2nd EPSA Team Meeting

2nd EPSA Team 2019/2020 Meeting

The EPSA Team gets together at least 6 times a year to have what we call Team Meetings. Here, we discuss our projects and portfolios as well as their future and share feedback. The 2nd EPSA Team Meeting happened right before the 16th EPSA Autumn Assembly, it took place in Zagreb over the weekend.

The Team Meeting always starts with greeting and meeting the people behind all the emails we receive while working. It is great to see the Team, because it boosts your motivation and pushes you to do more for our students.

The 2nd EPSA Team Meeting was hosted by CPSA Croatia who arranged a hostel, rooms, helped with the food and pointed out some fun activities the EPSA Team could do, such as bowling and game night at the hostel. Some LSs who were already in Zagreb joined us during the Team Meeting and during these activities.

In the end, we managed to discuss important matters, evaluate our progress, meet the Team we work with throughout the year and some of our member’s representatives which was exciting and productive as usual.

All we had to do Tuesday morning was catch a bus for the 16th EPSA Autumn Assembly in Poreč Croatia, but that’s another story.

Bernardo Marinheiro Vice President of Internal Affairs 2019/2020

I believe one of the most inconvenient aspects of being part of a remote team is that you don’t really get to see those people a lot. Of course, one might argue that technology nowadays brought us to the point where we have plenty of alternatives to overcome this issue of distance, however, I believe face to face communication still remains the most productive and fruitful forms of human interaction. Therefore, Live Team Meetings for a remote team are super important assets and should never be underestimated.

Regarding the 2nd EPSA Team Meeting, we took advantage of this opportunity to shed more light on our projects and work and, ultimately, we brainstormed together on certain directions which we should follow in order to achieve our desired outcomes.

However, being a team with such a numerous amount of members, it is expected the Team Meetings to be very intense and last super long. And that was indeed the case. Sometimes it is hard to follow everything and be proactive in the discussions, due to exhaustion and focus fluctuation, but I took it as a challenge and tried to always push my capabilities further.

Moreover, since the 2nd Team Meeting is followed by the Autumn Assembly, I had the chance to participate in the LS day and meet our EPSA LSs. I felt like the activities and games in which the EPSA Team Members and LSs were involved together created a stronger bond between us, which I believe was very beneficial for our future collaboration.

In conclusion, the 2nd EPSA Team Meeting has been a very beneficial experience which had very fruitful outcomes related to the cohesion and productivity of the team!