I stole the LC Photo from Edris!

The photo from the LC meeting 2006-07-27!

EB Bonding Event 30-07-2006

Sometimes when you're working with the same people on the EB for a loooong time you start to build a strong professional relationship with them. But that isn't always enough to get through a full year long term! So to try and prevent the EB from falling apart on the LC, we all got together this Sunday to try and get to know each other on a non AIESEC level!


We had a very wonderful and very large lunch at Gengys in Newmarket! Once again I gained another few kilos after all the food! Mmmmm!

But no matter how hard we tried we couldn't escape AIESEC ...


... evidence that we can't escape from AIESEC smashes! We're so corrupted that even a harmless coffee machine just seems so dirty!

After this Francesca and Ting had to leave, but that didn't stop the rest of us from heading over to the bowling alley!

Look at how fast Franklin is throwing that ball! ... moments later it was in the gutter =p

As hard as we tried we couldn't seem to land a strike till right in the last frame of our first game ... so sad!

Afterwards we hung around, played a few games and relaxed =) It was nice to get to know the EB on a different level and although I can't promise that we're any closer (we're very competitive in the games that we play =p) I can promise that we're at least a little fatter!

BBB

PS: I spent like four dollars trying to win this giant stuffed hamster holding a strawberry, but I sucked too much =(

Orientation Day 29-07-2006

Hey Guys!

Today was another great AIESEC infused Day =p

While other people may have been spending their Saturday relaxing on a couch, or cramming for their tests, the Auckland LC decided to spend their weekend corrupting the minds of innocent potential newbies! We offered many bribes and promises throughout the day enticing them to sign up for the application process!


The day started off with an introduction and identity session facilitated by Francesca! It gave the people at the info session the opportunity to get to know a little bit more about what exactly is AIESEC's overall purpose/vision.


We then moved onto the m&m icebreaker game facilitated by Michael, where we tried to get to know the potential candidates a bit better. The questions started off really timid including "What do you study at University?", then suddenly Michael asks "Ok, so tell us something your Mother doesn't know about you?"

... it was great to see how open people were to sharing!

We then started up the good old "Yesterday, today, tomorrow" AIESEC History powerpoint to give everyone a better idea of what we've achieved as an organization over the past 50+ years. Levent facilitated this and decided he'd be evil and have a quiz afterwards including 20 of the most obscure AIESEC History questions known to mankind =p

Here is a picture of a few of our group members struggling to recall the number of internships AIESEC as an organization did in the 1950s.


After this we had foooooood! Not just any food though, really really gooood foooood! We recruited a little 16 year old called Lynn last semester, and her parents own a bakery which makes some amazing food! Utilizing the super cool network we managed to secure some top quality food! Seriously I gained like 3 kgs after that lunch!

But OD wasn't all about powerpoints and history lessons =p We needed to have a little bit of an introduction to AIESEC Culture.

So everyone was split into six groups representing a specific AIESEC value and were asked to create a group name and roll call to represent the value.

Of course demonstrations were needed to educate these "normal" uncorrupted individuals on what exactly a roll call was =p


Here are the Aucklander's providing a very competent rendition of the NZ sheep roll call.

Within 20 minutes some amazing roll calls were created, some of the best I've seen in a long time =p I have it all on tape and may be ripping of some of their efforts for AIESEC Auckland roll calls in the future!


Here is the Diversity Group performing their roll call (the big blur is a very enthusiastic Grace!)

Then we moved onto rotations, where everyone had the chance to rotate around the different functional groups and interns, so they would have the opportunity to understand the different career paths in AIESEC.

After this we moved onto a structure lesson conducted by myself which I've run for the past 2 years =p Amy came up to me afterwards and commented that every year my session materials become more and more complicated! At least she didn't use the words "more confusing" =p

After this Michael had everyone break up into different stages of the AIESEC experience, where they had to create a skit portraying that particular stage.


