Today is a special day for IYNF people in Prague: The whole Presidium is on the way here to have together with the staff the Farewell dinner of Ondrej. This is not the only reason for them to travel so long: From tomorrow on the Presidium Meeting will happen over the weekend.
At the moment we are still busy with preparing the last things and the imagination of the wonderful food tonight keeps the motivation high.
Enjoy your weekend and this weeks issue of Courier,
Vanessa
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Activities and offers
Apply for our Green Workshops!
The green year of IYNF has just started and we would like to invite you to take part in one of our two Spring activites: The Green Workshops. The first of them about GetGreen Campaigning will be from 20 – 25 April in connection with our General Assembly in Eben am Achensee (Austria). The second one called Green Games will be only one month later from 18 – 23 May in Germany close to Berlin. You can apply for both but also only for one of them until March 12/April 12. The complete description of the project and the call for participants is now online.
Call for Art Group leader Coordinator and Freak leader Coordinator
Even though it is still winter time, the preparation period for next Meet the freak 6 has already started. Currently, we are looking for people who would like to support the organizational team by taking the great role of either Art Group leader Coordinator, or Freak leader Coordinator. It is a task with a responsibility, but for sure it also involves a lot of amazing moments, ensures new experiences and can become a perfect learning opportunity. The call for the Freak Leader Coordinator can be found online and also please see the call for Art Group Leaders Coordinator. Dont hesitate to contact Anna on anna[@]iynf.org, if you have any more detailed questions.
Invitation to Networking Conference and General Assembly
Be part of the biggest Networking Meeting of the year and shape the IYNF future! Last weekend one staff and one Presidium member made an advance planning visit to the venue in Austria. Agreements were made, pictures were taken and they had a look at the possibilities and possible difficulties.
Our Networking Conference and General Assmebly is going to happen from the 22nd till the 25th of April in Eben am Achensee, Austria. The mailing with all important documents and further information is sent and can also be downloaded online
German Young Naturefriends are looking for EVS Volunteer
From August/September 2010 you have the possibility to become EVS volunteers in the main office of the German Young Naturefriends in Remagen near Bonn. The volunteer is going to work in the field of Public Relations, in national and international projects, he or she is going to support the editorial department of the children and the youth magazine of the organisation and the website. The volunteer will help to create flyers, posters, brochures and he will support the activities they organise.
For more information, please contact info[at]naturfreundejugend.de !
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News
IYNF EVS selection in process
The decision of who is going to be the next EVS Volunteers in our office is not made yet. We have nearly fourty good applications and are at the moment working on the selection process. By Tuesday evening next week the results will be known.
We will keep you updated!
Presidium meeting starting in Prague
Today the Presidium Meeting will start with an informal evening: together Staff and Presidium will celebrate the 10 year long involvement and great work Ondrej Pohanka did for IYNF, of which almost half of it as Secretary General. By the end of March he will have his last working day for IYNF.
From tomorrow on the Presidium will work here in Prague on the preparation of the Networking Conference, get presentations, talk about the Networkingprograms and deal with many other issues.
Secretaries meeting of NFI
Last week on monday Martijn went on behalf of IYNF to the NFI Secretaries meeting in Vienna. During the meeting NFI and all members that were present first presented their work of 2009 and the plans of 2010. Also preparation of the Presidents Conference, development of NFI and cooperation between NFI and the members were discussed.
Audit and Secretaries meeting
The agenda is full with meetings and visits. Besides the Presidium meeting this weekend we will get a visit from IYNF Auditor Geert on monday for the closing of accounts 2009. The real audit will be by the end of the month. On thursday the 11th of March the yearly IYNF Secretaries meeting will take place here in Prague. Members and partners of IYNF will update each other about their situations and see were we can cooperate more and better.