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In my first posting I would like to share with you feelings which I was having while leaving already for my MC year in Estonia – exactly talking about my almost 3,8 years being an AIESECer of Almaty LC in Kazakhstan.
Yeah, that’s definitely true – time passes very quickly and how things can come around one day that you think back and are not able to imagine – so many things you have reached, developed personally, made impact on people, got real firends and just simply, I would say, have grown up with this organization… And I would really thank very much those people who showed me the way to be in AIESEC and I really value everything I gained and reached personally during these years.
I have been always quite an active member of AIESEC Almaty, for now don’t remember at all the motivation for being like that from the beginning. But maybe international perspective… Or I think that simply I was valuing a lot young people who are DOing something for better future… And I wanted to DO the things too and be proactive during my university life…
… 2004-05 term… Passed selection and delegate of LTS which was a huge shock for innocent girl who just finished school – introduction to AIESEC culture… First fears calling to company manager, first results in incoming exchange, matched intern and issues with him, being buddy of 2 interns…
Yeah, that’s definitely true – time passes very quickly and how things can come around one day that you think back and are not able to imagine – so many things you have reached, developed personally, made impact on people, got real firends and just simply, I would say, have grown up with this organization… And I would really thank very much those people who showed me the way to be in AIESEC and I really value everything I gained and reached personally during these years.
I have been always quite an active member of AIESEC Almaty, for now don’t remember at all the motivation for being like that from the beginning. But maybe international perspective… Or I think that simply I was valuing a lot young people who are DOing something for better future… And I wanted to DO the things too and be proactive during my university life…
… 2004-05 term… Passed selection and delegate of LTS which was a huge shock for innocent girl who just finished school – introduction to AIESEC culture… First fears calling to company manager, first results in incoming exchange, matched intern and issues with him, being buddy of 2 interns…
My first question – do I need to be here?
… 2005-06 term… applied for the first position in AIESEC as Finance coordinator and steps to make the difference to establish something to work in this LC area, CEEDer in AIESEC Eskisehir, Turkey – my first international experience, Finance Director Meeting in Moscow, first national AIESEC Ru&Ka conference, first talks about AIESEC XP implementation - being fan of it…
I was learning and gaining a lot during this year, but that’s was the beginning of my journey…
… 2006-07 term… quite competent to continue with LC finance and being elected for EB as VP Finance - my first year to work in LC board and finance system in LC works quite well, the best international conference ever – ITC 2006 in Lithuania which gave me a lot of understanding about myself as a person and first real networking with AIESECers abroad, YouCan! international conference in Poland, first try to work on PBOX and no exchange results, Millennium Development Goals project with UN…
And in the end, I’m the only one person who has enough skills and experience to be LC President next year…
… 2007-08 term… being elected for LCP and feeling quite ambitious together with my team in reaching amazing results and make the difference, first Annual Report event, LC and EB planning, boom in incoming exchange – bringing internationalism to LC, LC culture establishment, International Congress in Turkey, first Developing Leaders Day, EuroCo in Lithuania, great people recruited to LC, intense work with first MC Kazakhstan, first National Congress, finance sustainability, EB 08-09 elections – the biggest in the history and I have successor!, transition and Annual Report…
… 2005-06 term… applied for the first position in AIESEC as Finance coordinator and steps to make the difference to establish something to work in this LC area, CEEDer in AIESEC Eskisehir, Turkey – my first international experience, Finance Director Meeting in Moscow, first national AIESEC Ru&Ka conference, first talks about AIESEC XP implementation - being fan of it…
I was learning and gaining a lot during this year, but that’s was the beginning of my journey…
… 2006-07 term… quite competent to continue with LC finance and being elected for EB as VP Finance - my first year to work in LC board and finance system in LC works quite well, the best international conference ever – ITC 2006 in Lithuania which gave me a lot of understanding about myself as a person and first real networking with AIESECers abroad, YouCan! international conference in Poland, first try to work on PBOX and no exchange results, Millennium Development Goals project with UN…
And in the end, I’m the only one person who has enough skills and experience to be LC President next year…
… 2007-08 term… being elected for LCP and feeling quite ambitious together with my team in reaching amazing results and make the difference, first Annual Report event, LC and EB planning, boom in incoming exchange – bringing internationalism to LC, LC culture establishment, International Congress in Turkey, first Developing Leaders Day, EuroCo in Lithuania, great people recruited to LC, intense work with first MC Kazakhstan, first National Congress, finance sustainability, EB 08-09 elections – the biggest in the history and I have successor!, transition and Annual Report…
