GHD Ubbo Emmius

Dear Ubbo Emmians,

This is the Travel Committee 2024-2025, AKA: the MarieAntoinExcie. We are responsible for the organization of the Big Trip in April and the Small Trip in November. My name is Arjan Kuipers and I’m the very proud chair of this wonderful committee. Let me introduce the rest of the committee members.

First, we have Abigaïl van Rijn. As the, very slaying, Vice-Chair and Board representative she is the very important bridge between the committee and the board. Next to that, she loves drinking a glass of wine, or Aperol, or beer, or mimosa… One of Abi’s goals for this Excie-year is to end up without any broken ankles (or other limbs for the matter).

Next is Secretary Simon Prins. This ‘Tukker’ from ‘Hookmountains’ (Haaksbergen) is responsible for the minutes of our meetings. This is a very responsible and difficult job because our meetings tend to be on the long side. When Simon is angry at us for this reason (or when we give him too many penalty points), he makes sure that the secret word is impossible to find.

Then Sander Benning, our treasurer, makes sure that the budget stays in balance. Sander has a firm grip on the finances. As the busy man that he is, this future landscape historian always finds time to create fun stuff. Like our own logo or the beautiful poster that will be available soon…!

Up next, we have our lovely PR-duo. Barbora Hóraková and Sander van der Veen. Barbora is our very own importer. When in Czechia, Barbora comes back with her suitcase full of local products, like our lovely denim jackets from a very local store, called the Lidl. Sander ‘the vegetarian’ van der Veen is the Benjamin of the committee. Sander always comes with creative ideas and is appointed as ‘gamemaster’ of the committee. He will make sure that you will be entertained in Istanbul!

Last but of course not least, there is Ylva Axelsson. Ylva is our General Member, which means that she picks up a lot of different tasks and helps other committee members where needed. Ylva is a real globetrotter and probably lived in more cities in the world than the rest of us combined. Austria, Sweden, Norway, you name it and Ylva has lived there. In the end, however, nothing goes above Groningen of course.

So now you know this bunch of people, only one question remains: How much are you looking forward to the Big Trip 2025? We are all hyped and we hope to see you in Istanbul!

Love,
The MarieAntoinExcie