SPACE PARTY

[Erika]

Join the global team and help create a worldwide celebration of space
at http://www.YurisNight.net/team

We are looking for volunteers to support a successful Yuri's Night
2009 for planet Earth.  This team is responsible for the organization
of Yuri's Night as a global celebration. The primary goal is to
support and encourage the independently-organized events hosted
worldwide. Individual party planning will not be handled by the Global
Executive Team. Please note that all of the areas of responsibility
are unpaid, volunteer positions.

We are building on the incredible success of 2008- it was a
record-setting year ever with 198 events worldwide including our
flagship event at the NASA Ames Research Center with over 7,000
attendees! Come be a part of the this years major effort to bring the
space community together, create new leaders and to share our passion
for space with the public.

If you are interested in joining our international team, meeting powerful
young space people like yourself, getting experience in running and
managing a major project, and creating the biggest most impactful Yuri's
Night ever- APPLY NOW. It will be the experience of a lifetime.

For a list of positions available and the official 2009 application
form, please visit http://www.YurisNight.net/team

Applications are due no later than September 30th, 2008.

[pants]

This sounds interesting Erika.  Is this a global organisation?  While I'm not much for hosting a party I'm definitely keen to turn up!

Do you know if they will be hosting an event in New Zealand?

[Erika]

The idea of a space party on the 12th of April come to the mind of a group of people in Vienna attending the Space Generation Forum during the UNISPACE III conference. At the same time, we had created the Space Generation Advisory Council , the website is http://www.spacegeneration.org/

The Yuri's Night is a global space party organised everywhere in the world. So check the website to see if one is held in your Country. If not you can organize one, it can be pretty simple.

The problem to me is that since it has a lot of success, the person managing it make the people pay to be recognised as a Yuri's Night, but at the beginning it was not in the original idea. In fact, with some friends we go out on the 12th April and have fun, but ours is an unofficial Yuri's Night.

I hope it helps.

Cheers