Meet ExCo
- DEVELOPMENT AI
D DI
RECTOR
I
t al
l s
t
art
ed when I was part of OC at 64t
h Congr
es
s i
n Cl
uj
-
Napoca. I was i
n t
he
f
i
r
s
t year and I di
dn’
t know much about I
VSA. Every ot
her member of OC was t
al
ki
ng
about how a
wes
ome i
s t
o be i
n I
VSA but I di
dn’
t know exact
l
y what t
o expect
.
. Af
t
er
t
he Congr
es
s I was mes
mer
i
zed, and t
hen I deci
ded t
hat I want t
o be part of t
hi
s as
l
ong as I can.
Af
t
er t
he Sympos
i
um i
n Tai
wan, I deci
ded t
o become a s
ecr
et
ary
. I t
hought
t
hat i
s t
he bes
t wa
y t
o s
t
art t
o be mor
e i
nvol
ved. So, at t
he Congr
es
s i
n W i
en I became
a s
ecr
et
ary f
or DAD. I
n one year bei
ng a s
ecr
et
ary I r
eal
i
zed t
hat t
he whol
e exper
i
ence
made me mor
e ef
f
ect
i
ve, mor
e r
es
pons
i
bl
e.
That i
s t
o s
a
y
, I was s
o happy t
o be i
n t
hi
s
f
ami
l
y t
hat af
t
er t
he Speci
al Gener
al As
s
embl
y i
n Nort
h Car
ol
i
na I t
ook one mor
e s
t
ep
f
r
om my comf
ort zone I made a huge deci
s
i
on, t
o r
un f
or ExCo. I was f
r
i
ght
ened. But
t
hen agai
n, I di
dn’
t ha
ve anyt
hi
ng t
o l
o os
e. And I al
s
o t
hought t
hat I had enough
exper
i
ence t
o r
un, and l
i
ke a ment
i
oned I was al
r
eady a s
ecr
et
ary f
or DAD. Long s
t
ory
s
hort at t
he Congr
es
s i
n Mal
a
ys
i
a I became t
he DAD. I achi
eved t
he unt
hi
nkabl
e.
At t
he congr
es
s i
n Cl
uj
-
Napoca when I s
a
w t
he ExCo I was t
hi
nki
ng t
he r
oad t
o t
hat
pos
i
t
i
on, f
or me, woul
d be r
eal
l
y l
ong and har
d. And i
t was
. But wi
t
h wor
k and
per
s
ever
ance I di
d i
t
.
My j
ob as Devel
opment Ai
d Di
r
ect
or i
s l
i
ke i
t s
a
ys i
n t
he t
i
t
l
e. I
t i
s t
o devel
op, on
one hand t
he as
s
oci
at
i
on, and uni
f
yi
ng t
he del
egat
es
, at t
he I
VSA mai
n event
s
, wi
t
h t
he
auct
i
ons by br
i
ngi
ng a f
eel
i
ng of ki
ndnes
s and a
war
enes
s of t
he s
i
t
uat
i
on i
n ot
her
f
acul
t
i
es and t
he s
i
t
uat
i
on of ot
her s
t
udent
s
. On t
he ot
her hand by r
eal
l
y hel
pi
ng t
he
f
acul
t
i
es f
r
om count
r
i
es wi
t
h l
ow GDP wi
t
h di
f
f
er
ent pr
oj
ect
s e.
g buyi
ng i
ns
t
r
ument
s
f
or Sur
gi
cal Room, donat
i
ng books
, and even hel
pi
ng t
hem wi
t
h cons
t
r
uct
i
on mat
er
i
al
s
.
Al
s
o I hel
p t
he I
VSA member
s wi
t
h s
chol
ar
s
hi
ps t
hat hel
p t
hem f
und t
hei
r i
nt
er
ns
hi
ps
.
Wi
t
h t
hi
s i
n mi
nd, I hel
p t
hem wi
t
h t
hei
r car
eer as f
ut
ur
e vet
er
i
nar
i
ans
. I r
ai
s
e money
f
or al
l t
hos
e pr
oj
ect
s
, f
i
r
s
t
l
y wi
t
h t
he hel
p of del
egat
es
, as I pr
evi
ous
l
y ment
i
oned wi
t
h
t
he auct
i
ons and s
econdl
y wi
t
h t
he hel
p of our part
ner
s and t
hi
r
dl
y I r
ai
s
e money wi
t
h
our I
VSA mer
chandi
s
e e.
g. hoodi
es
, pi
ns
, pas
s
port hol
der
s
, s
cr
ubs et
c.
Even t
hough we wi
l
l ha
ve a l
ot of pr
oj
ect
s t
hi
s year I f
eel l
i
ke t
he pr
oj
ect
s f
or
devel
opi
ng f
acul
t
i
es coul
d benef
i
t f
r
om mor
e at
t
ent
i
on. I cont
i
nue t
o wor
k on t
he
pr
oj
ect wi
t
h Phi
l
i
ppi
nes and I wi
l
l al
s
o s
t
art a new pr
oj
ect l
i
ke t
hi
s
.
Toget
her wi
t
h our
cur
r
ent ERO, we wi
l
l get our hands on mor
e money
.
Wi
t
h t
hi
s i
n mi
nd I wi
l
l ha
ve mor
e
f
r
eedom t
o do mor
e DF pr
oj
ect
s
.
I
f you ha
ve any ques
t
i
ons don’
t hes
i
t
at
e t
o as
k me on my per
s
onal f
b page or on
I
VSA DAD page (
al
s
o l
i
ke t
he page f
or f
ut
ur
e i
nf
or
mat
i
on)
.
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