SI MONTHLY NEWS OCTOBER 2005 EXCO
From SI Exco News
Exco Info and eGA
Host Lists
Every year countries produce host lists which need to be available for travellers. These are co-ordinated internationally by the Exco Host list Co-ordinator. Following is summary of the work being done to improve the system.
A questionnaire has been sent to all National Secretaries to fill in to get better detail. If you are a Nat Sec and have not received your questionnaire then please contact Claudio. hostlistcoordinator[at]servas.org
Claudio Pacchiega, the Host list coordinator, in connection with Key list group (Laura Ragucci, Uwe Federer) and the Host list Group (Jorge Gonzales and others) is working hard to:
1. Have a proper Host List request form for letting host lists exchange better next year;
2. Work on electronic host list exchange in a protected area of website accessible only by authorized people (National Secretaries and Host list coordinators)
3. Various Buddying projects for allowing countries to print and distribute their lists (Mexico, India, etc.)
4. Having a reliable and updated Key list on the website
5. Caretaking ICT with website, programming and general communication (see http://www.servas.org/siexco and http://www.servasforum.org, apart from standard http://www.servas.org site)
6. Helping newborn committee, appointed by Exco (Host List group) in studying new ways for bettering host list exchanging and their quality, based upon a democratic consultation with each country contact
More can be found on http://www.servas.org/siexco subsite
And from that every host and traveller has the responsibility, as part of the Servas team, to check entries in the host lists. Hosts should ensure that when they re-new they have checked that their details are correct.
Travellers should let the National Secretaries know of any inconsistencies that they have found.
This is all part of working together as a team.
Editor
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