Aphelion
Sunday, October 09, 2005
Ah, how lovely is Illinois...
ROKS WINTER 2005.
Well, there were some good things and some bad things. We arrived at 2:30 am because we had to wait for a few of our members to finish up midterms Friday night. The drive was fun, I was able really break the ice with my peer group (the life of an AIESEC Coach... yay).
Arriving at the hotel, I realized something was off. That is to say, there was no one there. Of course the OC accommodated us, but we were really at a loss to what we were supposed to do. I stayed up and hung out with the two crazy girls, Kelsey and Liz, Asier, and Aman. Finally, we decided to go to bed.
Ok. Roks itself. Conference started at 9:00 am as usual. And then it hit us, by morning plenary we found out that Michigan had 2/3 of the delegation basically. The only other schools were Miami, Eau Claire, St. Cloud and Illinois-Champaigne. WTF MATE. I understand Madison is hosting their own Roks, but it was at this point that I realized that was an incredibly bad idea. The entire point of Roks is two-fold, one is to gain information through sessions, the other is to meet other people from different schools. Where was OSU, Purdue, Indiana, Buffalo?! I am pissed because the OC went through a lot of work and (supposedly) some LCs just decided not to come at the last minute.
Anyways, besides that, the sessions were damn good. Especially in the current state of AIESEC US, this ROKS really helped get the information out there about the changes going on. The facilitators were all excellent as well.
So in the night, unfortunately there was a choice between going to a bar (basically for anyone over 21) or going to their union for some sort of game thing (basically for anyone under 21). Neither choice really appealed to me, as I started having flashbacks of Purdue ROKS stuck in BWW. So we decided to leave at 10:00 pm and arrived back here in Ann Arbor at an ungodly 5:00 am. YAY! Oh well, that was the consequence.
So to end, the conference was good for information, I just wished there were more people there (I don't think we nearly lived up to the expectations of our newbies). Props to Rikesh, Suzanne, Dianna, Carly, Jill, Joanna, Asier, and the OC.
And now coming home I realize that I have to honestly make a decision about a major choice coming up. Am I able to handle this task? I am going to have to think about this for many a night.
And for some reason, I keep playing Ryan Adams - The Shadowlands on repeat. Don't ask me why, I have no idea.
Well, there were some good things and some bad things. We arrived at 2:30 am because we had to wait for a few of our members to finish up midterms Friday night. The drive was fun, I was able really break the ice with my peer group (the life of an AIESEC Coach... yay).
Arriving at the hotel, I realized something was off. That is to say, there was no one there. Of course the OC accommodated us, but we were really at a loss to what we were supposed to do. I stayed up and hung out with the two crazy girls, Kelsey and Liz, Asier, and Aman. Finally, we decided to go to bed.
Ok. Roks itself. Conference started at 9:00 am as usual. And then it hit us, by morning plenary we found out that Michigan had 2/3 of the delegation basically. The only other schools were Miami, Eau Claire, St. Cloud and Illinois-Champaigne. WTF MATE. I understand Madison is hosting their own Roks, but it was at this point that I realized that was an incredibly bad idea. The entire point of Roks is two-fold, one is to gain information through sessions, the other is to meet other people from different schools. Where was OSU, Purdue, Indiana, Buffalo?! I am pissed because the OC went through a lot of work and (supposedly) some LCs just decided not to come at the last minute.
Anyways, besides that, the sessions were damn good. Especially in the current state of AIESEC US, this ROKS really helped get the information out there about the changes going on. The facilitators were all excellent as well.
So in the night, unfortunately there was a choice between going to a bar (basically for anyone over 21) or going to their union for some sort of game thing (basically for anyone under 21). Neither choice really appealed to me, as I started having flashbacks of Purdue ROKS stuck in BWW. So we decided to leave at 10:00 pm and arrived back here in Ann Arbor at an ungodly 5:00 am. YAY! Oh well, that was the consequence.
So to end, the conference was good for information, I just wished there were more people there (I don't think we nearly lived up to the expectations of our newbies). Props to Rikesh, Suzanne, Dianna, Carly, Jill, Joanna, Asier, and the OC.
And now coming home I realize that I have to honestly make a decision about a major choice coming up. Am I able to handle this task? I am going to have to think about this for many a night.
And for some reason, I keep playing Ryan Adams - The Shadowlands on repeat. Don't ask me why, I have no idea.
:: posted by Greg D, 2:17 PM
