Group-Analytic Contexts, Issue 80, June 2018
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Newsletter – Summer <strong>2018</strong> 35<br />
and holding the development of the symposium.<br />
Some figures are moving me very much and they underline<br />
how good it was to take all these risks (which as Gerda wrote<br />
sometimes made us more careful than was necessary). The number of<br />
about 650 participants surely is great! But even more impressive was<br />
the following: half of the participants have never before been at a<br />
GASi event - and about 50% were not members of GASi. And, also, I<br />
was struck by the 250 German speaking participants – there was a long<br />
time when I was afraid it would not be more than 185.<br />
Some details concerning the symposium<br />
• The structure of equal partnership between the three organisations<br />
was good for confidence building and for making clear that every<br />
partner is fully responsible for the common and shared success. I<br />
think this equal partnership also has strengthened and supported the<br />
effort of everybody. For the structure of our collaboration it also was<br />
important that GASi had a veto in cases of serious disagreement.<br />
The status of equal rights supported the presence of the D3G and our<br />
feeling as a partner. This was important because of existing<br />
ambivalence also in the D3G (some powerful members said “it is too<br />
early”, the D3G is only six years old) and for taking an active part in<br />
providing (seed) money and taking action in being a part of the<br />
programme.<br />
• I can say I liked the job as a co-chair of the MSC and I liked the jobsharing<br />
Gerda and I had. I always had a good feeling not being alone<br />
with any task and felt safe about being able to ask Gerda. You had a<br />
calming effect on me dear Gerda! I remember that sometimes when I<br />
felt exhausted I could be sure that you did send a first draft for our<br />
meeting.<br />
• I think the MSC really was a very good working management group<br />
of this symposium. I always felt very comfortable with you all and<br />
see us as an able-bodied team (sailors language). I would miss<br />
everyone of you if you were not there. At the very beginning I was a<br />
representative of the D3G but the more our process of collaboration<br />
was proceeding I felt (only) as the member of a working group.<br />
By the way, I also think that the scientific committee next time<br />
should have a constant place in the management committee of the<br />
symposium.