Munich Newcomers Festival - Sunday 18 May 2003
Sponsored by the Bavarian Ministry for Economic Affairs as represented by Invest in Bavaria, the festival will be held in the M,O,C, in Munich on Sunday 18 May 2003 from 1-6 pm. Economics Minster Dr. Otto Wiesheu is the patron of the event.
A similar event has been organised in Frankfurt/Rhein-Main for the past four years and is now expanding to Munich. More details can be found on the website: www.newcomers-festival.de
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Munich Newcomers Festival - an annual event
Next one: Sunday May 6, 2007
Munich Newcomers Festival - Sunday 16 May 2004
Some people may be interested in visiting the "Newcomers Festival - Welcoming Bavaria's International Community" to be held on Sunday May 16 at Forum am Deutschen Museum in Munich. It appears to be well sponsored (from the exhibitors list) and is the second of its kind - did anyone attend last year? Not sure if it's free to enter...
See www.newcomers-festival.de
YorkshireLad6
Some people may be interested in visiting the "Newcomers Festival - Welcoming Bavaria's International Community" to be held on Sunday May 16 at Forum am Deutschen Museum in Munich. It appears to be well sponsored (from the exhibitors list) and is the second of its kind - did anyone attend last year? Not sure if it's free to enter...
See www.newcomers-festival.de
YorkshireLad6
My problem with this event is that in reality it serves about as much use to the newcomer as coming to a Tuesday evening TT meet in Günthers. Actually it's less helpful. If you ask a question on TT (or to TT people) then with the possible exception of Grinner (no offence mate ) the advice you get is of a non profit orientated perspective. For the most part, the groups involved in this event are in business and anyone in business is by and large in it for the purpose of making money. The people that you meet in Günthers on a Tuesday night or answering questions on the website are doing so because they genuinely want to help the newbie. Perhaps they want to feel all important because they know all the answers or perhaps they are genuinely good souls who want to pass on accumulated wisdom or perhaps they're just bored in work. Either way, you'll get the answers to the questions you ask, not the answers that the gathered companies decide you want to hear.
Don't get me wrong, there are some good organisations involved in this event. A couple of groups that I think are very useful to new people, some that I think are bollocks but accept because they are valuable to others and though they may not be my cup of tea some people are happy about them and of course some that really are just bollocks no matter how you look at it.
As such I've taken the time to go through the list of exhibitors from 2003. As far as I am concerned, they can be broken down as follows:
Good useful organisations: 5
I think they're bollocks but some people might find useful: 10
For the newcomer, completely useless however you look at it: 40
Now, before I get slated, I actually put all the various church groups, even the 1st and 2nd church of dodgey scientology nonsense into the second grouping. Yes I think they're bollocks but that's just my opinion which doesn't count for, well, a hill of beans in this crazy world.
So, here's what I reckon. According to the website, exhibition space for a non-profit organisation costs €69 per square metre. There are various other fees and so forth involved. I propose that we get Editor Bob (if he's not done so already) to put together a TTM exhibition stand. We promote Munich for what it is really is. A great place to live, work and play. We promote the fact that pretty much anything you need to know is available on one website and we help Bob to draw in new sponsorship to finance his long term Opium addiction and predilection for weekends spent in the company of red-haired Guatemalan soap-opera stars. Bob, if you're reading, what do you think? 250 TTers put their credit card into your pages in order to purchase tickets for the TT party. Why not ask them to do the same but for just €1 (or whatever) in order to finance the TT exhibition stand. Lay on a few free Augustiners, lay on information that people actually want and need about coming to Munich. Basically provide that which newcomers actually give a shit about. For the price of a couple of suitably chilled beers, I (and I'm sure plenty of others) will happily come along, man the battlements and give people the info that really matters.
Peace
Don't get me wrong, there are some good organisations involved in this event. A couple of groups that I think are very useful to new people, some that I think are bollocks but accept because they are valuable to others and though they may not be my cup of tea some people are happy about them and of course some that really are just bollocks no matter how you look at it.
As such I've taken the time to go through the list of exhibitors from 2003. As far as I am concerned, they can be broken down as follows:
Good useful organisations: 5
I think they're bollocks but some people might find useful: 10
For the newcomer, completely useless however you look at it: 40
Now, before I get slated, I actually put all the various church groups, even the 1st and 2nd church of dodgey scientology nonsense into the second grouping. Yes I think they're bollocks but that's just my opinion which doesn't count for, well, a hill of beans in this crazy world.
