Let's try to keep the chapter around

Go for it Dimitri!

Do not hesitate to ask for assistance, I'll be there for you.

We can arrange a meeting for discussion whenever this is convenient for you.

DB

I agree that we can be more active in the Greek chapter. I could not run for a chairwoman, but I have time to help for activities! So if the current or new chairperson want to contact me with ideas, feel free!

Zoe

I am glad to see that there is an interest to revive the Greek Chapter. I will be very happy to assist the new Chairperson and support any actions!

Dimitri, My free time is very limited. However, I could also help you in organizing any activities to keep the Chapter alive.

Hi everyone,

It's very exciting to see that people are still interested in the Greek Chapter and its potential. On my behalf, living in Copenhagen, I will not try for the chair given what Mr Robinson wrote. Having said that, I am more than willing to help with organising the biannual events, making sure that they happen, administrating the webpage, organising other events (dissemination, networking, training/giving guidelines to new people currently applying for MSCA or other ideas that other members will bring forward). For example, our activities could include participation in the upcoming Researcher Night allover Greece on September 28th (http://www.researchersnight.gr/) or the S.U.C.R.E. meeting in Thessaloniki and the BRiDGE project (http://sucre.auth.gr/) which aims at promoting research/science/technology to immigrants that contacted Ioanna and me. Given my "outsider" status I don't think I should get involved with budget-related issues.

I really hope that somebody volunteers for the chair, since I cannot do it myself. Then we can immediately distribute actions/responsibilities and I would be more than willing to take on what I described before or anything else that the members decide. We can start moderately with at least the biannual events and our chair can report to the annual MCAA meeting. Then we can discuss about having other small educational, training, networking events for ourselves or participating as the Greek Chapter in larger events such as the ones that I mentioned. My personal goal is to help as much as possible all other current and future members with their ongoing and future projects and aspirations, based on different systems/working environments I was fortunate to be part of while growing older.

Only to clarify, when I am wriing that I will not pursue the chair based on what Mr. Robinson said I am referring to this part: "Clearly, it is better if the Chair is resident in the Chapter area so as to be able to maintain contacts with the members and the 'local environment' - past experience with 'remote Chairs' based outside the Chapter area have conclusively demonstrated that this is virtually impossible to manage effectively." As I wrote before I am more than fine with currying out any tasks I will be assigned to or I will volunteer for.