Randolph Riedlinger becomes the 33rd International President in ...

Issue Nr.5 2008:Layout 1 18.03.2008 13:55 Seite 9
BRASOV ( it all red, white and blue to me)
to the evening animated by a
Rumanian folk group and the
President of BRASOV to the
accordion.
The next morning
(Saturday), at 10 a.m., beginning
of the Rumanian AGM
where President Dorel
CERBU starts by introducing
the foreign delegations and
calls Dieter STRAKA, our International
President to
speak. Dieter points out his
slogan “Remember the roots”
and offers, on behalf of the
International Steering Committee
of the AGM of GRAZ,
thousand euros to Camilia
PONOVA (woman of the RU-
MANIAN Past-President and
Psychiatrist in an orphanage)
for the children of the Orphanage.
Nobody of other delegations
wanting to speak, we
leave to visit the city. Initially
we go up to the Cable
car of BRASOV to have an
“elevated” sight of the city,
then we go down again to visit
the Black Church (black because
it burned in time and
the stones kept trace of this
fire) .
Then lunch in the “SA-
LOON” towards 14:30 where
we learn that the new
elected President is Vifor
MARINESCU of CRAIOVA
and the Vice-president our
friend Gheorghe PETRESCU
of SUCEAVA
Return to the hotel towards
19:15 to set out again
with 20:00 for Banner-Exchange
and the evening in the
International Trade Center.
Animated evening, dancing,
exchanging the collars, full
of laughs, full ofdiscussions….The
evening finishes
for each one at the hour of
his choice, we, the French,
we “fold up ourselves” to-
Half-Yearly Meeting, Mauritius 12 - 14th September 2008
wards 1:00 in the morning
knowing that the following
day (!!! No the same day) we
have an appointment at 8:00
at the Hotel.
Indeed, I had proposed
to my friends of PER-
ONNE that since we were a
certain number (see an unquestionable
number, eleven
French present at the AGM)
and even if it means to pay a
tax for overload of luggage
we could bring, to Camilia for
the orphanage in which she
works, some children’s wears.
My friends answered immediately
“present” and thus with
what I had brought and
themselves, we gave more
than 130 pounds of clothing
for the children. Camilia was
in tears and cordially
thanked us .
Thus to conclude this
report I would like to thank,
Jean-Paul GALINANT and
Thierry MARTIN from
Châtellerault and our friends
(men and women) of PER-
ONNE for their kindness,
their user-friendliness and
the effort granted my request.
Return without problem,
with recovery of the
bags (left at 9 a.m. in the
morning I arrived at ER-
VAUVILLE at 21:15, but
sooner than François).
Patrick NIVET
IRO national 2006-
2008
9