Retro!

Oh man, I just found some seriously old AIESEC stuff on one of my online storage things... not like "The first powerpoint ever made for AIESEC" old, but "This is Chris in his first year" old. Like... This Old!



OK, top row from left to right: Gav, who was the VPHR of Manchester before a girl called Sarah, who was the VPHR the year before I became VPHR which promptly changed to VPLearning. With me so far? Good. Next is Fab, The VPFER on my EB, a German with an American accent who possesses the uncanny ability to get stupidly high grades for papers written the night before (Fab, if you're reading this: you bastard). Next to Fab is me, and no, my hair has not gotten any better in the 3 years since this photo was taken; next to me is Andy, former Manchester VPICX and current MCVPICX of the UK and namesake of the Bongo Fetish region of AIESEC UK (it's an awesome story). Finally we have Adam, the LCP who recruited me and who's currently working to make AIESEC China a thoroughly groovy place.

Bottom row: Malte from Germany, the very first trainee I did reception for; then we have Johannes, the VPF of Adam's EB, operations mastermind and Manchester careers fair guru/legend; Next to Joey is Sarah, originator of the turn-stamp-clap-wiggle-wiggle dance, LCP of my EB and current VPMD for AIESEC UK (yes, VPL changed to VPMD, keep up). Then we have Kaan from Turkey, the second trainee I ever did reception for; and finally we have Hiroshi, spectacular guy who was an LCP in Japan and who came to the UK to do a masters in English, and promptly became the most enthusiastic member in the history of AIESEC.

Whew! That was fun! I also found a load of stuff from MONKEYS, the regional conference AIESEC Manchester developed in my EB year and that I OCPed while VPL (and yes, it's an anacronym). So many memories...

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PS - What was the first powerpoint ever made for AIESEC? And did it have that dreary music on it?

PPS - I theorise that if AIESEC's origins were slightly less dramatic and awe-inspiring, the organisation would have collapsed due to lack of membership as our history powerpoint, the greatest tool in our recruitment arsenal, would have sucked. Discuss.