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In this Newsletter In this edition of the newsletter; read how some have spent a weekend in Tallinn, Estonia and what an adventure Tarragona has been. Do you have announcements to make? Send them before the last Wednesday of the month to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it !
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European Capitals Meeting (ECM ),Tallinn
European Conference in Tarragona From 1-4 June 2011 a delegation of our chapter, consisting of 10 members, went to the JCI European Conference in Tarragona (Catalonia, Spain), organized by JCI Catalonia. We joined the Dutch delegation there, as large as 160 members . It was a fantastic event, which had all aspects where JCI stands for:
- Trainings; - Workshops; - Board conference; - Social activities (like a sailing trip, cultural sightseeing of Tarragona); - Sports (football, basketball); - Parties (Belgian and German party which were set up in nice surroundings in the port of Tarragona). The event started with a great opening ceremony in an arena situated below a castle and consisted of speeches of government delegates of Catalonia, the presentation of JCI National presidents, speeches of several Jaycees and a display of all typical Catalonian cultural aspects, followed by a party and BBQ. The Dutch delegation had also a Dutch delegation night, with Flamengo dancing, eating of typical Catalonian snacks and a speech of the Dutch Consul. Next to all this, JCIAI had meetings with our twinningpartners (JCI International Budapest, JCI Brussels) and laid the foundation of new twinningcontacts with JCI Copenhagen and JCI Karlsruhe. This exciting week, where a lot of new contacts were made, friendships emerged and twinning activities with other JCI cities took place, ended with a great Gala in a former bullfighting Arena and an afterparty in La Pacha, the famous discotheque in Salou. Next day most people returned home, satisfied but tired of an intense week. We are already looking forward to the World Conference in November in Brussels! Click here for more pictures about the EC: 1, 2, 3
Soccer in Tarragona!
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This year the first, but not the last, yearly JCI AI BBQ will be organised in the Amsterdamse Bos, a beautiful "forest" in the south of Amsterdam. We will provide the BBQ, a meat selection/vegetables for the non-carnivores (please let us, the registration will be during the July Member meeting), bread, first drinks and a homemade potato salad, Dutch recipe with a South African touch. We will make sure there is cutlery etc. as well. To give the BBQ a more cultural touch we would like to ask you to bring a typical salad from your home country.Gathering time and place at 13:00 at the entrance of the Amsterdamse Bos. The spot we have picked is about a 100 meters from the entrance. Price is € 12,- and should be paid when registrating. For more information click here>
For those who won't be joining Ballaton, a JCI sailweekend is organised from august 26 till 28 2011. Friday 26/8 20.00 boarding at Bataviahaven, Lelystad Sunday 28/8 17.00 disembark at Bataviahaven, Lelystad Price: € 160 all inclusive Price includes: Dinner on friday, breakfast, lunch and BBQ on saturday, breakfast and lunch on sunday; all snacks and drinks including beer and wine; rent of a cabin. Click here for an impression of the sailing boat: 1, 2, 3
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August 26- 28 Annual JCI expat Budapest event at Balaton
Sept 30 - Oct 2 National Convention in Amsterdam more>
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From May 12th until May 15th the 19th European Capitals Meeting was organized in Tallinn. As JCI Amsterdam International we definitely made an impression and the ECM made a big impression on us! The ECM is a yearly event with the purpose to bring members from capital chapters together to follow trainings, workshops and social activities. Furthermore there is focus on key issues normally found in capital cities like the environment, traffic, and housing. As with all other meetings where there are “Jaycees”, the ECM is also a social event where you meet new and old friends from across Europe. There are parties, sightseeing tours and cultural events – all designed to create the right “JCI atmosphere”. JCI Amsterdam International was prominently present in Tallinn with one of the largest delegations. We were with 5 persons out of a total of 200 participants. An informative program was prepared with a lot of interesting company visits, community projects, presentations, workshops and social events. The accommodation was really good with the lectures and workshops being at the same venue as the hotel. Furthermore there was a Spa in one of the hotels that gave us the opportunity to relax after a full day with presentations and workshops and rest after a long night of partying. Let´s try to go next year with an even larger delegation to the ECM in Bern!
Besides attending presentations, visiting Tarragona and going to the beach some brave men decided to play football and represent the Dutch at the JCI football tournament. From JCI Amsterdam International Bram, Marcus and Binne participated. About 8 teams attended and we played 7 to 7 on half a soccer field. The support was great as we had a lot of orange dressed fans from the Dutch delegation. We played quite well and had tough matches against Finland and Cataluna. We ended up in the final, but we lost with penalties from the Romanian team. Unfortunately we not only lost the final but also one of our JCIAI players. Bram got injured in one of the first games and broke his collarbone. At the moment Bram is recovering and hoping to be back in action soon.
