MyAEGEE - Frequently Asked Questions

It's not easy being a German local

The Comite Directeur is concerned about freedom of Communication and Transparency in certain parts of our network, after receiving a troubling letter from a certain University.
We shall however not be intimidated, and fully support our locals in their quest to full freedom of C&T in Europe!

The letter of concern:

And evidence of the so called crime scene, annexed to the letter:

Twitting around

Why twitter is cool and useful.

To have a look at what kind of information we spread there: www.twitter.com/aegee_europe

At this point, 109 people are 'following' us. We send out "mini-press releases" about our events and projects. The amount of followers grows daily, especially after an update.

Some interesting ones amongst them:

YSAFE Network (Youth Sexual Awareness For Europe)
OptiFly
Sheffield University
27etMoi (= media, special of Arte for the EP elections)
Boston University
European Movement International
Guntor Gloser (German 'Staatsminister fur Europa')
Keiser University
Eoin Ryan (Member of European Parliament)
ALDE Group in the European Parliament (European Liberals)
Imperial College London
Journalism.co.uk
Teesside University
University for Peace
Juan Behrend (Secretary general of the European Greens)
Bahadir Kaleagasi (Turkish Chamber of Commerce, one of our sponsors and if I'm correct patron of AEGEE-Ankara)
EU09.TwitLife.com
Council of Europe
European Radio Network
Cafe Babel
Institute of Contemporary European Studies [iCES] European Business School London

And quite some more.

I think it provides cool new methods for a big youth organisation such as ours to be out there and easily and quickly inform a wide range interested people, stakeholders and (potential) partners on a diverse amount of events and projects we run.

So don't be shy for modern tools and twit along ;-)

Curiosity of the week...

Dear "children" (18 to 35...):

Today was the Open Day at the European Parliament, and as you could imagine there was a good number of AEGEE members present. Some of them wandering around and collecting goodies, AEGEE-Maastricht in the Bar, and Robin, Dragan and myself at the beautiful AEGEE stand!
We spent some time informing people about AGEEE and the Y Vote campaign, but most of the time we were trying to escape from boredom or helping kids slect the Y Vote badges, one of each color!

































But what I wanted to show you today is better, more interesting, and in accordance with the new Transparency and Communication act of the CD. After intense lobbying and signing many forms I was allowed to analyze the content of Robin's purse. So, what does a CD member take with herself at any time?

Passport: to escape from Brussels at any time, and seek refugee in a friendly Antenna.
21 cents: enough for... nothing. But in any case, what is the Youth in Action 4.3 for?
The yPhone, a direct line with the managers of the UK Tour!
Some Y-Vote pins: External Relations first...
Keys of the House: I don't know what for... It always ends up Evren opening the door :)
Train tickets = Escape route
And of course, the AEGEE business cards!

So, children, now you know what is needed to survive in Brussels, end eventually anywhere in Europe!

Best regards and see you around!