So, here's what I reckon. According to the website, exhibition space for a non-profit organisation costs €69 per square metre. There are various other fees and so forth involved. I propose that we get Editor Bob (if he's not done so already) to put together a TTM exhibition stand. We promote Munich for what it is really is. A great place to live, work and play. We promote the fact that pretty much anything you need to know is available on one website and we help Bob to draw in new sponsorship to finance his long term Opium addiction and predilection for weekends spent in the company of red-haired Guatemalan soap-opera stars. Bob, if you're reading, what do you think? 250 TTers put their credit card into your pages in order to purchase tickets for the TT party. Why not ask them to do the same but for just €1 (or whatever) in order to finance the TT exhibition stand. Lay on a few free Augustiners, lay on information that people actually want and need about coming to Munich. Basically provide that which newcomers actually give a shit about. For the price of a couple of suitably chilled beers, I (and I'm sure plenty of others) will happily come along, man the battlements and give people the info that really matters.
Peace
We could get some stickyback plastic and yoghurt pots to make a TT stand!
Katrina
Katrina
Munich Newcomers Festival - Sunday 10th April 2005
The Newcomers Festival is back for 2005. This year it takes place at the Praterinsel.
The idea behind this festival is to provide newcomers, and English speaking newcomers in particular, with access to businesses and services which may be helpful for settling into life here.
There are usually around 70 exhibitors. These are mostly from companies such as removals firms, international schools, language schools, relocation services, and churches.
All of these exhibitors seem quite happy to pay up their €550 (or whatever it is) to take a stand. But quite what the value of this event to the actual visitors is, I'm not really sure. I attended last year and got nothing out of it. But maybe that's just because I'm not a newcomer. It seems popular though. I believe last year they counted over 5,000 visitors.
The Newcomers Festival is back for 2005. This year it takes place at the Praterinsel.
The idea behind this festival is to provide newcomers, and English speaking newcomers in particular, with access to businesses and services which may be helpful for settling into life here.
There are usually around 70 exhibitors. These are mostly from companies such as removals firms, international schools, language schools, relocation services, and churches.
All of these exhibitors seem quite happy to pay up their €550 (or whatever it is) to take a stand. But quite what the value of this event to the actual visitors is, I'm not really sure. I attended last year and got nothing out of it. But maybe that's just because I'm not a newcomer. It seems popular though. I believe last year they counted over 5,000 visitors.
The Munich chapter of the American-German Business Club has a booth there every year - as a non-profit organisation, exhibition space is half price.
The reason for the AGBC's presence is to bring new blood into the business networking club. Munich now has 150 members and is the fastest-growing of all the AGBC chapters in Germany. By evangelising the club at this event, AGBC has the chance to grow still further in 2005.
The reason for the AGBC's presence is to bring new blood into the business networking club. Munich now has 150 members and is the fastest-growing of all the AGBC chapters in Germany. By evangelising the club at this event, AGBC has the chance to grow still further in 2005.
This might be of interest for new people settling into Munich - or even long term residents too...various stands advertising their services etc. Maybe TT has one this year too?
Newcomers' Festival
Newcomers' Festival
I went last year even though I had already been here a year and found it very interesting and useful. I highly recommend it.
Just a quick bump for this thread as it's this coming Sun. 6th May...why not come along to Sunday chill afterwards...it will be held in the same area of town. If you're a newbie and want to meet new people it's the perfect opportunity!
I would like to extend a special invitation to the Toytown community in Munich to join us at the www.newcomers-festival.de this Sunday, 6 May at the Praterinsel from 1-6 pm.
We are expecting about 3,000 visitors from over 30 countries and more than 65 exhibitors. If you want to see the exhibitor list, please click here
There is also an extensive entertainment program featuring Irish dancers, the German-American Choir, Chinese folk dancing and much more.
The Newcomers Festival is a great way to find about all the resources in the Munich community for the expatriate community.
If you like, you can also download the visitor flyer here which also has directions on how to find the Praterinsel.
David Hart (the organizer)
We are expecting about 3,000 visitors from over 30 countries and more than 65 exhibitors. If you want to see the exhibitor list, please click here
There is also an extensive entertainment program featuring Irish dancers, the German-American Choir, Chinese folk dancing and much more.
The Newcomers Festival is a great way to find about all the resources in the Munich community for the expatriate community.
If you like, you can also download the visitor flyer here which also has directions on how to find the Praterinsel.
David Hart (the organizer)
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