How stupid people can be

It's Thursday evening, instead of being happy to have rescued the mini-exchange with AEGEE-Paris, I'm very angry.

How come? Tuesday at midnight I was called by Kati that AEGEE-Paris reacted surprised that we are coming this coming Friday (yes, tomorrow) to Paris and that we expected to have nine lodging places; I asked Kati to forward me that message. So, when I got home I reacted to our contact person in Paris, before I went to bed way after midnight.... and remember I'm still a working man ;)

The next day I was in huge contact (discussion) with Paris, and in the end of the day we had 4 sleeping places, instead of the nine requested and needed. So, I also asked then my friend from the Model European Team, Annika if she had place, and tried to do my best... by finding more places.

Today, while it increased from 4 till 5 places in the morning, I proposed to in case Paris wouldn't find places, to host 4 people in a youth hostel. There was some huge discussion about this proposal besides the board also the advisory board, the board was still on my side before the one and only final relieve came, Paris can put all the nine people at the same Presidental house....

Then I needed to find still the van for 9 persons, since I was not sure it could go on, I didn't made the booking yet... by calling the 6th car rental place, funny here is that it's the closest to my house, i finally found the 9 persons van.

So I thought it was all fine, so I send to the selected nice participants all the info they were waiting on....

Then it happend. First Patrick of the board called me that they had promised a place to a certain guy, whom might get active in the SU committee, I said we didn't agreed with it (the activity committee selected the nine persons), and the nine persons whom are selected are going, no more changes.
Then Marco, the guy whom I love so much since he lately destroyed my hat rack, called me that the board decided that the Turkish guy will be not accepted and that they will take this Dutch guy with them. I said to Marco, I don't accept this, he said the board decided, so I gave him (by sms) the phonenumber of the Turkish guy to tell him the sad news, and right after that I wrote my resignation mail to the board, the president of the activity committee, and the advisory board.

I really had fun working together with Kati on the events we organised. It was a long time ago, we had such a great person whom is so active and willing to help us in any way. It's really a pity that this will not continue.
But this action of the board really made me do this, I will follow them now critical on their actions, I will not help them anymore with the activity committee events, europorter (local magazine) and exchange committee... let's see what will happen... I saw what happend in the first 4 months before I stepped in.

This was the right decision to make, now I can focus more on my final thesis, because of AEGEE in general and AEGEE-Rotterdam in special, my work on my thesis is going to slow.

So, how stupid people can be is refering to the decision of the board of AEGEE-Rotterdam.

Enjoy Life!

I am doing that to the FULL max :)

Greetings from a Sunny Rotterdam,

René