Here is to the new SSGN Board 06 07

Araz, Filipe and Piret

Besides giving transition to Araz, my sucessor, in the past weeks two very special guests for us and for AIESEC in Spanish Speaking Growth Network have been in Rotterdam to also receive transition and specially, plan as a team with Araz the way they will deliver on their role in the next year; these people are Filipe Balbi, brazilian and Piret Potisepp, estonian with one year experience in Ecuador and the two of them are the full time members of the SSGN Board. Filipe will be manageing the Corporate Responsibility Talent Development Program and Piret, the Social Entrepreneurship one, job that includes giving continuity to the so far called Explora Program, taking into to the next level.

The guys are working animals (yeah!) and I am sure they will move the GN forward, specially given the common understanding the we seam to have that GN initiatives are senseless if countries' key performance indicators are not going up because of them.

Transition and planning - even on weekends!

Also the SSGN crew of the next year hosted last week a cool "brazilian" dinner, the same day of the Brazil - Japan game, cooking a pretty fake feijoada, but offering as well an awesome caipirinha - so it was fine. Of course all the SSGN people joined this evening to cook: Martis, Ricardo and myself. Majority of both AI teams were there - even the ones that were supporting Japan :)

A new team, a new start for SSGN!

Here are some pics of the brazilian evening ...

Martis, myself, Filipe, Piret and Araz buying the ingredients




Everybody doing its part and in the end everybody toasting together before guests arrive ...