53 FEJS members gathered from the 13th until the 18th of November in Ghent, Belgium.
There was a lot of fun, but a lot of work, too. The Supervisory Board will shortly prepare the full report upon this GA. For everyone who couldn’t come to Ghent we reveal some decisions adopted by the GA.
We elected 5 new Supervisory Board members for the year 2009:
·Sytze Braaksma (Netherlands)
·Aliki Eleni Darzentas (Greece)
·Agnija Kazuša (Latvia)
·Nicolas Naets (Belgium)
·Stefanie Sirén (Finland)
The 25th FEJS Annual Congress will be organized by FEJS Slovenia in 2010.
The Chairperson will be head of FEJS Slovenia Jaka Benedičič.
Topic: GLOBAL JOURNALISM.
The General Assembly also decided that FEJS should register as an NPO under the Belgian legislation. It gave all powers to do it during next year to the Supervisory Board. However, FEJSers decided to postpone the establishment of the FEJS Permanent Office until FEJS has registered and has enough financial input to do so. FEJS will stay in the office in Brussels together wit Europsean Youth Press if the Secretariat and Supervisory Board will agree upon the new offer from the EYP.
The Supervisory Board congratulates to all newly elected FEJSers. We wish you all the best and good luck with your new duties.
We also thank to FEJS Belgium who organized the General Assembly 2008!
Several camera teams were present at the movie night on the last day of the GA. Thanks all of you for the interresting questions and your European spirit!
This news item was broadcasted on AVS (the regional news broadcast of Gent) and shows Colijn Verkempinck and Henk-Jan Maanen explaining what FEJS is all about. Also “present” in this item are Lien De Leenheer and Sytze Braaksma as co-presenters of the movie night.
You’re attending the GA in Belgium. Great! Fun, friends and your favorite beers, basically. But what is the weather like over there? Do you need your winter jacket or your bikini? Check out what it means to dress like a true Belgian.
At the end of the GA, on Monday the 17th of November starting from 10 PM you are all welcome at De Rector, Stalhof, Gent for one of the wildest European parties ever. And what’s even beter: it won’t cost you a dime. Nada. Nothing. Free.
The Movie night is hosted in the Filmplateau, Paddenhoek, Gent on Monday the 17th of November at 7.30 PM. The entrance is free thanks to our collaboration with Sovoarte. All the screened directors this evening are young Flemmishs moviemakers. Check out what we have organised for you.
We are welcomming you with a culinary historic trip around Gent on Thursdayafternoon, starting from 2PM. The trip will end with a reception at the City Hall of Gent at 5PM, offered to us by one of the youngest parlementarians in Belgium, Mathias Declercq. So make sure you are in Ghent on time so you can be part of this great experience.
On Friday we are all welcome in the European Parliament with an in-depth debate. More information on that later on.
Saturday and Sunday are pure workgroup and debate days. We are looking forward to having great discussions with all of you.
Monday will be the celebration of our hard work. We are getting a guest lecture from Coca Cola, followed by a dinner in a Turkish restaurant (we think multicultural in Gent) in the Turkish area of Gent.
The stress in Belgium is rising to unseen levels, so the GA must be getting closer. We have from FEJS Belgium have been working hard to provide you with a great 4-day meeting in Gent.
This would not be possible without our sponsors, so we send them a big “Thank YOU!”. Please provide them with link-love on your blogs and why not mention some of the products in an article?
Where so kind to sponsor us:
Coca-Cola Europe will provide us a substantial financial amount and make sure we don’t get thirsty
Flyer.eu is sponsoring our whole poster and flyer campaign for the movie night and final party
De Lijn, public transport, offers us free public transport in Gent during the GA
KBC, banking group, is sponsoring us with a welcome financial amount
Clearwire wireless internet makes sure all of our internet needs are provided with their unique wifi sollution: plug in the modem in any available socket and you have immediatly internet.
The city of Ghent is hosting a reception for FEJS in the City Hall. Check out their great website for all information you need in Gent.
Gandaham -similar to Parma ham, just way better- will challenge your taste buttons!
Arteveldehogeschool, journalism school of Ghent, is providing us with conference rooms
Sovoarte, the social services for students from Arteveldehogeschool, is sponsoring the movie night on monday the 17th
The final party on Monday the 17th will be hosted in callaboration with the student council of Journalism and Communications from Arteveldehogeschool.
It’s only one month left for the FEJS General Assembly to start. The Organizing Committee is working very hard, so everything will be prepared by the time you come to Ghent, Belgium.
On the 13th of November members of the Supervisory Board and Belgian representatives will be waiting for you in De Draecke Hostel in beutifuly city of Ghent.
As this GA will be important for the future of FEJS, come with ideas, opinions, questions, eagerness and a lot of fun. Hot topics this year will be:
Future of FEJS and our cooperation with EYP
Financial situation of FEJS and Solidarity Fund issues
Preparations for an improved FEJS webpage
Preparation of the upcoming Annual Congress in Lincoln, United Kingdom
Elections (Supervisory Board 2009, Organizing Committee for AC 2010, topics for AC 2010, etc.)
We promise you a well prepared GA and we guarantee you will not lack of good beer this time
The FEJS Supervisory Board in cooperation with FEJS Belgium Organizing Committee invites you to the FEJS General Assembly 2008, which will be held from the 13th until the 18th of November in Ghent, Belgium.
This year we chose the country of good beer, chocolates and the centre of the European Union. Got your attention? J
The participation fee, which includes lodging, 3 meals per day and all equipment needed for our General Assembly, is 120 Euros.
You’re attending the GA in Belgium. Great! Fun, friends and your favorite beers, basically. But what is the weather like over there? Do you need your winter jacket or your bikini? Check out what it means to dress like a true Belgian.
At the end of the GA, on Monday the 17th of November starting from 10 PM you are all welcome at De Rector, Stalhof, Gent for one of the wildest European parties ever. And what’s even beter: it won’t cost you a dime. Nada. Nothing. Free.
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