Thanks to a pinch of good fortune, the whole ICBIE team, which usually communicates across continents, managed to get together face to face for a real brainstorming session in Campagnano. Celeste and Veronique arrived on Friday from Barcelona and Marlene came in from Salvador last night, joining Pietro, Roy and Julio. Our Barcelona girls, after their long stay in Ribeira, have spent several months working on a comprehensive restructuring plan for our Institute, and they unveiled an impressive powerpoint presentation and an impeccably detailed excel spreadsheet that clarifies our whole business operation. The benefits of this are twofold: we can finally study our financial resources and appropriations, optimizing their efficiency in order to plan the future, and at the same time, have a transparent picture of our entire operation, which is a necessary prerequisite for attracting serious donors from the corporate world.
We were also able to watch some impressive new videos: the beautiful D’Artagnan documentary that was broadcast by Italian National Television (RAI) several weeks ago and a terrific documentary of the first Ribeira das Artes festival that the ICBIE held last February.
Celeste, Marlene, Roy, Pietro and Veronique
Marlene, Celeste, Pietro, Roy and Julio
And, as always, Pietro got busy in the kitchen, cooking up a perfect spaghetti alla carbonara for lunch!
