IVSA Journals Issue 2 (2015/2016) | Page 7

7 IVSA JOURNAL | Issue 2 The IVSA Development Fund Auctions held during the 64th IVSA Symposium in Taiwan by Sofie Svensson, Development Aid Director 2015/2016 As is written in the constitution and the bylaws, the Development Aid Director held an Auction at the annual symposium recently in Taiwan. Delegates were requested to donate items which were then auctioned off in the Silent Auction and the Live Auction. The Silent Auction was where the majority of the items are put up on tables and delegates have 20 minutes to make their bids. The Live Auction was held afterwards for the more valuable items as well as activities which are auctioned off by auctioneers or in this case two - the lovely secretaries Andrei and Ondrej! Although the original auctions were cut short due to time constraints, we were able to pull off a second auction later on, during the last night after the formal dinner! Instead of auctioning of the Vet PD spot as in previous auctions, we decided to make a raffle for it at the formal dinner! The total collected came up to: 2059 euros! (Not including the profits made from the merchandise!) A big Thank You to all sponsors and delegates for your donations to the Development Fund! FOR MORE INFORMATION Contact the DAD Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.ivsa.org/df/