The First GBJB NJR Blog post!

Hey!

So, after a quick discussion with the new LJR (Local Junior Representative) team, we (I) decided that it would be a nice idea to let everyone know what we get up to as NJRs on a weekly basis. The idea of this being that you would know who we are and try and "flatten" the pyramid system of leadership that we so often find in CISV, so everyone can feel comfortable talking to an NJR!

So, on that note I will introduce us!

For the year 2008 - 2009, the GBJB NJR team will be...

Louisa Wallbridge and James Pattinson!

Round of applause for James who is currently in the congo, and doesn't know he is NJR yet!

Hopefully in the future he will be a much bigger part of this blog and it won't just be me talking about what I ate for dinner. (n.b. pork chops with mustard - thanks mum)

So as you can see, we have a new NJR, this is because we just had our NJBF meeting in Manchester and elected our new team for the year. There will now be 10 out of a possible 14 males working in the GBJB team, which as one of the four females, is quite a frightening prospect.

NJBF was a really successful weekend, and Lizzie Walmsley, the NJR for 2006 - 2008 stepped down. Lizzie has been an absolutely fabulous senior to have and she's taught me a lot! She's made a huge difference to geebeejaybee the last two years and she will be sadly missed, and we hope that she comes and visits us from time to time!

We are all very excited about the prospect of NJB day in Leeds in a few weeks, where you can buy the lovely FAIRTRADE geebeejaybee merchandise! We are also very excited about the up and coming SMILE weekend, more information on the way about that!

And that's all for now, I'm off to the land of nod.
Have a good week!