day after the end...

this weekend big chapter of my life was closed..
the mandate of YEU Vice President expired..

i guess it is for good since i was looking forward to it.
since now i feel great relief.
since now i don't need to worry about organization.
Of course, i will, but i DON'T HAVE to :)

this was 2 years learning process... how to work in international team. how to manage to make fats decisions while your board members are in 7 different countries and are constantly on the road. Saw how emotions can spoil the work being done. Proved once again that people can do much more than expected from them. Tried to find red line between teamwork (team responsibility) and individual efforts to make things happen.. all in all i can say - many things still to be learned and experienced!!!

smoking sucks

i don't know why but each day i am becoming less tolerant to smoke and smokers. and it is despite the fact that my father used to smoke for 20 yrs and one of grandfathers died due to effect of longterm smoking...

working at the moment in Spain i realize what a great idea is to ban smoking in the public spaces... research shows that in 2007 about 100.000 people will quit smoking in Lithuania. amazing. and they will quit not because they will die but due to stricter rules and more inconvenience for smokers. This will also show, that smoking not cool and not supported by community.
stop smoking before it stops you!

post #100 !!!!!!!!!!

when i started the blog had no clue how i will have motivation to continue posting things here.. but it had been fun and brought to the post #100 today. gr8.

and today i would like to share some pix from the course (press on the picture below). today is the 13th of the February, 6th day i am in Mollina, but another 11 days of Ceulaj is ahead... uff:) today is very fine day, warm and sunny and at last i have a chance to spent some time outdoor and it is just great! people at the course are intyeresting, coming from all across the continent - Azerbaijan to Lebanon, Portugal, Lithuania etc.. great variety, great resource, great fun to be together.

TC Mollina 2007

-----> people of the course <--------

team meeting

...01:12 in the morning. team-meeting. we already finished with daily trainer's feedback and feedback from exploration group.

now we are shifting to planning tomorrow's sessions. we will be working on Open system model and Environmental Scan in the morning, while afternoon sessions will be designed to work on Models & Culture and Mission, Vision etc... looking forward:)))

Pantheon of Mollina

At the right hand side you can see set of gods from Mollina's Pantheon.
master's hand was shaking because of their tremendouness... (whatever:)))

this cartoon represents trainer's of the courses mentioned in the previous message. the preparation for the course went so well, but... all of the sudden participants arrived - what to do, what to do...:))

Mollina.... again:)

in three years i am for the third time in CEULAJ in Molina, Spain... i think it is a bit too much... and then it is of no surprise that some people call this place second home:) especially European youth workers.

here the training course on organizational management and creative leadership in inter cultural environment is being created. soon we will have more details about that...