to happen when and which are the
> scheduled issues (reports, votings, workshops etc.).
>
> 2. Reports
>
> As according to the CIA (Corpus Iuridicum AEGEEnse - AEGEE´s statutes
> and working formats) the Comité Directeur, Working Groups, Commissions
> and Liaison Officers have to present a report of their activities since
> the last Agora. While they are presented during the plenary session, you
> can also find them in a more detailed version in the booklet. As you are
> asked to vote upon the reports presented by the CD, you should discuss
> the report in advance in your local and also discuss whether you have
> any questions to the report.
>
> 3. Proposals
>
> On the occasion of the Agora also proposals for modification of the CIA
> are presented. Also these proposals you can find beforehand in the
> booklet. Together in your local you should form an opinion regarding the
> proposals which you as delegate or envoy are going to express during the
> Agora first of all by taking actively part in the discussion, but also
> by voting on it.
>
> 4. Candidatures
>
> Last, but not least the Agora is the place where the AEGEE members are
> elected for open positions. Those can be positions within the Comité
> Directeur, the Commissions of AEGEE-Europe, the Chairperson and
> Secretary of Agora and EBM or for the Summer University/Find Europe
> Coordination Team. The respectively open positions are announced in
> advance by the Juridical Commission, who is responsible for gathering
> all candidatures. Finally the candidatures are published in the Agora
> booklet and also presented at the Agora, where you as a representative
> of your local have the chance to ask questions to the candidates.
>
> Next to your preparation by reading the booklet the Agora is the
> occasion on which you have to fulfil the criterion of the payment of
> membership fees to AEGEE-Europe. As you know, a certain amount of the
> fee that you charge from your members has to be transferred to
> AEGEE-Europe. This fee depends on the country in which your AEGEE
> antenna is located. Before the Agora, the Financial Director of
> AEGEE-Europe Marek will provide you with more detailed information about
> the exact amount you have to pay. You can either transfer the money in
> advance or pay at the registration desk of AEGEE-Europe at the Agora.
> Bear in mind that at the Spring Agora additionally also the Summer
> University fee of 2.5 Euro per application has to be paid. In case you
> have any questions regarding the payment please contact Marek
> ([log in to unmask]).
>
> In the next mail you will find out what is going to happen DURING the
> Agora, so stay tuned!
>
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> 68159 Mannheim
>
> +49 621 181 4507
>
> "Minds are like parachutes. They only function, when they are open."