Today was the final full day of the Asia Pacific Regional Conference. First up was a panel session to discuss any questions which had arisen during the conference which had not been addressed during previous sessions. We discussed the importance of Guiding as a girl only space. Some member organisations are having difficulties justifying the continuation of Guiding only for girls where there is Scouting which offers membership to both girls and boys.
Robinette gave a presentation about an event to be held in Melbourne in 2014 which is for Leaders of Girls from around the AP Region. There was a great deal of interest in the event and we promised member organisations that we would teach the leaders to speak 'Australian'.
The formal voting session was next. Three motions were passed by the conference participants. The first related to the new Nominations Committee created by the World Board. The second was that the 2016 AP Regional Conference be held in Nepal, and the third was the election of the new members of the AP Regional Committee.
Jeng and Melanie will each be serving a second three-year term on the committee. Pinky from Taiwan, Lucy from Thailand, Minori from Japan, Marybelle from the Philippines are the new members.
After lunch it was time for the closing ceremony. We viewed a video presentation of the highlights from the conference, bade farewell to the outgoing AP Regional Committee members, presented Girl Scouts of Japan with a gift to thank them for hosting the conference and officially handed the World Flag to Nepal ahead of 2016.
We then commenced getting ready for the Gala Dinner in beautiful costumes. We enjoyed a fashion parade with the youth delegates showing off their national costumes, as well as a lovely Japanese buffet dinner.
We had a special guest that evening, but we are not yet allowed to tell you who it was! Stay tuned for tomorrow's post :)
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