ICM plenary keeps rolling
Hello SCI World outside!
I am writing “outside” as you might have seen we all are here in a beautiful winter surrounding on the top of a hill or mountain,(it is hard to measure for me coming from a country with little diversity of mountains:) being in a nice isolation from everyday rush.This also provides a very good opportunity to focus on all SCI matters in the meetings, that are so far going in a very good rythm and positive atmosphere on the second day of our staying here.The sun came out this morning too, turning the air warmer, the snow cover sparkling, and letting see the huge green pinetrees around us.
Sun, and snow fight!
Today started with the historical moment of 2 organizations joining SCI’s world after great work they have done with us so far:
HAPPY BRANCH BIRTHDAY VCZ Croatia!!!
HAPPY GROUP BIRTHDAY CSM Mexico!!!
Phillippe congratulating Danijela from VCZ Croatia
Congratulations, and a warm welcome hug to all the people that have been involved to the great work they have done in these organizations, and hope they will enjoy their stay in SCI!
With these very promising event the talk went on smoothly on other issues for the rest of the morning covering other partnership issues, exchange related issues, and the exciting topic of accounts and budgets! We heard of very good news on how the placement in Afrika increased, and the decentralized placement porcedure went well in Asia lest year, that SCI made a surplus of 16 euros in the budget in 2006!
Lots of thanks and appreciation to all who did lots of work for that!
now going back to work, see u in the afternoon!
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After lunch we are “inside” again - for some reason you’ve got different feeling being in the dining room and in meeting room even though both are considered “indoor”. Yeah we have food in front of us in on the dining table but understandably the discussion didn’t stop - in fact it seems that we need even more time to discuss, discuss and discuss. Regardless, important thing is that in the end of the day, decision is being made, mandate is given. So does, TRUST.
Everyone with some (I mean at least once) experience in ICM (attending, of course) should have some idea which item in the agenda will usually attracts enormous amount of “interest” from the floor. One of them being financial presentation from Phillippe and Stan. Ideas and suggestions were pouring in for, firstly, branch contribution - the idea was to start the discussion NOW and THROUGHOUT year 2008 before we can decide the said contribution for the next 3 years (year 2009 to 2011). Budget for 2008 are equally interesting and mind-bogging - but perhaps we can cover it in other more technical update.
Phillippe (standing), addressing the floor
Next mouth-watering topic - presentation from IEC candidates! On the candidates list, as we were already well informed in earlier mailing list/s, are Danijela, Phillippe, Heinz, Homa, Gerbina, Jayaprasad and Mihai. Obviously this will be another tough decision for fellow delegates to make!
You don’t trust me? Have a look for yourself! 
From left: Danijela, , Heinz, Gerbina, Homa, Phillippe
Klaudia (Utilapu-Hungary)
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