Dear Victoria,
dear AEGEEeans,
It's always a great pleasure to give you some useful
info about the new Network
changes, and I really thank Vicky ( don't worry, I'm
not angry with you because I know that you were working with the Great staff of
the AGORA) for this e.mail because I believe that is really important to
inform you, as I just did in other previous e.mails, about what's happening in
the whole Network ! I hope to be clear and especially concise ;-) Don't
forget NEVER that I'm always at your disposal for everything.
Before I
should clarify one important point - The Netcom (Network Commission) is given
the task by the CIA (Statutes of AEGEE-Europe), through its Working Format, to
make such kind of changes at a minimum period of every 6 months.
"Regions" were the task division inside Netcom, in order to make work
of the Netcommies easier and everyone is taking care of a particular group of
AEGEE-locals, usually situated close to each other and from different countries.
Of course, the Network Commission is to help locals and to
facilitate good communication between antennas and european
AEGEE-bodies and because we've realised that some of us had more
locals to coordinate than others ( we are the biggest group of locals), this
make the task divison not fair and obsolete after 10 years, also because the
Network has changed a lot and some areas have developed strongly, others become
crisis areas. With the new task division, we are facing the current problems of
the Network and we are trying to optimise our work towards the crisis areas of
our Network.
About the changes (that has taken effect at the AGORA
Napoli). During the last Netcom Meeting (Bruxelles
August 2006), and after 2 workshops of the Network Commission in EBM
Sofia and Agora Warszawa (and many informal discussions during past Regional
Meetings), after Vaggelis - former Network Director- [the
new one is Pedro Vieira] suggestion, the Network
Commission developed the concept of restructuring its task division. The
Internal Task Division of the Network Commission has changed, and the Netcom has
decided upon a communication campaign for all the changes.
For that communication
campaign:
-e-mails through AEGEE-L,
-Agora workshop (Napoli)
-specific
netcom trips to locals ''affected'' by the changes
-discussions during
the Network (ex-regional) Meetings
"For
that reason, instead of using the full right of the Netcom to make the changes
immediately - such changes don't need any Agora decision - we preferred to wait
till the Agora, where the proposed changes (has taken) effect. The reason was to
communicate and explain it to the locals and to be transparent"
(Vaggelis)
First of all, the
Regional Meeting was involved in Network Meeting. It
is an event organized by every member of Network Commission with co-operation of
one of the locals in his/her group of locals. It contains workshops,
lectures and trainings in different topics connected with
AEGEE. Every AEGEE-member can join whichever of the 10 Network Meetings
organised every six months all over Europe. Of course if you want to meet your
netcommie the best is to travel to NM organised by him/her , but it is not an
obligation. Anyway our task is to travel a lot and to visit Everyone
of you.... :-)) Then, after this thing, we've changed
the internal division of the locals per Netcom Team (look at the
attachment) according to the current needs of the network and last but not
least the majority of the Netcom have decided to avoid the use
of the Regional names and instead of it we've decided to give to all
the group of locals, as point of reference, different
TEAMs, as the TEAM Dino [the name will change with the next
Netcommie] etc... The European cultural integration should not and
can not understand state of mind of belonging to a part, it has to understand
belonging to the whole. And in this case it is the Network. Anyway I hope
that this new system will be useful and good. I'll continue to give my best for
all the Network serving & supporting all the locals....
The next NETCOM
MEETING will take place again in Bruxelles between 7th-10th
DECEMBER
For every other
info or questions, you can get in touch also with the Netcom Office and visit
our website that we're updating....
AEGEEFULLY
YOURS,
Dino
ps: I want to forwad you
this interesting event that will take place in UK ( Cambridge!!!)
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 2:32 PM
Subject: [EVENT-L] Cambridge Model European Council
Dear AEGEE network,
Applications are now open for the
Cambridge Model European Council (CMEC)
2007!!
As in previous years, over 150 students from all over Europe will
descend on Cambridge to take part in a simulation of the Council of the European
Union. This will be a fantastic opportunity to find out how difficult
negotiating and compromising really is in the world of European politics.
Assuming the roles of Commissioners, Heads of Government/State and Ministers,
the participants will debate a wide range of issues on the European agenda, from
international relations to the Common Agricultural Policy.
The 3-day
event (
23rd - 25th February 2007) is entirely organised by students;
students will take on all the roles in our simulation - and students acting in
the role of journalists will also report on proceedings in a daily conference
newspaper.
The conference offers a unique chance to learn about Europe
and its institutions. In addition, an exciting social programme including
parties and a Cambridge-style formal dinner will offer plenty of opportunities
to meet other delegates, make friends, and overcome diplomatic
deadlocks...
So, if you think you would be interested in meeting
like-minded students from across Europe and learning more about the EU's
decision-making progress, all while having a great time, log on to
www.cueus.org
and go to 'CMEC' for the online application form.
We look forward to
hearing from you!
The CMEC 2007 Organising Committee