Michael, being the overachiever he is, didn't want just any ordinary role play though! Here he is handing out different props for us to use, and on top of this he also handed out a whole bunch of themes our skits had to embody.


This led to some very interesting presentations =p One presentation included Richard singing a line for about 2 minutes about a company looking for qualified graduates! Another play talked about a recruitment on campus (as shown in this picture). Their aim was to represent life in the 60's, so they used tinsel to do this ... cause apparently everyone wore tinsel back then =p

We closed out the day with some good quality summaries by Ting and Edris, we sang a big happy birthday to Michael, whose birthday is tomorrow and finally ended with about 3 line dances =p People weren't too freaked out ... really!

I want to thank the facilitators and organizers for doing such a good job! I honestly think it was one of the best Orientation Days I've ever been to! You should all be very proud of what you achieved!!

Yay!

David BBB

SGM 2006-07-27

Hey Everyone!

Today during our LC Meeting we took the time to have a quick SGM!


It was alot of fun, with many members getting to test their seconding skills. (Future generations of LCPs watch out =p there is alot of potential in the room hehe)

However the best part about the SGM was that we actually had some time to get familiar with Auckland's moolah!


Linda ran through the financial statements for the term 2004-2005 that have been presented to us by KPMG. Since the general membership accepted these statements, we are now one step closer to having another audit all sorted out =p

We're getting closer and closer to having a complete financial record! Exciting Stuff!

An Update on LC meeting will come later with the photo! =)

David BBB

Welcome to New Zealand!

... that was the phrase that was shouted from the bottom of the creator of Mt Eden, as a whole series of foreigners looked down at the scene below!

Who could resist?

Obviously these guys couldn't!

AIESEC Auckland had a huge turnout to welcome a whole bunch of new arrivals! We did so by doing what is custom, and throwing them into a volcano!

Luckily they all survived (which means higher chance of reraises!) and here is a photo of all of them afterwards! It's pretty crazy AIESEC Auckland has nearly 10 interns in the country right now! (/hugs Fonterra)

Anyway from left to right:
Karina (German studying in NZ), Carina (Intern from Philippines), Jeroen (Intern from the Netherlands), Ladi (Intern from Nigeria, was MC in Sweden too), Ana (Intern from Ecuador), Christina (Intern from Germany), Eunnie (Intern from Korea), Cristiane (Intern from Brazil).

We'll keep you updated as more crazy stuff happens! This is just a quick post as well, hopefully as more pictures come in, we'll tell you more of what happened that day =p

BBB

Taskforces

Hey Guys!

Here are the upcoming taskforces that you can join as a member of AIESEC Auckland!

- RECRUITMENT TASKFORCE SEMESTER 2
o E-mail Ting ( ting.huang@aiesec.net) and cc Francesca (francesca.ablan@gmail.com)
o Start working towards the major student and internship promotions for semester two!
o Be responsible for organizing special things like selection and induction!

- RE-INTEGRATION TASKFORCE
o E-mail Ting ( ting.huang@aiesec.net)
o Welcome our returning New Zealand interns from all around the world, and help provide them support while they become reaccustomed to life in New Zealand!
o Get to see their photos, stories, and help try and arrange events to help them share their experiences with new AIESECers.

- FINANCE TASKFORCE
o E-mail Linda (linda.van@aiesec.net)
o In August and October 2006, there will be two rounds of AUSA grants applications. Grant applications plays a really important part in our LC's sustainability.
o Get the opportunity to co-ordinate with different projects throughout the LC and gain practical financial skills!
o Also get the opportunity to attend a real grants hearing!

- ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR NZMS 2007
o Contact Franklin Liu (franklin.liu@gmail.com)
o Get the opportunity to help organise the logistics behind what is typically New Zealand's largest annual conference!
o Deal with large scale venues, our national committee, transportation, food, alcohol, delegate packs & and so much more!
o Gain valuable Communication, time management and project management skills!

