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German English Association - Munich
WHO ?
- E: A group of (*)young thinking
people.
- D: Ein Verein fuer Junge und
Junggebliebene.
- (*)The "Young Thinking" was always a double
entendre, (dual comprehension phrase): Did it mean young
people who think ? or people of all ages who think young ?
By 2004 it's got to the stage that many of the younger
element skip the Stammtisch & go to the beergardens & winter alternate
venues instead, meanwhile, some of the
old guard control the committee. Ask different people
in both groups their opinion on that & you'll get some
different opinions, & learn a lot more about the GEA
& it's different sub groups & members ;-)
WHAT ?
- E: Everything from sport to culture, you can think
of.
- D: Von Sport bis Kultur. ALLES was du dir vorstellen
kannst.
HOW ?
Best way if you'r at least young
thinking is to join the beer
garden Group any Friday throughout the year.
Failing that, for older- fashioned members, the
traditional way was :
- E: Pick an event and come along. Phone numbers are in the programme.
- D: Such Dir eine Veranstaltung aus und komm' einfach!
Telefon- nummern stehen im
Programm.
OR:
- E: Just come along on a Friday after 21:00 and ask for
a committee member to introduce you to organisers of events
that interest you.
- D: Schau ab 21:00 Uhr beim Freitags-Stammtisch vorbei
und lerne andere Mitglieder kenne. Es lohnt sich !
- (Author's note: The above
always was official policy, but many newcomers &
experienced club members recommend it's easier to first go
to one or more events, then go to the Stammtisch after you
know some faces; Your choice
Personally I'd suggest include a visit to the all year Beer garden group).
WHERE
COST ?
- E: NOTHING ! There is NO membership fee.
- D: NICHTS !!! Es gibt keinen Mitglieds- beitrag !
GEA PEOPLE
- Do cultural, food, drink, & travel events etc
- Ski, climb mountains, go down holes,
wind
surf etc
- Are of a wide variety of nationalities. We even have
periodic optional Spanish
& French &
Russian evenings.
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Can mostly all speak at least English or German (not
necessarily both).
Some few in GEA can't speak English: ((Author's comment: :
Unfortunate that, for while for Germans there's no
shortage of other clubs locally where one can indeed must
speak local language, too much German can un-necessarily
dilute a rare English speaking club, & deter new
native English speakers who haven't learnt German yet,
(& not just native speakers eg Brits, Anzacs,
Americans, Indians, etc want an English speaking club,
but also many Germans, Austrians, Swedes, Dutch etc don't
want to see GEA swamped by German language.
Structure: Loose & Informal
The GEA has no affiliates, no commercial links, no
branches in other cities. It is a non profit association,
but not a German registered e.v. club, nor tax registered,
& not insured etc. Our organisers are highly likely Not
qualified in whatever activity, we just Do it for fun,
unpaid. You take part AT YOUR OWN RISK. Buy insurance from
some commercial insurer if you want insurance. It's been
that way for over a quarter century, If you don't like it,
do not join us, instead go purchase membership or training
with some other club or company.
Yes we have annual elections,
sometimes botched, but GEA tries to be democratic
PS English Food Shops
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