OK, I may be exaggerating slightly - I'm not sure that the debates actually got all that heated... But I should start at the start! And the start is full of acronyms (be warned). Last month was the Communities Committee - Europe, Middle East, and Africa (CC-EMEA) Communities Volunteer Conference (CVC) - and as a result the Communities Resourcing Committee (CRC) decided to meet in Dubai for a change. And in July Dubai is very hot let me tell you - especially if you've come from a country that is in winter... Going from 14ºC to 44ºC is a bit of a shock to the system!
Fortunately we were mostly in air conditioning, so it was pretty manageable. It was a busy few days for me - two days of meetings, then two days of the CVC. But I felt that the time was well spent. We had some good discussions in CRC, and I got to sit in on a little bit of a CC-EMEA meeting; it was very interesting seeing how another CC runs things. The CVC was great, it was awesome to see the enthusiasm in the room, and I think all of the participants got a lot out of it. From my point of view, I got a whole list of things we should try to do for the Asia Pacific CVC in Auckland - hopefully it all works out!
I won't bore you with the details of exactly what was talked about (I'm working on making these blog posts a bit shorter), but if anyone is interested, please ask in the comments. I'm more than happy to waffle on a bit longer ;)