Re: Updating Calendar

[Jonny Sågänger]

Dear Arun and Renee,

good to see that your cooperation has started Big Time!

Three things: 

1. I have events and dates that you might not have, please see below.

2. Please doublecheck (if Renee finds it necessary) that the meetings that have occured regularely during previous years really will happend also in 2014. Renee can hopefully provide you with names of contact persons.

This information I have earlier provided the newsletter SI News. You can also find it here:
http://www.servas.org/siexco/images/2/2d/SI_News_Nov-Dec_2013.pdf

MARCH 2014

Annual General Meeting Sweden. 

Location: to be decided.

MARCH 27-30, 2014

Servas International Executive Committee (SI EXCO) meet 

for a face-to-face meeting in Cesseras, south western France. 

The minutes from the SI EXCO meeting will be available as 

usual on http://servas.org/siexco.

MAY OR JUNE

Possible months for eventual East European meeting in 

Latvia or Georgia.

JUNE 7-9, 2014

Servas France National General Assembly (NGA)

Location: will take place in the north of France

Contact for more information: Secretariat Servas France 

secretariat...@gmail.com

JUNE 16-23, 2014 

Where next for Servas?

Location: Dalesbridge Centre in the Yorkshire Dales, UK

This is a joint venture between Servas International and 

Servas Britain and will be a chance for Servas friends, old 

and new, to enjoy time together whilst also thinking about 

where we go next as an organisation. 

In the year before the next international GA it will be an 

informal meeting with no motions, votes or decisions. 

Instead there will be time and space to explore and debate 

important issues about the future of Servas:

• What makes Servas special?

What projects would promote Servas as having 

‘added value’ as an organisation?

•  How are SOL and the new website looking 

following their expected launch in 2014?

•  What still needs to be done?

•  What issues would benefit from imaginative and 

workable proposals at the next GA?

The event program includes workshops and social and 

cultural events and an on-site internet link is planned in order 

to include a wider group in our discussions.

The Dalesbridge Centre offers a range of comfortable lowcost accommodation, including camping and the Yorkshire 

Dales offers easy access to beautiful walking and outdoor 

activities at all levels. Later in the week a series of more 

challenging walks is planned in the nearby Lake District 

National Park.

Following the meeting Servas hosts will welcome travellers 

wanting to explore more of the North of England. An 

extended walk for a small group along one of the region’s 

long distance paths may also be available.

Those interested in attend should contact us so we can 

decide on the scale of the meeting.

Email to Ann Greenhough at vicepr...@servas.org.

Booking forms will be available from December 2013. 

2015

SEPTEMBER 2015

Servas International General Assembly 2015

(SIGA2015)

Date & Place to be determined.

At the 2012 GA in Poland New Zealand, Colombia and 

Hungary indicated they would like be considered as venues 

for the 2015 GA.

Exco has during the fall 2013 reviewed two proposals in 

September 2013. If a suitable venue is not selected we will 

extend the selection process. 

Email your questions about SIGA to: 

Jonny Sågänger - pres...@servas.org

Ann Greenhough - vicepr...@servas.org

 

All the best,

Jonny

2013/11/24 Renee Gendron <reneeg...@hotmail.com>

Allo Arun,

At around this time of year, it's good to start populating next year's events calendar.

As a first transfer of power, please try filling in January-June 2014 calendar -- with the monthly events. Go through the events' calendar of 2013 (pick a month) and start filling in the monthly meetings. Do note that some events only occur every 2 months (like the ones in Australia) and/or once every quarter.... but they are regularly re-occurring events. 

Only do half of the year as the new website should be done by then and you'll need to put the events in that new calendar.

Let me know if you have issues. Let me know if you can use/find the colour picker. 

I'm here for support/questions. 

Cheers. 

R.