NatConf

My second NatConf and the third Finnish conference.

Actually, I was feeling quite old (as an AIESECer): knowing many people and even the traditions of the Finnish official dinners (funny, I never thought I would be telling those to the Finnish AIESECers:)

I went there together with Katya Moskalets (ex-LCP of AIESEC in Odessa, she used to be on internship in India working for Tata, then stayed in the company for more years and then moved to Helsinki with one of their projects till the end of March, for now).

We came on the second day, so by the time we arrived MCP was selected (Helena, congratulations!), all speeches passed. But still we enjoyed some sessions, even contributed to the preparation of 60th anniversary and attended the official dinner.

One of the things that positively impressed me (I noticed that before, but not to this degree): the level of alumni involvement. It's something really intangible. Not like planning to call 20 alumni and ask them how they want to cooperate with AIESECers. It's the alumni who enjoy being in the organisation even after leaving it and establishing their careers, etc. They are now thinking about submitting a bid for EuroCo 2008 and the OC, for now, consists almost 100% of alumni! And it's not that someone asked them to do that. It just came to their mind :)

Now, back in Helsinki, we'll be working on Success 2008. I hope, it will be truly a success :)