- PARTNERSHIP AND SPONSORSHIP RESOURCE CREATION TASKFORCE
o E-mail David Benjamin (david.benjamin@aiesec.net)
o Co-ordinate with other taskforces to organise the materials to raise financial and inkind sponsorship.
o Be part of the team that will create high quality partnership resources and structure for the upcoming year.

- ICX GENERAL TASKFORCE
o E-mail Edris Boey (edris.boey@aiesec.net)
o Start getting out there and dealing with corporates!
o By signing up to this taskforce you will be put in charge of forming exchange partnerships with different companies in the

- MEMBERSHIP and MENTORSHIP TASKFORCE
o E-mail Francesca Ablan (francesca.ablan@gmail.com)
o Be a part of the exciting selection process and member evaluation process in the LC
o Help ensure member participation and engagement through the implementation/follow up of the Mentorship structure in the LC

- MATCHING TASKFORCE
o E-mail Ting ( ting.huang@aiesec.net)
o Become a buddy to some of the interns we raise in Auckland Uni this year who are interested on going overseas on internships.
o Contact and Co-ordinate with AIESEC'ers all around the world as you help guide your intern to find a suitable internship.

Remember to contact the responsibles as soon as possible so you let us know that you still want to be part of the LC!

David BBB

EB Week"Day" Away

We definitely put on more weight from those two days! God, look at us, all the double chins! =P (EB 06-07 with Pika)
Ting: "sorry David for stealing the picture below from your Blog… haha...here’s a photo of AIESEC Auckland EB Heave 06 – 07!"

July Forum in Windy Welly!

From Ting:


July Forum (7th July – 9th July) was great! We met up with the new MC and got to experience what it was like to live in Windy Windy Windy Windy Wellington!!!Big thanks to Sharne and her OC for organising everything for us :-D
Thanks to everyone who came to July Forum !!!... if you weren't able to go, then make sure you come to NZLDS 06 (22nd September – 24th September) …Start booking your flights now!!!

Auckland got the most out of July Forum…for one thing, we came back with 2 of other LC’s mascots… Daisy (lied to Waikato that we left Daisy in Auckland) and thanks to Waikato, we have Canty’s mascot too!...the ugly kernel ! "woo... burn." =P

A new term, A new beginning =)

Hey AIESEC,

finally we can get rid off the last post from March =P Everyone should be sick of it by now! I know Ting is!!! Here is a message from Ting:
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At the beginning of our new term, we had to say sad goodbyes to Hildegunn (who went back to Norway), Stefan (who left us to study in Sydney) and Rengeeta (who also left us to study in Canada).
We love them and we miss them! So don't forget to stay in touch with them!!!

With the sad goodbyes…there comes the happy welcomes!!! Linda: "Woohoo~"















Our new intern, Jeroen van de Sande from the Netherlands arrived on Sunday, 2nd July, 2006. He’s working in Ernst and Young for about 2 months and will sadly leave us on 31st August…but we will think of a way to keep him in Auckland longer!...we could kidnap him!!! Weeeee!!! Big thanks to everyone especially James, Rucha, Edris etc for helping moi out !

And guess what… we have 3 more interns coming into the country SOON!!! Like…NEXT WEEK!!! Linda: "and also, remember to check out and post on our forum for Auckland interns and SNs!!"



First up, we have Ladi Ajayi from Nigeria but currently on the Swedish MC arriving this Sunday, 16th July…arrival times TBC :-D
Big thanks to Yifan for being an awesome AIESEC buddy!







Cristiane Duarte de Freitas from Brazil arrives next Tuesday, 18th July at 4.40am.

Big thanks to Jane for being another awesome buddy!







Carina Maramag (gal in black) from the Philippines will arrive soon… she’s been having so much trouble with her visa and all …L poor girl! Big thanks to Francesca for being another awesome buddy!
As you can see…Auckland LC is getting bigger and bigger everyday!!! Weeeeee…!!!