Tonight we had our last meeting for the semester and due to exams and an upcoming summer season only a few people showed up for the meeting. However, we discussed a bit about the budget for the summer course - if we don't get the grant we applied for the budget will unfortunately be a bit tight. But in BEST you learn to make magic out of every penny that you got, so we will manage somehow. :)

After the meeting we had a small workshop and discussed economy, mailing lists, future activities and of course the summer course.

Experience the BEST summer

If you would like to experience one of the BEST summers in your life, you should not hesitate to apply as co-organiser for the summer course! Check the information here.

In the past BEST Lund has been quite good at going on nature trips around Lund and Skåne, so we decided to bring this tradition forward, gathered some people who had nothing else planned for a Saturday in the middle of May and headed north.


In total we were seven people who met at a rainy train station in Lund on Saturday morning. We headed for Kullen or Kullaberg in the north west of Skåne, where we planned to walk around in the beautiful landscape. Our mission was also to find the country of Ladonia, a place that is nowhere on the maps, with no signs, hard to find in an inaccessable terrain, but yet still invaded by tourists.


On our way east, we started the real search for Nimis and Ladonia, and after hours of walking and climbing rocks we finally found it.





On the way back we got a bit lost and for a while we even lost the track of the road, but eventually we found it and arrived at the bus station perfectly on time for the bus! In total we measured our trip to about 17km - a bit more than planned, which our feet constantly reminded us of about afterwards, but overall it was a lovely day and a great trip. :)

- Did you ever wanted to experience a BEST course?
- But you never had the opportunity to go?

- Now we are offering you an opportunity to experience the BEST spirit at home here in Lund. This is a great opportunity to meet us and see what BEST is all about!

We are now looking for some happy and fun people who wants to help us with this years summer course!

The summer course takes place between the 7th - 22nd of August here in Lund and it will for sure be an unforgettable event! You will help us with parties, preparing food and taking care of the participants etc. If you would like to know more, check out our summer course page, where you can find all info on how to apply.

Since we did a really great job with the Cultural Exchange and worked a bit more that we where planning, we of-course arranged a thank-you-party for the people who worked. So, after the meeting we planned a barbeque outside the Student Union, but we started up with playing some kubb and doing some after-meeting-work, before we lighted the barbeque.


Then we sat outside and had a good time with barbequed meat, pommes and a lot more. And we ate, drank, talked and held speaches. :)

 

This week we tried to have a quite short meeting, since we were going to continue with a barbeque and thank-you-party for the CE after the meeting. So we were quite anxious to finish the meeting, which made it really efficient.

We discussed a bit about the summer course schedule and now we have more or less set the schedule for the evening activities. Among the activities can be mentioned sauna party, viking games, sittning at a nation, trip to the Malmö festival, hippie party and of course we will end the summer course with one fancy Nobel dinner!

We also discussed upon the next RA - Regional Advisor - for the Nordic Region. A Regional Advisor is a person who should be in contact with the LBGs in the region and be aware of their situations and if they need any support. The Regional Advisor is also a link between the local groups and the International Board. This year there are three candidates for the position as RA - one guy (Elis) from Reykjavik and two people (Monica and Mehmet) from Trondheim. Each Nordic BEST group has one vote and during yesterdays meeting we decided upon which candidate to put our vote upon.

Even though the summer has yet not fully arrived, it is for sure about time to think about the autumn, because now is the time to apply for BEST autumn courses.

This semester you can apply for 12 courses. You can find the list here:

We got a bit tired of the "old" design, so we desided to make a new one. What's your opinion? Is it better, or did you prefer the old design?

The Cultural Exchange with Gliwice and Veszprém is over for this time, and our guests have returned to their countries. It was a very intense week with activities and parties all week.



We're looking forward to show yoou some more pictures from the CE and to share with you the stories of what happened, but we have to rest a bit first... and gather the pictures. :)

But stay tuned! :)