CSR Event and Fashion Show

Hey! Finally I managed to collect some thoughts about the super cool CSR event. Just for those who weren't present:

Where? Afro-Asian Institute
When? Thursday, June 12 th
What? a cool Pimp my Shirt Contest

We really had a whole lot of old stuff to make new shirts, it is amazing how much material the CSR Team raised!




I think the participants felt really comfortable, with lots of cake and juice....
OK, we had some problems with the sewing machines, but nobody's perfect


These hard working people desinged funny clothes;-)

Thanks to our lovely jury!

It was the first event for me I helped to organize and it was a really great experience. I learned a lot and got to know people better. Congratulations to the CSR Team - you are great! It was really worth organizing the event - shame on everyone who wasn't there! You missed a cooool afternoon.

Oh sorry Lucy, I forgot to turn you around, but your shirt is cool!


Fashion Show

Where? Karmeliterplatz
When? Saturday, June 28 th

AIESEC had the chance to present itself and the shirts from the Pimp your Shirt Contest at the Future Icons Festival It's been a very............ hot show.
Poeple will remember us for sure: Those who did something crazy, but cool.


It was not so easy to get the whole thing done, but after having changed the concept a hundred times, we crushed into the middle of the Karmeliter Platz and shocked everybody with an awesome show.

Now people know about AIESEC!

Suddenly Sofie was in great danger.... but she's still alive!
Thanks a lot to everyone who came on this hot day to wear a black jacket ;-)

Good bye, Maggie

Unfortunately I have to tell you all that today a really passionate AIESECer is leaving from LC Graz!

Maggie our lovely trainee from Kenya has finished her three-months-traineeship in Graz and will go back to Nairobi to keep on working on the project she has started here at the geographic institute at UniGraz! She was one of the most motivated and helpful AIESECer LC Graz has ever experienced: Maggie was part of all events were organized by our members during her time in Graz, joined the drinking (games) parties we had (interesting experience with vodka and dice games...) and, additional to her work at university, she really open to help our LC in the area of Exchange. I was really inspired by the way Maggie organized the teambuilding for the new EB in the farmers house in Gleinstätten: This was an amazing experience for the whole EB!

All these aspects can be summed up that not only trainees can learn a lot by going on an internship, but also whole LCs can benefit highly!!!



Thanks a lot Maggie for the time in LC Graz!!!

Rainer
Local Committee President 08/09

Buschenschank

Saturday 21st was a blast! Roland, Becca and I went to Wildon at a Buschenschank up a hill. We went by train then walked for around half an hour up the hill. We were tired but the food that we ate there took care of this. We were served with freshly baked bread, a wide variety of meat products as well as very tasty juice. The ambience was beautiful and the company was great. That was one of my best experiences in Graz and with the Austrian culture. After eating we went for a mini hike at a small hill still in Wildon and interacted with nature in the woods. It was like a replica from a movie scene....awesome!

I am very grateful to Roland and Becca for sharing that day with me. We totally enjoyed ourselves and i highly recommend the same to any trainee who comes to Graz, it's an experience that will stay in my memory!

Maggie

Kleeblattlauf + USI Fest

Participants: Matthias, Thomas, Rainer, Anna Z., Sye, Emanuel, Birgit, Dan, Luci, Rebecca, Lisi, Martin, Stefan, Roland, Anna K, Bernhard = 16 cool AIESECers :)

Yesterday, that means on Friday the 20th of June, there was one of the biggest sport event in Graz, called Kleeblattlauf 2008. We formed 4 teams and did our best.
We had a lot fun and with the motto: Just for fun (some also added: and for the 1st place :)) we made it in time limit 1 hour and got our coooool USI T-Shirts!!!
And the result:

Afterwards we went to the USI Fest (wau, soooo many ppl were there!!!) and celebrated till I dont now when :) Because of so many ppl, it was hard to stay together, but thanx god many of us have 1000 free sms (I think we never sent so many "Where are you-SMS") so finally we found each other and had a lot of fun!!!

I am looking forward to the next USI Fest :)

And the best one comes in the end:



-luci-

EB Teambuilding

What? great, funny, special, OUR Teambuilding
When? 14th and 15th of June
Where? hmm somewhere in Styria (nice green land :)), near to Gleinstätten, a small village called Prarath (I think...)
Who? EB = Rainer, Anna, Stefan, Luci, Georg and Walter
Facis: Maggie and Matthias
Why? why not?? ;)


Ok, now you have the most important information, but what happened on these 2 days? Why is it called teambuilding and not only a trip?

After a teambuilding, you have to get to know your team better and also to take some information with you at home. You have to be able to work with these people, to have fun together and to see you as a team and not as 6 individuals trying to plan next year.

Is this what happened at our Teambuilding? have a look...

On Saturday, we met a little bit later (do not forget, there was transition party on Friday), we took 2 cars and started our teambuilding. In few minutes, I already learned something from my LCP: when you are driving through the highway, you have to take the small Austrian flags from your windows down, cause they would not survive this (you see: new info for me). After one hour, we arrived to "our" house: really big, cool, with garden!!

