Jantar Servas em Alfama

 No passado dia 17 de Outubro houve um jantar num restaurante de Alfama, Lisboa, que contou, além da presença de 10 membros de Servas Portugal, também com a companhia de 3 membros de Servas India, de visita ao nosso país. Hiren, Dipti e a sua filha Aruja ficaram bastante agradados com este pequeno encontro e desejam as boas-vindas de membros portugueses à Índia.

A group of Servas members from Lisbon had the enormous pleasure to meet Hiren, Dipti and Aruja from Servas India, sharing memories, interesting conversations and making plans for the future

Novo/a Tesoureiro/a para Servas International procura-se

Servas Internacional está à procura de um/a Tesoureiro/a.
Aqui pode encontrar a descrição das funções e do perfil da pessoa pretendida.
"AD: SI LOOKING FOR NEW TREASURER
Servas International (SI) is looking to fill the position of SI Treasurer. Our current SI Treasurer William D'Souza will resign shortly due to increased workload in his professional businesses. The SI Treasurer is a volunteer position and the SI Statutes allow for the appointment of a replacement person until the next SI General Assembly, in case the elected SI Treasurer is unable to complete their term of office.
The SI Treasurer is a member of the SI Executive Committee (SI Exco) volunteer team, which is responsible for managing the affairs of Servas International, having an annual budgeted income of approximately CHF 60,000. The income for the organisation comes from membership fees paid by Servas members in National Servas Groups in the form of an SI stamp placed on their Letter of Introduction before travelling with Servas.
The prospective incumbent will have the support services of the book keeper based in Bangalore and he will responsible for the following functions:
1. Accounting for multi-currency payments (both operational and capital).
2. Issuing of Traveller Stamps as per National Group requests and accounting for stamp payables after adjusting for returned unused stamps.
3. Budget formulation and ensuring that the approved expenses are covered within the budgeted allocation.
4. Preparation of payments for approval online with Credit Suisse (SI official bankers)
5. Overseeing the preparation of the Annual Financial Statements and schedules as well as coordinating with both the Internal Audit committee and External Auditors for smooth audit compliance and reporting.
6. Advising SI Exco about the current financial status at their meetings and of any matters of importance that may have a bearing on the pending decisions.
7. Participating in the monthly SI Exco teleconference calls and normally annual face-to-face multi-day meetings, and being an integral part of SI Exco in its decision making process.
The volume of work is expected to average less than 30 hours per month. During and leading up to the period of the triennial General Assembly more hours may be required.
The prospective incumbent will need to have accounting knowledge and to advise the book keeper when required. As an integral part of SI Exco, they will participate in decision making, and contributing the financial perspective to the SI Exco discussions. The accounting records and financial statements are generated by Tally, an English based Accounting Software. The SI Banker is Credit Suisse based at Zurich Switzerland and the SI Treasurer will be one of the authorised signatories to the bank account. He/she should be computer literate and conversant with international payments and online banking.
If you know of a suitable person in your Servas National Group, please pass this ad onto them as soon as possible and advise the SI Exco also at exco@servas.org. We would like to talk to them and explain further the position. We can provide a detailed list of duties on request.
Applications should be emailed to president@servas.org by November 20, 2017. "
Jonny Saganger

Servas International Annual Report / 2016

O Relatório Anual (2016) de Servas International pode ser encontrado neste link:
https://servas.org/…/co…/board-and-management/administration

Viagens pela Roménia

Servas é um mundo dentro do mundo, tem a ver com viagens, assim como criar laços de confiança e partilhas com pessoas distantes geograficamente mas perto em modos de pensar e viver.
Confirmo isso sempre que viajo. Desta vez resolvi comprar uma passagem para Bucareste, na Romênia, sem grandes planos nem expectativas. Contactei um casal romeno Servas, o Bogdan e a Nicol, que já tinham passado por minha casa há 3 anos atrás, e com quem tinha mantido contacto desde então. Graças a eles e à sua extraordinária disponibilidade, esta semana foi intensa e muito bem sucedida. Com a Nicol visitei o Museu das Aldeias, na capital, um parque enorme onde foram trasladadas várias casas típicas de várias regiões da Romênia. Depois ela levou-me para Rasnov, na região de Brasov, Transilvania onde um amigo guia turístico andou comigo um dia e meio a mostrar-me os vários castelos e atracções da zona, incluindo o castelo do Drácula. O Bogdan também me mostrou uma parte de Bucareste, incluindo o magnífico Ateneu.
Só tenho a dizer que esta semana não teria sido a mesma sem a companhia e alegria destes meus amigos Servas.
A Romênia é um país lindo, rico em cultura e paisagens deslumbrantes, uma História de movimentos sociais, um povo simpático e hospitaleiro. Quase toda a gente fala inglês, a moeda é o LEI, as deslocações são fáceis, o clima, no Outono, é frio (até com neve) e o custo de vida é mais barato que em Portugal.
Carla Kristensen 3/11/2017