09/10/2022
Czechia
participants
- Stronger team spirit and better relationships
- We know in which activities are our members interested and in which they are not
- We get to know the national level more
- Everybody is now familiar with the basic principles of VIM
We met for our team building in Valachian region in Bystřička. The first evening, we played some ice breaking games to introduce ourselves and get to know something interesting about others to talk about. Then we had a barbecue and played some board games afterwards.
On Saturday, we started the day with breakfast and headed out for a hike to the debris of a castle and a local reservoir. Then we had lunch in a typical Czech restaurant. We liked it very much there, so we gave the staff our wooden spoon (“vařečka”). After coming back to the cottage, we had a session conducted by our honorable guest, our section care Janko from the National Board of ESN CZ. He told us about the national level and its ongoing projects, how we can participate, and why it is important for us. Then we held a workshop about the positions in our Local Board and their agendas. All members were given a form to fill in with the activities in respective fields (graphics, HR, finances, attending an NA) according to their preferences and what they would be interested in (there was a scale from very interested to not interested at all). After that, we discussed the newbies checklist - a document with a list of tasks which our newbies can take responsibility for and try something.
During both evenings, there were cups and jars with fresh water ready to fight the thirst and remind our members to keep themselves hydrated.
