Déjà la fin de la transition

Hi all!

It is now monday and I just realised that it's been 3 full weeks since I left Québec. Can't believe how fast time is flying!! Transition is now almost over and our team is finally complete!! Before last Saturday, we were still missing 2 persons on the team. We were basically 4 girls + David (MCP). Now that Anthony and Abdo arrived in Paris, we have a better equilibrium lol! It's really cool cause we can now feel the team spirit and get to know the team with whom we're gonna work, live, eat, party.. etc for a whole year!! Plus, we can finally start taking some decisions regarding our term! ahhhh!! enfin!!! lol

As it wasn't really clear into my last post, I'm gonna describe what is exactly my role in the national team of AIESEC France.

De façon générale, my role is LC Development and Alumni. For Canadian AIESECer, it's the equivalent of RVP + Alumnis. More specifically, I will be responsible of :

- developing the LC Development framework (with the other members part of the LC Development taskforce - we are 4 : David, Coralie, Anthony and myself).

- going in local committees and help the LC by providing advices, training, coaching, support... For aiesecers, it's basically what we call LC visits. Pour les autres, c'est un peu l'équivalent d'un conseilller dans une boîte de service conseil, sauf que je suis spécialisée dans les processus AIESEC.

- create a cooperation culture between LCs, un peu comme au Québec!! Sharing Da LUV!! ;)

- promote, find, talk, use and abuse of alumnis! lol I'm gonna be working with Abdo on this, but since he's not a Freach speaker, I'll be mainly doing the talking part. ;)

We just decided today the LCs allocation. At the opposite of @Canada, where LCs used to be allocated in a geographic way (Québec, Ontario, West Atlantic), in France, we allocate LCs by choosing who is the team is most suitable, meaning the person who can have the biggest impact on the LC reality.

There is about 15 LCs in France, and I will be the coach of 5 of them : INT (Evry), Sciences Po (Paris), Toulouse, Bordeaux and Reims. As you can see, most of my LCs are now in Paris, meaning that I will pass most of my time on the road! As an international, this is really cool, but at the same time, I know that it is gonna be exhausting! Always being out of your home, not being really in control of your schedule, when you will sleep, where you will eat... etc. I'm quite aware that this is gonna be challenging spychologically, but I'm more than ready to do it!! :D

Otherwise, this weekend, I went with some aiesecers to La Fête de la Musique. For those who never heard about this event before, it is an annual French event, always happening during the longest day of the year, where music is everywhere in Paris. Wherever you go, there's either a big show going on, or some random musicians playing in the streets. Kinda nice, eh!? ;) We first went to Bastille where a huge show was happening. But there were sooooo many people there that we decided to go else where. We then went to Trocadéro (tour Eiffel). You can't imagine who cool it was to celebrate just in front of the Eiffel Tower!! It is soooo damn pretty that you can just stand there of hours and admire!! :D

On Sunday, after spending the afternoon walking around Île St-Louis, Cathédrale Notre-Dame, Panthéon, Jardin du Luxembourg, we went to David's place to watch the football game : Spain against Italy. Even if France lost the Euro Cup, people are still watching closely the games. Even if I'm far from being a big fan of football, (hockey is sooooo much better!! can't believe I've missed the finals...) I getting used to it somehow!

We are now monday, and transition is continuing, but we are now less than a week away from the official beginning of our mandate!!!! so it's starting to be really exiting!!!!! :D :D :D

Plus we are now the 23, la veille de la ST-JEAN BATISTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I haven't figure yet what I will do, but I'll for sure celebrate it!!! I had a call from JF (HEC) today who was passing by Paris. We unfortunately didn't manage to see each other, but he informed me there was a Quebec Bar in the 5th where they celebrate ST-JEAN!! Plus, there is Mathieu - couramment appelé LaBête UQAM - who will be in Paris!!! As for now, my plan is to recruit as much people as possible either today or tomorrow to celebrate le 400e en grand!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D Demain, je compte entre autre me promener toute la journée avec mon drapeau québécois!!! On va surement me regarder croche dans les rues, mais c'est pas grave!! QUÉBÉCOISE JUSQU'AU BOUT!!! lol

The only thing that is screwing my ST-JEAN plans is that we have a dinner with alumnis tomorrow... And it's not any kind of alumni, it's one of the founder of AIESEC : Jean Choplin (PAI 50/51)!! Being one of the responsible of the Alumni, plus... well, it's JEAN CHOPLIN, I can't really miss this dinner!!

Anyways, we'll see what will happen...

Pour ceux qui seront sur les plaines le 23, ayez une petite pensée pour moi et buvez 1,2 ou 5 (ou 10+ pour PEC et Alex) bières pour ceux qui sont pris de l'autre côté de l'océan!! Sérieusement, chuis vraiment triste de manquer ça, en plus que c'est le 400e!!!

Send me a lot of pictures!!

Miss you all! LUV xxx