Regional Meeting
It was time for yet another Regional Meeting (RM) for the Nordic Region between 23rd and 26th October 2009 . This was my 2nd BEST event and it lived up to it's expectation of a BEST event, lots of fun, new friends, parties and drinking every night and of course some good learning. The organizers this time were LBG Uppsala, also celebrating their 5th year birthday. There were suppose to be 3 participants from each LBG but we were only 2 from Lund, myself Balaji (the newbie) and Jens (the experienced). Overall there we were about 60 people including the organizers and the trainers, at a cabin some where in between Stockholm and Uppsala. The cabin was right in the middle of the woods, there were just no one else around and you had to drive 10 mins to reach the town. A perfect place to spend the weekend and have BEST fun ( specially for me, it was a perfect one since I had just completed my exams and I needed to relax). The weather was not really perfect, it was cold and raining sometimes, but it really didn't matter since all of us were in our BEST spirit.
There was nothing much on 23rd, it was just the arrival day and introduction. There were presentations from a few LBGs and Stockholm LBG had a presentation in a different way, they presented a surprise dance, since the theme for the RM was "Dance me away"!!! After that it was time for some get-to-know games. All paritcipants were divided into groups and there were lots of fun games for each group. Later on it continued with some drinks and party until all of us were tired.
Sleep is one thing you can never expect in any BEST event, but it's worth it, we have the whole life to sleep :) but BEST events come once a while. So, after going to sleep late at night or some of them even early morning, it was time to wake up and get ready for the sessions the next morning, 24th. The breakfast was at 8:30 am and sessions started at 9 am. There were different sessions going on parallely. I, being a new BEST member took the BEST Knowledge Transfer session. It was an interactive session where I got to know more about BEST, the activities that happen in BEST, the acronyms, RM (Reginal Meeting), PM (Presidents Meeting), GA (General Assembly), LBG (Local BEST Group), JBT (Joint Board Training), TS (Tain Shop) etc etc... All the way it was a great session where I had lots of fun and at the same time got to know about BEST. This was followed by a session EEC (External Events Committee) about organizing Local Engineering Competion (LEC). We were split into groups of 4 and our task was to plan and organize a LEC. Again it was a very interesting session and it gave us an idea of how to organize a LEC and what difficulties we might face during the event.
There were a few more sessions until the evening which were mainly disccussions. Then it was time for party again!!!! As said mentioned before, the theme for the RM was "Dance me away" and each LBG had to present a dance and all the other participants had to follow and dance accordingly. It was yet another fun filled BEST dance party, all of us danced the whole night, had lots of drinks and no one knew when we went to sleep, at least I don't remember when I slept, I remember only when I woke up the next morning, again pretty early, since we had few more sessions.
The next day 25th, again we had to gather for break fast at 8:30 am. It didn't matter even if it was sunday, you had to be there for the session, so not much sleep. There were sessions from the training groups, I attended a session on "presentation skills". This was one of the truly BEST sessions, I definetely improved my presentation skills and it gave me more confidence to face large audience and make a more effective presentation. This was followed by BEST session for all, in which there were presentations from different teams about some changes in the BEST activities. Later on in the evening, there was a workshop by the Fin-Team (Financial Team).
Unfortunately it was soon time for me to leave. It was such a pity that I could not stay on for the most awaited event, the International Evening. The International Evening is one of the BEST party night, you get to taste drinks from different countries and then the party is one of the most crazy parties ever. I still remember the International Evening during the BEST Spring course that I attended in France, simply superb and awesome.
It was sad but I had to leave. But I heard some crazy stories from Jens, that one of the main organizers was so drunk that he was almost naked :). Well, whatever happens at BEST stays at BEST, so no more details.
Overall it was a great event with lots of fun. Personally, I got to know more about BEST and I am now motivated to work more for LBG Lund. I also improved my personal skills, met many new friends and of course got a chance to visit Stockholm. That's what BEST is always about: travel around Europe, make new friends, have fun and parties every night, try something crazy and not to forget, there's always some learning involved. If you haven't been at BEST, then you are for sure missing something!!!
There was nothing much on 23rd, it was just the arrival day and introduction. There were presentations from a few LBGs and Stockholm LBG had a presentation in a different way, they presented a surprise dance, since the theme for the RM was "Dance me away"!!! After that it was time for some get-to-know games. All paritcipants were divided into groups and there were lots of fun games for each group. Later on it continued with some drinks and party until all of us were tired.
Sleep is one thing you can never expect in any BEST event, but it's worth it, we have the whole life to sleep :) but BEST events come once a while. So, after going to sleep late at night or some of them even early morning, it was time to wake up and get ready for the sessions the next morning, 24th. The breakfast was at 8:30 am and sessions started at 9 am. There were different sessions going on parallely. I, being a new BEST member took the BEST Knowledge Transfer session. It was an interactive session where I got to know more about BEST, the activities that happen in BEST, the acronyms, RM (Reginal Meeting), PM (Presidents Meeting), GA (General Assembly), LBG (Local BEST Group), JBT (Joint Board Training), TS (Tain Shop) etc etc... All the way it was a great session where I had lots of fun and at the same time got to know about BEST. This was followed by a session EEC (External Events Committee) about organizing Local Engineering Competion (LEC). We were split into groups of 4 and our task was to plan and organize a LEC. Again it was a very interesting session and it gave us an idea of how to organize a LEC and what difficulties we might face during the event.
There were a few more sessions until the evening which were mainly disccussions. Then it was time for party again!!!! As said mentioned before, the theme for the RM was "Dance me away" and each LBG had to present a dance and all the other participants had to follow and dance accordingly. It was yet another fun filled BEST dance party, all of us danced the whole night, had lots of drinks and no one knew when we went to sleep, at least I don't remember when I slept, I remember only when I woke up the next morning, again pretty early, since we had few more sessions.
The next day 25th, again we had to gather for break fast at 8:30 am. It didn't matter even if it was sunday, you had to be there for the session, so not much sleep. There were sessions from the training groups, I attended a session on "presentation skills". This was one of the truly BEST sessions, I definetely improved my presentation skills and it gave me more confidence to face large audience and make a more effective presentation. This was followed by BEST session for all, in which there were presentations from different teams about some changes in the BEST activities. Later on in the evening, there was a workshop by the Fin-Team (Financial Team).
Unfortunately it was soon time for me to leave. It was such a pity that I could not stay on for the most awaited event, the International Evening. The International Evening is one of the BEST party night, you get to taste drinks from different countries and then the party is one of the most crazy parties ever. I still remember the International Evening during the BEST Spring course that I attended in France, simply superb and awesome.
It was sad but I had to leave. But I heard some crazy stories from Jens, that one of the main organizers was so drunk that he was almost naked :). Well, whatever happens at BEST stays at BEST, so no more details.
Overall it was a great event with lots of fun. Personally, I got to know more about BEST and I am now motivated to work more for LBG Lund. I also improved my personal skills, met many new friends and of course got a chance to visit Stockholm. That's what BEST is always about: travel around Europe, make new friends, have fun and parties every night, try something crazy and not to forget, there's always some learning involved. If you haven't been at BEST, then you are for sure missing something!!!
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