Sunday, February 25, 2007

IPM in Egypt

Hi there everybody.
Here is my first posting on my new blog.
I am currently attending an AIESEC conference,
International Presidents Meeting 2007 at
Palmera Beach Resort, beautiful.
We are preparing to update the legislative foundation
of our organization. Its claimed to take a long time...
sooo here I am, blogging, since its my predecessor who
has the voting rights!

At this meeting I have really learned about myself, as well
as about AIESEC, and I have been networking quite a bit
with MCP elects from all over the world, our business partners
and many, many Egyptian.
Speaking of Egypt, all my sympathy goes to Abdel Kareem Nabil Soliman
who has been jailed for four years, for expressing his views on his blog.
According to BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6386613.stm
his sentence is based on
contempt of religion, insulting the president
and spreading false information.
I find this to be very concerning for the freedom of speech, I have found
myself involved in similar discussions, see this article in the Daily Star, Egypt!
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=5714
I don't hope I will be exposed to any above mentioned events which happened
to Abdel!
Okay, enough critical talk and thinking!
I am currently here in Egypt, http://www.palmerabeachresort.com/
a fantastic venue, for a fantastic conference.
The conference is to elect the new the new international management board,
and to prepare the newly elected presidents for their coming role, which is
1. of July.
The conference is based on "The U-flow" by http://www.ottoscharmer.com/
a hugely challenging and aspiring model to work with.
The day before yesterday all the newly elected presidents played a game
"The Samurai Game" www.samuraigame.org
But for now I will end.