JCI Dublin - Junior Chamber International Dublin

July meeting of JCI Dublin began with a 30 minute training on JCI for guests and new members. Michelle Daly, JCI Dublin President, introduced the structure and basic concepts about the organization. This 30 minute introductory session is taking place before each monthly meeting.

Next item on the agenda was the adoption of minutes for June and May meetings followed by a presentation of the upcoming international projects provided by Vincent Rives, International Officer of JCI Dublin. Vincent talked about JCI Leadership Summit at the UN in Geneva, as well as JCI World Congress in Hammamet, Tunisia. Contact Vincent for more information: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Geneva: 27th-30th July 2009, http://www.jci.cc/summit/
Tunisia: 16^th-21^st November 2009, http://www.jciwc-hammamet2009.com/

Michelle Daly took the stage after that and introduced the project ran together with Down Syndrome Ireland. All attendees were asked to volunteer. Contact Michelle to participate: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Next Agnieszka Legowik, Communications Officer of JCI Dublin, gave a short introduction to the upcoming event- JCI Presidents Day- which will be hosted by JCI Dublin on 18^th July 2009. Contact Agnieszka to register: agnieszka.legowik@jcidublin.com.

Fundraising for the Dublin chapter of JCI was another topic discussed. Michelle Daly mentioned briefly the Cinema night project which is in its initial stage. The project aims at organizing a show of a chosen movie in one of central cinemas in Dublin. All profits from ticket sales will be used to subsidise participation of JCI Dublin members in JCI evens, as well as to support future projects  in JCI Dublin.

Another fundraising idea was introduced by Emma Hickley who invited everybody to get involved in the Table Quiz project which was launched a week before. Similarly, all profits will support the JCI Dublin cause. You can contact all of the above mentioned JCI Officers to enquire about those projects.

JCI Dublin is also running a project aimed at young entrepreneurs. The Responsable Entrepreneur is a group where participants enrich their business knowledge, get help from people with different skills and get advice that brings new perspectives to their business ideas. Cezar Gonzales gave a great presentation about this project and encouraged member and non-members to participate. Please contact us at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it for more information.

Next topic was mentioned by Michelle Daly who gave us an overview of X-factor debating. This  was a national debating training, where three JCI members were selected to be part on the Irish debating team representing JCI Ireland at international events. Michelle Daly is one of the three proud members.

Eva Eckert, active JCI Dublin member was named member of the month for her efforts in coordinating the  trip of fellow Jaycees from JCI Westfallen.

This session was finished with training on mentoring given by Laura Borlea and Michelle Daly. The trainers introduced the idea of pairing more and less experienced Jaycees as mentors and mentees. Both parties involved would benefit from learning new concepts and new skills and would get a better understanding of what kind of organization JCI is. The presentation was warmly welcomed by all participants who admitted that the concept of mentors and mentees should be introduced to JCI Ireland.

Official meeting was followed by social gathering in Howl at the Moon.

Agnieszka Legowik
JCI Dublin Communications Officer