Faci-nating
Its Tuesday and I'm finally back at work. I got back from the YES! congress last night around 7:30 PM after a nearly 2 hour bus trip from the hotel. Funny thing is that the hotel is still considered Istanbul.
The @ conference this weekend was a new experience for me. I've never taken on an official "faci" position, so I did not completely know what to expect. Our faci pre-meeting was on Friday night, followed by a brief birthday celebration for Birtan, current MC Turkey and heading off to the MC in China. I was in charge of the "Heading for the Future" session, so the majority of time was spent wondering how the session I created would be received by newer AIESEC members, and a different working culture.
We had just over 120 delegates from 10 LCs in Turkey. Some delegates traveled 16 hours by car from near the Syrian border to attend. I was a little weary of the conference because it was for exchange participants with an average of less than 2 months in AIESEC. I knew they'd be totally wierded out by AIESEC culture. Regardless, by the final day (Monday), the remaining delegates were into every aspect of @ culture, expressing their regret for not joining AIESEC earlier.
The other great part of the conference was getting to know the faci team so well. We were 8 facis from Germany, Bulgaria, Egypt, Turkey, and the US. Through the hard work and planning, I really became close to the other 7, and gained a lot learning from their life and AIESEC experiences.
The @ conference this weekend was a new experience for me. I've never taken on an official "faci" position, so I did not completely know what to expect. Our faci pre-meeting was on Friday night, followed by a brief birthday celebration for Birtan, current MC Turkey and heading off to the MC in China. I was in charge of the "Heading for the Future" session, so the majority of time was spent wondering how the session I created would be received by newer AIESEC members, and a different working culture.
We had just over 120 delegates from 10 LCs in Turkey. Some delegates traveled 16 hours by car from near the Syrian border to attend. I was a little weary of the conference because it was for exchange participants with an average of less than 2 months in AIESEC. I knew they'd be totally wierded out by AIESEC culture. Regardless, by the final day (Monday), the remaining delegates were into every aspect of @ culture, expressing their regret for not joining AIESEC earlier.
The other great part of the conference was getting to know the faci team so well. We were 8 facis from Germany, Bulgaria, Egypt, Turkey, and the US. Through the hard work and planning, I really became close to the other 7, and gained a lot learning from their life and AIESEC experiences.
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