Hi everybody! With great sorrow I inform you that today, 3 days before the application's deadline, I have no applications or intentions of participation from any of the people I've been keeping contact with for that purpose. For those who are not familiar with the situation, Portugal doesn't have a strong participation in EASA since a couple of years, neither has a good NC organization/structure... I try my best to cover the spot, but considering that I live out of Portugal since 2 years ago (which means loosing personal contacts with new people) and that all I can do is write enthusiastic e-mails to those who contact me, to my friends whom can forward it through their networks, or to student associations who never reply, I can assume that my best will never be good enough for this cause. We need not only participants but a new NC.

So now I found two options to deal with it for the next EASA 2008:

Nr.1: Glorious Option - I seriously need the help of everybody in this! I need all of you to get your Portuguese friends (there must be loads of Portuguese people doing the Erasmus program around the whole Europe) and convince them to take this brilliant opportunity for experiencing EASA... you have only 3 days left to do it, and those who can find me a Portuguese participant will have a surprise reward!!!! There are 4 places left to fill and complete our quota (we have 5 places in total). So 3 days for filling 4 places with 4 portuguese!!!!

Nr.2: Again Lost Country Option - I'll drop the NC duty even without any replacement and I'll ask permission to the Irish organizers to participate somehow, but not representing any country.

My e-mail address is in the NC's list, but just in case you don't want to bother, here it is again rit_mar@hotmail.com.

Let me hear from you. Really hope someone wins the quest!

Love to all, Rita