aai ai newsletter april 2012
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S E P . 2 0 1 0 APRIL 2012 AIESEC ALUMNI INTERNATIONAL & AIESEC INTERNATIONAL
Dear Alumni,
I’m excited to write to you today, because of a couple reasons.
First and foremost, I would like to share some thoughts on the s u c c e s s o f t h e A l u m n i meeting in Hungary this past February.
It was a truly transformational meeting, consolidating the past and starting up the future, which I personally, along with my entire team, believe has a great potential to become a reality very soon.
On behalf of AIESEC International I would like to congratulate the new Board of AAI and wish them all the best for the up coming year. AIESEC International is looking forward to closely collaborating with the Board and alumni in general.
On another note, at the same Congress we elected the new President of AIESEC International for the term 2012-2013. I’m happy and honored to introduce to you Florent Meiyi from Mainland (of) China as the new President of AIESEC International.
This month of February has been absolute successfu l for both the a lumni network t ransformat ion as wel l as for AIESEC’s transformation toward 2015 and we are looking forward to having more events which can bring us closer together to what we envision to be the new organization.
On behalf of AIESEC InternationalTetiana MykhailiukPresident AI
AIESEC ALUMNI NEWSLETTERAPRIL 2012
Dear fellow alumni,
On a personal level, AAIM ’12 in Hungary was transformational, rather like condensing our student AIESEC experience into a few days of sparkling celebratory dinners, intense work sessions, and dynamic interactions withAIESECers into the early morning hours.
On an organizational level, it was transformational because the “AIESEC Alumni of the World Unite” Working Group received formal support for its proposals to unleash AIESEC’s global alumni potential. Following months of work with alumni, with AAI and with AI, dur ing which alumni completed hundreds of surveys and visited the group’s blog more than 15,000 times, we engaged in a spirited 3-hour discussion about our future.
The many participants included former PAIs, distinguished national and international alumni leaders, founders of AAI, and Jean Choplin, a founder of AIESEC. By the end of this discussion, the participants gave their strong support for the proposals, and later that day, AAI’s General Assembly supported with conviction a motion endorsing t h e m a n d c a l l i n g f o r t h e i r implementation.
As a result, AAI’s new Executive Board is dedicated to putting these proposals into place, and on AAI’s 25th anniversary, we are one step closer to creating a truly global network that will
benefit alumni, student AIESEC, and everything AIESECers believe in.
We have some refinements to make, in close consultation with AI, with national associations, and with alumni-at-large, but we’re shifting from analysis to action, from committees to capabilities, and from debate to delivery. We can do this. With your help, we will get it done.
We are all indebted to the outgoing EB members for their very significant contributions to the alumni reform effort.
We are especially grateful for the t i reless efforts of outgoing AAI President Victor Loewenstein who has contributed so much to our movement over so many years of dedicated service, and who has promised to stay involved. Thank you, Victor.
On behalf of AAI’s new Executive Board, thank you all for your support and engagement. Please stay tuned, and please stay in touch. We have a great future ahead of us.
AIESECly yours,
David EpsteinPresident AAI
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From Feb. 16th to 19th an AAI Meeting and Congress took place in Hungary, beginning in Budapest and ending in Tapolca. 150 alumni attended all or part of the events, stemming from 34 countries. A great success for which the Hungarian OC should be gratefully thanked! For all the details of the programme, photos and the entirely report of the conference please click here
AIESEC Alumni Award
One of the highlights of the recently held AAIM in Hungary was the Alumni Award, which was launched for the first time and which acknowledged exceptional and successful work performed by an AIESEC student entity towards its local or national alumni population.
The first winner of this Prize – sponsored by PwC – was the MC of AIESEC In Kenya whose achievement was to have successfully rallied its alumni community in the organization, implementation and finance of the recently held International Congress of AIESEC.
To achieve this challenging goal, students and alumni worked closely together so as to host in Nairobi nearly one thousand students from almost one hundred countries. The event will be long remembered, and Kenya can be proud to have shown the world how effective and hospitable the country and its people are thanks to the multigenerational collaboration between students and alumni espousing common objectives.
Through this Alumni Award AAI underlines the fact that while of different ages, cultures and backgrounds, we are all proud to be “one and the same” and consistently supportive of AIESEC student initiatives.
AIESEC ALUMNI INTERNATIONAL NEWS
The elected AAI Executive Board
During our AAI Congress in Tapolca, Hungary on Saturday, February 18th, AAI members elected a new Executive Board that includes (left to right in the photo) Andrew Rowe, Bernd M. Thomas, David Epstein, Lionel Simons, Hiro Kinashi and Sudeep Malhotra.The EB subsequently named David Epstein as President and Bernd M. Thomas as Vice President. Their initial areas of focus are as follows:
• Andrew Rowe (signature programs);• Bernd M. Thomas (policy coordination, including preparations for
Moscow’12, and liaison with AIESEC SG, AI and legal counsel);• David Epstein (oversight of joint effort with AI on next generation
website/networking, newsletter and social media; communications)• Lionel Simons (sponsorships and finance); • Hiro Kinashi (alumni and network database); and• Sudeep Malhotra (membership).