That’s all…
That’s how I lived approximately my years in AIESEC… I was trying to put somehow the BRIGHTEST MOMENTS in each term but for sure so many happy emotions, stressful moments, sometimes tears, hard work and fun is lying in between of these lines… I still remember the phrase of our alumni, who was always telling us, being that time fresh members – “you will get from AIESEC as much, as you will bring to the organization”… And that’s really true, year by year, when you look back, you are starting to understand that quite clear…
On 1st May I have officially finished my term as LCP of AIESEC Almaty without not having any doubts that its was the most SIGNIFICANT YEAR in the history of our LC with loads of results reached in all the areas… People say that it’s impossible to reach everything during the year what was planned and stay realistic to that. But I would say that’s possible if you have a REAL TEAM who is also ambitious like you and believe in success together. Seems to be like in a fairy tale, but I LIVED IN THIS FAIRY TALE with my Executive Board team the whole 07-08 year…
What I understood is that how hard it is to loose the OWNERSHIP to the work you did, especially being LCP. You want many things to be continued and let your LC grow up to the next level of its development, that’s why in the last days before I left, I was extremely worried to finish everything till the end and give the last inputs and ideas from my side… It’s like your OWN CHILD, when you are afraid that he starts making his own steps… And till now I’m still trying to make myself not to get very much involved in the decision making, but let the new team make their OWN DECISIONS, failures, successes and results… Let them have their ownership in what they do and not being afraid but AMBITIOUS towards upcoming LC year! Anyways, we are in AIESEC and we always learn… Let it be our playground for BETTER TOMORROW…
I guess that’s common among people to look back on yourself once a moment – like having a big stop when you go by train to some city… I’m looking back to myself right now and think that AIESEC years of working on the local level gave me a lot in building my personality especially knowing my own abilities and having self-confidence. There are some natural characteristics which every person has and which you can only make stronger, but there are also some that you have to discover… Right now I’m quite sure that HARD WORK, RESPONSIBILITY AND PERSISTENCE are the base skills which make person “reach his stars”. But there are some of them which are also important, that I found out in myself after some years, is BEING ENTREPRENEURIAL, SELF-PERFORMING, POSITIVE TOWARDS FUTURE AND RESULT-ORIENTED… Sure, we are not perfect and there are some “black” sides which everybody also has, but it’s always important to be focused on your strengths than weak points…
…… At EuroCo 07 in Lithuania (international conference specially designed for LCPs), when its was exactly the middle of my term, I understood that many things what I was doing in AIESEC, many processes and things which I started to establish and work on my own, when there was no advise from anybody - I’m doing in a RIGHT WAY… You know that’s such a cool feeling when you get a big satisfaction and sort of evaluation of your work! During this conference I was totally crashed in a positive way, that something is missing from my “plate” and I would like to taste some other “dish” out of many other menus I have in life… And it has to be something UNORDINARY, CHALLENGING AND INTERNATIONAL one, which will be strongly connected to my future professional plans…
2008-09 term…
Being elected for MC AIESEC ESTONIA TEAM… That’s totally another life story which I have just started today – 1st June 2008…
I guess that’s common among people to look back on yourself once a moment – like having a big stop when you go by train to some city… I’m looking back to myself right now and think that AIESEC years of working on the local level gave me a lot in building my personality especially knowing my own abilities and having self-confidence. There are some natural characteristics which every person has and which you can only make stronger, but there are also some that you have to discover… Right now I’m quite sure that HARD WORK, RESPONSIBILITY AND PERSISTENCE are the base skills which make person “reach his stars”. But there are some of them which are also important, that I found out in myself after some years, is BEING ENTREPRENEURIAL, SELF-PERFORMING, POSITIVE TOWARDS FUTURE AND RESULT-ORIENTED… Sure, we are not perfect and there are some “black” sides which everybody also has, but it’s always important to be focused on your strengths than weak points…
…… At EuroCo 07 in Lithuania (international conference specially designed for LCPs), when its was exactly the middle of my term, I understood that many things what I was doing in AIESEC, many processes and things which I started to establish and work on my own, when there was no advise from anybody - I’m doing in a RIGHT WAY… You know that’s such a cool feeling when you get a big satisfaction and sort of evaluation of your work! During this conference I was totally crashed in a positive way, that something is missing from my “plate” and I would like to taste some other “dish” out of many other menus I have in life… And it has to be something UNORDINARY, CHALLENGING AND INTERNATIONAL one, which will be strongly connected to my future professional plans…
2008-09 term…
Being elected for MC AIESEC ESTONIA TEAM… That’s totally another life story which I have just started today – 1st June 2008…
