International Projects
Congress 2013
Text: Emilia Buhaev, LC Bucharest
Photographs: Uroš Zupan, LC Ljubljana
Early Wednesday morning you can see dozens of students all suited up, hear a mosaic
of languages and feel their eagerness for this
amazing week, Congress truly is an exceptional event.
Opening Ceremony barely started and from
the view of things (an amazing top floor view
over the city) you can already notice that our
host, LC Munich, had outdone themselves.
Opening speeches and a toast make room for
ideas and discussions on EESTEC, home LCs
and on the International network. And if the
opening speech was not enough to spark the
conversations, then the following presentation of the winners of our successful Android
Competition and the few words of our partner
Google, sure did. Furthermore introduction to
Congress and all its procedures took place
that day; you learn about General Meetings,
Scrutinizers, Secretaries, GM Chairman, voting procedures, AOB, hand rules and much
more. Once you are aware of the ones motioned above, you are ready to take the first
important vote, the approval of the Agenda.
Now you know all the goals for the week, quite
a busy one, you can say.
Right after lunch, during the Working Sessions, we put the morning inspiration to good
use and learned, built on solutions or brain-
stormed about several topics. The sessions
are coordinated by International Board members, trainers and/or project leaders and they
were about: International Awareness, Distance Learning Project, Alumni System, Contact Persons Network and Changes in Rules
of Procedure.
If you only think that a few days before tasks
were still being handed and revised, trainings
were held to motivate members, rooms were
being checked and reservations were confirmed. Just imagine a room of students and
a fearless coordinator that will not end the
meeting until all tasks are taken. That was the
general attitude, everything has to be planned
and everyone has to have something to do,
there is a great reputation at stake and they
can only accept it to be even greater after this
event. Even more if you think that there is a
second event held in parallel: Women in Engineering, already an event with tradition for
LC Munich. Nevertheless jokes had room in
the meetings and after-meetings always took
place in the comfortable guild office. Plus a
reward system for the best organizer in the
event was put in place.
Does anyone remember Congress without a
particular day dedicated equally to students,
companies and EESTECers? I am sure you
guessed it is Open Day.
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