Refining our mission statement and brandingTwo of the “10 Steps” in the global alumni reform effort are core identity issues, namely, “Who are we?” (elevated branding that enhances our emotional appeal) and “Why are we here?” (an aspirational mission statement).
Though the reform proposal was approved in Hungary, we agreed to seek more input from alumni and NAAs on the mission statement and branding proposals in order to “tweak” them if need be. For more information, visit a separate blog that has been set up for this purpose here: http://aiesecalumniidentity.wordpress.com/
First Thursdays global initiative Imagine that no matter where on earth you may be, you can join fellow alumni AIESECers on the same day to network, to have fun, and to have impact.
Already today, alumni meet on regular basis in a number of cities around the world, and we know that many more would participate if they knew when and where to go. During a brainstorming session at AAIM 2012 in Hungary, we discussed an idea to elevate these meetings into a global program, and “AIESEC Alumni First Thursdays” appeared on the horizon.
We are as many as one million strong, and our potential “to the power of AIESEC” is huge! Let us unleash this potential together on the First Thursday of every month in as many cities worldwide as we can. We invite YOU to get engaged in this global effort in your city every First Thursday of each month!
Every AIESECer is welcome to join us… alumni, students, trainees and our corporate partners.
To find out which cities are already participating and to get more information, visit the First Thursdays Facebook page and click the events button. If there is no event in your city yet, we encourage you to organize one let us know about it on the Facebook page. We will be happy to help and promote it for you.
We would like to thank alumni leaders Peter Mandl and Fabian Tschan who launched the Facebook page for this initiative and have built strong momentum.
Now let us build on their great work and move on it together!
S E Q U O I A C L U B
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ALUMNI NEWS
Prime Minister Monti’s support and our collective alumni potential
We are all immensely proud to learn that Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has taken time from his pressing governing duties to write a letter of support to Luca Torosani, Secretary General of AIESEC Alumni Italia.
Prime Minister Monti wrote: “Never before, have the institutional objectives of AIESEC to help the younger generation and promote professional success been so important for the social and economic environment. Personally, I do remember with special affection and joy and a bit of nostalgia my time as an AIESEC member as a university student. I wish you all the very best for your future endeavours and activities of the Association.” Read the full endorsement at the AAI Transformation project blog, here: http://aiesecalumniunite.org/
MAY
• May 5-6: AIESEC Alumni Italy alumni weekendSalice Terme close to Milan, Italy www.aiesecalumni.it
• May 19th & 20th in Shanghai, China: "10th Anniversary of AIESEC in Mainland of China"Contact person: Ms. Elyn Hu Jiangchuan Email: [email protected]
JUN
• June 15th in Hong Kong: "45th Anniversary Dinner of AIESEC in Hong Kong"www.aaahk.com Contact person: Mr. Ivan Chiu Email: [email protected]
• June 28-30 in Berlin: 60th Anniversary of AIESEC in Germanywww.aiesec-alumni.de contact person: [email protected]
JUL
• July 7th in Tokyo: "50th Anniversary of AIESEC in Japan"Contact person: Mr. Hiro Kinashi Email: [email protected]
• July 13th - 15th in Seoul, Korea: "4th AIESEC Alumni Asia Pacific Conference - in commemoration of 50th Anniversary of AIESEC in Korea and Asia Pacific"Website URL: http://aapc2012.com/2012/ Contact person: Ms. Sooyeon Jin Email: [email protected]
• July 28th in Singapore: "40th Anniversary of AIESEC in Singapore"Website: click here Contact person: Gavin Ng Email: [email protected]
AUG
August 21-28 in Moscow, Russia: AIESEC Alumni International Meeting: www.ic2012.ru
ALUMNI EVENTS CALENDAR
dAIESEC ALUMNI International Meeting 2012 Russia
Following the very successful AAIM in Hungary this past February, AAI is calling for a second Meeting in August to coincide with the AIESEC’s International Congress (IC). The venue is to be in the legendary city of
Moscow and the dates are as follows:
Pre-AAIM Moscow Study Tour from Tuesday 21 to Wednesday 22
AAIMeeting from Thursday 23 to Sunday 26
Post-AAIM St. Petersburg Study Tour from Monday 27 to Tuesday 28
For more details of Agenda, Programme, Pricing and Registration please visit: http://ic2012.ru/aaim More information in the next AAI newsletters.