We started with small (but challenging) games: to hit a bottle with a soccer ball, to run between some stuff and play soccer....
But then, the real teambuilding started. Thanks to Maggie, who prepared really cool games for us, to get to know each other, to build trust between us and to see, why being one team is important for us.


The funny thing was, that exactly on this day, there was a big event in the village called: Firefighter-event/party/celebration (I dont know...). That means great healthy food, even greater music (tradition Austrian music), cool village people that know each other, so we were as aliens there :)


In the evening, we also watched the soccer game. Not all, some of us slept out the transition party, some of us made a long discussion about the color of the (sorry for this explanation guys) socks for soccer players ("Stutzen")
Afterwards we continued with teambuilding and we also played UNO and watched some funny animation movies.

On Sunday, the big day for LC Graz came. We made (started) the planning for our term.
Maybe not an easy task, but a really important one. This was also the first prove, if we are able to work together. If we are able, you will see when we present our planning :)

We went through some important points as a statement, principals and finally we decided on our goals and focus areas.

After the way home, we discussed a lot and Anna, who was sitting in a car with 3 guys also know now, how important is a good steak for our male part of EB :)
Really want to thanx to Maggie and Matthias to be facilitators and to give us their knowledge, to have fun with us and to prepare for us a cool weekend, thanx to Rainer for "raising" a cool house and to the whole EB for being there :)

And now, we - the new EB - are prepared to start our term!!

- luci -

Soccer Game

Wir singen rot, wir singen weiß, wir singen rot, weiß Österreich!

Yeah, we also participated on this big event: Austria-Germany Soccer game.
We meet in City park, full of hope and good mood. After a very, very exhausted way to come into the areal, we find a good place and started with the preparation for the big game.



Although we did not win this game, it was a nice time that we spent together and I am looking forward to the next soccer game.

TRANSITION PARTY

TRANSITION PARTY TRANSITION PARTY TRANSITION PARTY TRANSITION PARTY TRANSITION PARTY TRANSITION PARTY TRANSITION PARTY

Friday the 13th - an unlucky day? Hard to believe, if you think of our TRANSITION PARTY!
I hope all of you enjoyed the evening, the night and also the morning - although I'm not so sure if there really was a "night" between the 13th and 14th, because when I came to the party the sun was shining and when I left it was still/already (?) light outside...

For all the people who didn't attend the party (or for all who can't remember for any reason) :) I want to reflect some "special moments":





After the very important soccer match we started out with the "official part": a heart-warming foto-presentation of the old EB - sometimes pictures say more than a hundred words...

After that the awards we received at LK II and the Annual Awards of the LC were presented and handed over.

Mid-term AIESEC in Austria Selling Competition AWARD 2007/2008
"I am a SELLER"

Mid-term AIESEC in Austria AWARD 2007/2008
"Fast Forward"
-growth - innovation - ambition-

The annual AIESEC in Austria AWARD 2007/2008
Most Progressive LC
-quality - growth - development - innovation-

The annual AIESEC in Austria AWARD 2007/2008
Project of the Year
-relevance - performance - innovation-
learning-
"Wear Fair"

The annual AIESEC in Austria AWARD 2007/2008
Synergy
- empowerment - achievement - living the values -
FUTURE 2
OC Team

End-term AIESEC in Austria
Financial Management AWARD 2007/2008
"Water & Bread"
Thomas Janisch

LC Graz AWARD 2007/2008
"Most actively joined AIESEC opportunities in Graz"
Stephan Kropf

LC Graz AWARD 2007/2008
"Strongest personal development through AIESEC"
Anna Zügner

LC Graz AWARD 2007/2008
"Showing broad commitment and rolemodel behaviour as Newie"
Bernhard Wenghofer
Sofie Waltl

LC Graz AWARD 2007/2008
"Most active supporter in LC Graz"
Dorina Peshtani

The most important thing during the party was of course the "handing over" of the keys. It woulnd't be AIESEC, if the new EB would just get the keys without doing anything. So they had to drink a really "delicious" cocktail (something with Kernöl, different spices, various kinds of alcohol and other things - I'm not sure, if I really want to know all ingredients). But they coped with this "challenge" and at the end they all got their keys and can now start working!

Next action: a match between old and new EB. It was really nice to see how ambitious our EB-members are - also when playing kindergarten-games :)

Finally the new EB showed its power and won! (Maybe the last year was too exertive for the old EB...) :)

During the party all members were aseked to vote the person with the Coolest Hairstyle, the Best Dancer, the Hottest Newie/Oldie, the LCLC (Local Commitee Lady Checker) and the LCMC (Local Committee Men Checker).
The winners got a cool award and a red-white-red girtle of flowers (it's impossible to find such things not in the national colours of any EM-participant these days).

Of course there was also time for some AIESEC dances, a turn of Bitches, Bitches and "I have never, ever...".

Alltogether I think we really had a great time during the party and I'm already looking forward to our next "activities".

Last but not least I really want to say thank you to my great OC-partner Bernhard!