AGM - 41 International
AGM - 41 International
AGM - 41 International
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Dear Friends<br />
YAP-Report 2009 / 2010<br />
We can notice a rising interest in the YAP among the young people of our clubfamilies.<br />
Due to the enthusiastic reports on their tours in “The Hinge” and the national journals a lot of<br />
young people like to join the YAP.<br />
Because I stayed in Australia up to January I could not issue the tour-agendas before end of<br />
February. But within four weeks nearly all tours going from Europe to India and South Africa<br />
were fully booked. This year we will have 52 participants, and there are still a lot waiting on the reserve-list.<br />
We could easily rise the number of participants if we could find enough hosting clubs. This is the<br />
limiting factor. Unfortunately there are nearly always the same clubs which are open to host the<br />
young people and which are willing to do this service for our Youth.<br />
Our YAP-Convenors are doing a hard job in finding new hosts and preparing the tours across<br />
their countries. I will use the opportunty to say a big “Thank you” to all my convenors. Without<br />
the help of the Convenors YAP would not work.<br />
The program would be even more attractive if further National Associations could join YAP as<br />
hosting associations. Today there are India, South Africa, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France and<br />
Germany. Unfortunately Switzerland left the programm last year and New Zealand aswell as Indian<br />
Ocean kept byside as they have not too much Clubs to guarantee a private accommodation.<br />
In 2011 we will try to start an exchange programm with the young people of Apex in Australia.<br />
When I had been in ”Down Under” some month ago I made arrangements with the Apex foundation<br />
which like to sponser their part. I will keep you informed on this developemt.<br />
Some countries which like to send their young people to Europe have problems with their weak<br />
currency. We will check whether we can sponser a part of the so called “Tour fee” for those countries.<br />
I like to mention that the national board of Belgium and Germany have already sponsered a<br />
fixed sum in their budget for this purpose.<br />
There are some rumors about the “big” risc of hosting YAP in case of misfortune or mishap, above<br />
all the fear to be personally liable . We have an eye on that circumstances and we take care that<br />
every participant (and their partents) has to sign a “Renuntiation form” in which he declares no<br />
claims against the sponsoring Associations for misrepresentation and for damages of any nature.<br />
In addition to that each participant has to send a copy of his personal insurance in case of illness<br />
and personal liability.<br />
Some National Association have already took out a policy to protect all national arrangements<br />
as <strong>AGM</strong>s, HYM, tours, and activities including YAP.<br />
Last not least we have founded the “YAP/Famex – <strong>International</strong> Exchange Association”, which is<br />
responsible for the organisation of all YAP Tours. This Association takes responsibility for the planing,<br />
coordination and relalization of all tours. <strong>41</strong> international is not to blame in any case if some<br />
misfortune may happen.<br />
With this package of measures we have createted the basic to strengthen the YAP in the following<br />
years. I hope we can convince those national Associations which kept back to join the YAP. With<br />
this we could extend our offer of tours and make it more extensive.<br />
For our young people it is an unique chance getting to know other cultures in a way a normal<br />
touristic enterprise will never achieve.<br />
Your<br />
Ulver Oswald<br />
<strong>AGM</strong> Toulouse, France 4th June 2011<br />
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