Preparation for Agora Zaragoza Part 1

The Agora in Zaragoza is getting closer and The AEGEEan is preparing you for the big event! Here you get some inside into what information AEGEE’s online magazine brings you

John Eikosidekas on the Greatness of AEGEE’s European Level

John Eikosidekas is one of the Agora Patra organisers. He is originally from the big land of USA but resides in Greece while his dream is to reside in Denmark in the future. In this article you can get to know more about John’s history and his interest in the European Level of AEGEE.

Nordic Stars; Starring Janely, Karolina, Maria, Mayri, Patricia, Ruta & Sergio

Though in AEGEE nothing seems as obvious as having a Network Commissioner (Netcommie), subcommies and an organising local for the next Network Meeting (NWM), actually nothing is more special.

We will take a closer look at the Nordic Stars, the Stars of Netcommie Patricia Anthony!

Patricia has been a happy Netcommie since Agora Rhein-Neckar. “Honestly, this has been my best AEGEE experience and the best team I have worked in so far!”, she exclaims. She loves working with the NetCom team, the CD, and her subcommies. Her best experience so far has been meeting the other NetCommies in Brussels, and the moment she heard that AEGEE-Tartu would organise the next NWM!

The coolness of the North… How cool is that exactly?

Patricia: “Even though it is no secret that the country I have fallen in love with (Spain) is not at all Nordic , for me, the coolness relates rather to the fact of how much the people of the Nordic antennae care about the organisation, but it definitely does not have anything to do with northern Europeans being cold as ice cubes; on the contrary: when talking to them it always makes me warm inside, because of how warm hearted they are.”

Mayri Tiido, one of the organisers of the NWM in Tartu, could not agree more with her. “Although the whole land is frozen and cold and depressing, the people remain cool in every meaning!” What makes her a Nordic Star is that she is always cold, literally.
Sergio Gómez Oliveros is from AEGEE-Valladolid, so not really Nordic. “Thanks for pointing that out,” he says, while he explains that he came to Estonia to find a job, but in the end he found his heart there. “Estonia is a very interesting country, modern, good at technology and English, which were the reasons to go there, but it is so much more than that!” On top of that, Janely Pae, organiser of the NWM in Tartu, mentions that you can do so many cool activities thanks to the cold weather and the snow.

The next challenge: NWM Tartu, discover the coolness of the North!

NetCommie Patricia has never been to any of the Baltic countries, and she is really excited to go there and to get the chance to see the members of the antennae in person. “I wanted to be NetCom, because I genuinely strive to help the antennae as good as possible, and this is why a NWM is so special for me: here I get the chance to do this!”
Janely is quite a new member in AEGEE, and together with her fellow board members, she is really looking forward to learn, through hosting this event, more about AEGEE’s European level and about improving the communication between the Nordic antennae. Maria Arends, subcommie for AEGEE-Durham, AEGEE-London, and AEGEE-Sheffield, can confirm that Janely’s dreams will come true: “the programme will bring both the thematic side as the organisational side of AEGEE-Europe to the Nordic Stars”.
Mayri adds that “you should attend this NWM, because it will show you how cool the North actually is!” Well, we can be sure about that: sauna parties, chances of snow… It simply sounds perfect!

Sergio has, as he lives in Estonia, has been to Tartu before. He attended a part of their SU this year, and “I was simply impressed by their amazing job. The prefect coordination, amazing programme, and the lovely organisers… It made me so happy to see that they applied to organise this NWM, because AEGEE-Tartu as organising local is already a guarantee of a great event!”