We're still alive ! ! ! :o)

...shit, I could hardly do anything this forenoon than waiting for news from the SMV (Summer Member Versammlung [Meeting]). When Anja came running to tell me the happy outcome, it was such a huuuuge relief!

OK, for all who wonder what the bleep I'm talking about: our LC was about to be closed/dissolved because we didn't meet AIESEC's criteria for two years in a row. Namely, we had not enough incomer - trainees from other countries coming to work in companies in and around Chemnitz.

So a few months back, our LC and four others got a couple of criteria to meet this year. If we didn't, we would have been closed. The decision would have been made on the SMV, our LCP (Local Comittee President) Phillip would have to present what's going on in LC Chemnitz this year, how we chose to change what was going wrong, what we want to do better and how. He had 10 minutes to present all that to Germany's other fifty-something EB's. After that, a tough 20 minute- Q&A round.

I can only imagine how Phillip and the EB (Executive Board: Maja, Conny, Andrea and Franka) felt until the vote was over!

Guys, we felt with you! And next monday we'll celebrate like, ... well,... like AIESECers! :o)

Bridging the Gap / Workshop

Carnival of cultures is over and I think all our delegates feel good again. About four hours of dancing obviously have been kind of exhausting last Sunday. ;)
But most of them (and some AIESECers who were not at KdK, too) attended the brunch on Monday. Markus, one of our alumni, invited all of us to Nancy's where we had lots of fun and talking.

Next thing to look forward to is our next Local Committee Meeting. Tina, coordinator of the "Bridging the Gap" project (I already told you about her some weeks ago), will be in Chemnitz again and she will give a presentation about the project.

And next weekend a workshop about finances in AIESEC will take place in Chemnitz. I hope many people from all over the Sunrise Region will attend it and we will have a lot of fun. I'm really looking forward to it. :)

Teambuilding / KdK

Hey AIESEC! What's up?

Last weekend we had some real nice activity: The ICX, PBoX and FKG teams met with our trainers Bine and Nancy. And together they did many hours of teambuilding, finding out how the teams can work together and of course having a lot of fun. By the way, you wonder about 'FKG team' and so on?! Yeah, it's true! Cindy, our OCP, now has a team of three people: Sandra, Annabell and Márta. :)

And another event will take place on the next weekend. Have you ever heard of KdK? No?? Then come to Berlin and find out. The carnival of cultures (or 'Karneval der Kulturen') takes place every year in Berlin. And this year AIESEC will be part of it the 4th time. If you want to know more about KdK, please visit http://www.karneval-der-kulturen.de/ (there is also an English summary available).

Guests in Chemnitz / Conference

In the last weeks we had lots of guests in Chemnitz. :)

In April Annika came here. She is part of the 'Presidents' Support Team' in Germany, which means she gives advice to the LCPs in the region where our LC is. We had some interesting talks and she gave us helpful hints.

At the beginning of May Michaela of the German Member Committee stayed in Chemnitz for some days. She took part at our Local Committee Meeting and spent some time talking with us about criteria. As our LC failed the 'normal' criteria in the last two years, we now get some extra ones for this year.

And last but not least 'Bridging the Gap' coordinator Tina visited us this week. In June she will come again and we are really looking forward to getting more information on the project.


But apart from all the guests: Last weekend our new members had their first conference. LISA, which means Local Introduction Seminar of AIESEC, took place in Niederau (a town between Chemnitz and Dresden). Eight delegates from Chemnitz, 15 from Dresden and two from Leipzig were there. And they seemed to have lots of fun! ...Wish you a great time in AIESEC! :)

Lots of work to do...

Reading our blog one might think there has not happened so much in the last weeks. But in fact there has been a lot:

Last week the Executive Board went to NKK, the 'Nationale Kick-off Konferenz'. Together with all the EBs of Germany and together with the Member Committee, the National Support Team and some more AIESECers we stayed for four days at 'Haus Neuland' near Bielefeld. There we learned about different things such as new computer programmes used with External Relations and the Exchange area as well as about the Extensions to Iran, Isreal and Palestine. And of course we dealt with our functional areas (e.g. finance, people development, exchange...) and got to know e.g. all the people of our region.

Well, another thing to do at the moment is the 'Newiewerbephase'. That means promoting AIESEC and finding new members for our Local Committee. Therefore we organised two evening info sessions and some more stuff - let's see how many students will be interested.

And of course most of the teams had their (first) team meetings.

1st Local Committee Meeting

Today the 1st Local Committee Meeting (LCM) of the new semester took place. Not only the events of the last weeks have been discussed but also aims and responsibilities for the next half year. And of course we dealt with the expectations of members and Executive Board.

Well, and there is an announcement especially for our 'Oldies': There will be an Oldie Weekend from 27 to 29 April. So be prepared to have a great time with experienced AIESECers and maybe also share your room as there will be people from all over Germany come to Chemnitz. More information will follow asap. :)

Welcome to our blog!

Here you will find some useful, interesting or just funny stuff about the Local Committee of AIESEC in Chemnitz. If you want to have further (or more serious ;)) information just have a look at our web site www.aiesec.de/chemnitz. Enjoy reading!