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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.

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