AEGEE-Napoli has a new board, with plenty of members fully motivated to use the AEGEE spirit and Napoli, and celebrate the 20th anniversary of the antenna.
The new board of AEGEE-Napoli was announced to the Network the 22nd of September in a more creative way than usually seen before. The new board was not only consisting of nine different board members, which managed to impress The AEGEEan, but the mail also arose curiosity by additional names added to the e-mail. By additional names we mean nicknames, and an example of that is the Giovanni “slashman” Cerullo who is the Oresident of the antenna. He explains to The AEGEEan that it is typical custom for the Napolitan to have nicknames that either arises from an incident or which describes the person very well. In the board you have a rabbit, a Maltese, a “cubano” and even a saint, but it seems clear that to understand these different names one would have to meet these people either around Europe or at an event in Naples.
However, there are two members of the board who have not been fortunate enough, yet, to receive such nickname. One might lead to think that these two members are new to AEGEE and Giovanni also explains that “in our antenna we really have a lot of enthusiasm and when someone comes to one of our meetings he or she really feels the AEGEE spirit, so even members who are not really aged AEGEE members want to be active and give their support to the association by becoming more involved. In our new board we have achieved a great mix of experienced members and new members. We were able to combine the experience of oldies with the enthusiasm of youth. Personally I think this is our biggest asset that will allow us to achieve bigger and bigger goals!”
And AEGEE-Napoli does have big ambitions. They plan to organise three events within the next year. First of all, they have the “curious case of AEGEE-Napoli” which will take place this winter, then when it comes to the spring the antenna will celebrate their 20th anniversary, and above all the antenna is also planning to bring the Summer University project to Naples. In addition to these European events, the antenna also organises local initiatives for members of the antenna and those adjacent to foster a sense of belonging to this great family that is called “AEGEE”.
Back to the New Year’s Eve event, Giovanni explains that it will be the craziest event in Naples in the history of the local. “We have organised an event which will proceed in reverse, the participants will have the awards ceremony and farewell party on the first day, and proceed back in the days, until the welcome party on the last day. The trip back will be done in the 20 years of our antenna (inviting old members and founders to be able to compare our visions of Europe in 20 years away), we will travel into the past of Naples and Europe! This all in all will be a memorable event, and of course, anyone who wants to live a unique experience, should apply as soon as possible,” Giovanni once again manages to promote his antenna.
É buon AEGEE-Napoli, The AEGEEan is looking forward to hearing more about the nicknames, the events and the antenna itself!
Written by Patricia Anthony, AEGEE-København