Some memories about Annual Conference 2006

It's Thursday morning, 26th of January, a day the MC team 05-06 had waited for around two months. The excitement is so high that the reality feels untouchable - is it really there?

This was briefly mentioned the feeling MC team had on Thursday. Suddenly it's Sunday afternoon and you can't believe that it's all over now - speeches, legislation, external day, official dinner, sessions, discussions, breaks, parties - 72 hours of tension & relaxation, laughter and tears, ideas & actions, motivation & depression, fights & support, energy & exhaustion..

The most inpiring for me was to genuinely discuss with the members of AIESEC in Estonia about our identity and 2010. I got so many perpectives that were absolutely overwhelming. I felt like a whole new AIESEC was revealed to me - an AIESEC that I couldnt even dream of back in year 2003 when I participated my first AC. I felt great to see how much clarity members have in terms of AIESEC in Estonia's direction and relevance. Thanks guys!

The other great feeling I had was about my team. I can state with all my heart that this MC is the best team expreince I have ever had. With so much fun, we do so much great work. These girls have tought me so many things and I will never find enough words to thank them for everything. I know we'll be friends for a lifetime and I know we'll be achieveing a lot in our lives.

Kaisa - thank you for making this conference run so smoothly!
Kreta - thank you for adding some spice to this conference!
Kristi - thank you for demonstrating true courage and leadership!
Liisi - thank you for the @XP principles and the wild party on Saturday :)

In addition (sorry for the long post) I would like to share my impressions about one guy called Kartik. When I first met him, I thought I will never speek to him in an unprofessional manner - being Indian MCP and all, wearing his glasses and suit, talking non stop... I couldnt even imagine he would come and Chair our conference at some point. Leaving all this aside, I think he did a great job putting this conference together, giving us the best laughs, the best drinking games and the inspiring thoughts and insights about his expriences with AIESEC. I hope though, that he didnt get a culture shock thanks to Estonian women :)

To take it all together - I truly enjoyed this conference and hope you did too!

/Mairi/

A day of the year of my life since this year

Every day is different. There´s no routine in a good or in a bad way. You plan certain things for the day and you end up with dealing some urgent partnership issues. Some day full of meetings, another not a singel phonecall from outside the AIESEC-"bubble."

So here is one Monday..
7.38 wake up. Breakfast, shower etc
9.25 leaving home. Picking up Mercuri proposal from Koopia 3.
10.00 office. Dealing with speaker for the Youth Conference, sending spam about it.
12.00 meeting with Kaisa and Rivo/Äripäev who is moderator for the Conference
12.50 small lunch at Kaisa´s place
13.30 phonecall from PwC to postpone the meeting one hour later
15.00 meeting with mairi and Heidi/PwC about our partnership in 2006 and BoA issue
16.00 meeting with Kaisa and Kaie/Mercuri about trainings they provide us
17.00 back to office and working. Confirmed final speaker for Youth Conference!
19.30 dancelesson in sportclub
21.00 back to office
22.00 leaving to town with Kaisa to meet rest of the team except Kreta who is sick
22.30 at Kaheksa enjoying and waiting for MC applications. Suprize!
00.30 at home and going to sleep

A Thursday through PD`s eyes...

8:30
Morning alarm, a look out of the window - no sun (but we don’t need the sun to shine anyway)

8:31 - 9:30
Shower, breakfast, toilet (not 355 steps away)

9:30-9:40
Nice walk to the trolley stop

9:40- 10:05
Finishing the book „Life is Tremendous” by Charlie Jones.
Learn how to love your job, be opened for experiences, use what you have or you will lose it etc.

10:05
Arriving to office, first today

10:08
Mairi arrives, what a beautiful morning:)

10:10
A wakeup call to a friend to train his morning efficiency

10:10 – 11:20
Finishing the year plan review and priorities for upcoming month for VPs

11:20
Connecting the computer to internet, pushing send/receive button. 44 new emails.

11:21-12:05
Reading and answering mails

12:06
Liisi passes the comment from another room that the same song is repeating too long already in my play list (though I have more than 150 songs there and they are playing in a row)

12:10- 12:30
OGX minutes. Calling to Lithuania about one Estonian SN, searching matching guidelines, 2 new SNs to make available

12:30 – 14:05
Annual Conference time. Communicating with OC about the conference promotion, discussing the messages for Youth Conference poster with Liisi & Mairi, practicing my HTML knowledge on AIESEC in Estonia MC promotion

14:05-14:45
Lunch with a friend

14:45 – 15:30
Finishing a proposal for Baltics about Synergy (objectives, facis, chair, delegates etc.), sending a mail to fix an agenda team meeting

15:30
Liisi asks a question from other room, we are answering with Mairi, no answer from Kristi, who is working in the same room with her (an extraordinary ability to focus)

15:35 – 16:20
Translating rewards & recognition promotion into Estonian for alumnae

16:20
355 steps to toilet & 355 steps back. Nice refreshing though.

16:30 - 17:45
Emails again, communication with Austria about LC development, some calls to fix meetings

17:46
Kreta asks me about „tiinustašu” (teenustasu), first improvements in learning Estonian

17:50 – 19:00
A chat with an MC applicant

19:00
Leaving to the center, reading a newspaper

19:30 – 21:00
Meeting Herdis to discuss different issues, problems and opportunities in AIESEC

21:30 – 23:45
Reaching home, eating dinner, watching TV, reading or catching up with personal emails

23:45
Going to sleep, it has been a good day:)

Kaisa

A day of an MCP

It has always been a mystery how a simple day of an MC member looks like. Becuase of that reason each of us decided to share their days with others as well.

A short overview of a day in MCP life

7.00 waking up, practicing yoga with Erki Nool (got his video as a present for Christmas), having breakfast, watching Terevisioon to get the latest news
8.30 going to work which takes me 1-1,5 hr. Usually I am reading on my way the Economist, a book (just started Robin Sharma’s “The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari”), newspapers or if I am very sleepy then I listen to Coldplay (I’m a huge fan of this band)
9.30 to 10.15 I reach the MC Office, drink Nestle’s 3 in 1, go through the newspapers, check e-mails, and review my ToDo list for the day
10.15 Preparing the content for MC Team Days
11.15 Designing the agenda for President’s meeting
12.00 Leaving with Kreta to Migration Office to submit some extra requirements for her living permit
13.00 Meeting Alar Kolk who is the Chairman of Enterprise Estonia to discuss his membership in the Board of Advisors of AIESEC in Estonia
14.15. Lunch – I take 20 min to eat my sandwich with black bread, cheese, cucumber and green salad and as a desert I have always an orange with me. Throughout the day I drink at least 1,5 liters water to keep my mind fresh.
15.35 Finalizing the alumni fund usage principles
16.00 Meeting Mike, the CEE Director, to discuss my future plans in AIESEC
18.00 Meeting Siim, LCVPER&F in Tallinn, to chat out about his future plans and experience in AIESEC
20.30 Going to aerobics in TTU sports building
22.00 reach home: watch a movie with my family or read a book

Besides all this, I have the best team mates ever to spice up the day with jokes, comments or their learnings. I must admit that I am quite exhausted by the end of the day but it gives me a huge amount of satisfaction and total enjoyment of each minute of relaxation in the evening. I have a good sleep and go to work the next day refreshed and excited to do the next thing in the menu.

Mairi

Huge expectations

I´m afraid of Kaisa´s next posting. To my every comment she says that she will add it to her story.
Let´s wait and see.

Liisi