Due to the very early start in the morning (the wake-up time is 6,30!) Agora participants seemed to sleep on their way to the university where the plenary takes place, so that the Opening Plenary started one hour later. Anyway, after fitting into all available and unavailable places, Agora participants settled down and the Opening Plenary started. Traditionally, the President of AEGEE-Europe presented AEGEE and its key goals and values in both English and French languages. Then, the main organizer of Agora in Ljubljana, Petra and the official guest from university greeted everybody at Agora.
Further, the most interesting part started. On the Agenda list it is called just “Attendance List”, but in reality it is much more. Each antenna and contact antenna present had to show up, but it is very amazing how each local does this. Some locals sing short songs, some cry out slogans or blow the whistles. AEGEE-Oviedo even bought a bagpipe. In some cases it was not clear who represents which antenna, as in some cases the same people showed up for several antennae. For example, a group of the same Spanish people cried or sang something when the names of AEGEE-Oviedo, AEGEE-Santander and AEGEE-Valencia were named. The Spanish people did not have enough of that. When AEGEE-Ljubljana was named J. from Santander decided to thank the organizers in a strange way. He just stole their flag, so that AEGEE-Ljubljana has to solve this problem to get their flag back. One can really wonder what AEGEE-Ljubljana guys will have to do to get their flag back.
Later on the agenda of the Agora was presented and it was announced that the minutes from Agora Eskisehir 2008 and EBM Delft 2008 will be postponed for May 2. Still, everything else went according to the Agenda. So, the CD presented their activity report which provoked a number of questions among the audience. The most of the questions were about the finances and travel reimbursement costs, as well as about more specific plans of the CD for the nearest future. The Opening Plenary ended with a number of announcements, namely presentation of the more specific agenda for May 1 and safety instructions for the Agora participants.
Maria Morozova
Further, the most interesting part started. On the Agenda list it is called just “Attendance List”, but in reality it is much more. Each antenna and contact antenna present had to show up, but it is very amazing how each local does this. Some locals sing short songs, some cry out slogans or blow the whistles. AEGEE-Oviedo even bought a bagpipe. In some cases it was not clear who represents which antenna, as in some cases the same people showed up for several antennae. For example, a group of the same Spanish people cried or sang something when the names of AEGEE-Oviedo, AEGEE-Santander and AEGEE-Valencia were named. The Spanish people did not have enough of that. When AEGEE-Ljubljana was named J. from Santander decided to thank the organizers in a strange way. He just stole their flag, so that AEGEE-Ljubljana has to solve this problem to get their flag back. One can really wonder what AEGEE-Ljubljana guys will have to do to get their flag back.
Later on the agenda of the Agora was presented and it was announced that the minutes from Agora Eskisehir 2008 and EBM Delft 2008 will be postponed for May 2. Still, everything else went according to the Agenda. So, the CD presented their activity report which provoked a number of questions among the audience. The most of the questions were about the finances and travel reimbursement costs, as well as about more specific plans of the CD for the nearest future. The Opening Plenary ended with a number of announcements, namely presentation of the more specific agenda for May 1 and safety instructions for the Agora participants.
Maria Morozova
AEGEE-Kyiv
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