PALIC 2009

This year the traditional International Mensa gathering at Palic will be held from Friday, September 4th to Sunday, September 6th.

This is the jubilary 10th International Mensa gathering in Palic. Through all these years we had great lectures, course in nonviolent communication, a lot of joy, friendship, laugh, excellent food and a marvelous fun above all. The wish of the organizers was to make a step ahead and improve the content of the gathering by aiming the main goal of Mensa – human intelligence, its detection, development and it’s usage for well-being of the whole planet.

We have a special programme that was developed during past few years by our members Ranko Rajovic and Uros Petrovic, and approved by the Ministry of education of Republic of Serbia as the part of the national educational system. It is called NTC system of teaching and has an aim to facilitate the detection and further development of gifted children in the pre-school and early school period. Further info about NTC system of learning can be found on http://www.mensa.rs/sr/sigovi/ntc/sistem-uenja/first-part/

This programme and the educational seminar will be the topic of this gathering. The aim of the seminar is in one hand to perform the initial education of the Mensa members in interest (pedagogues, psichologists, medical doctors, sport and physical culture workers, defectologists), and in the other hand to inform the wide membership about itself.

The organizer will find an accommodation for international guests, so please contact me by email on drdukic@gmail.com or by mobile phone +381 64 1228544.
The official language of the meeting is Serbian, translation from Serbian to English or Hungarian will be provided.

The program of the meeting

Friday, September 4th

14 – 18h arrival and accommodation of the participants

18h EKO center
Official opening of the gathering
A short presentation and history of Palic gatherings – Zoran Dukic
Plan of the lectures and work – Ranko Rajovic
About 20h dinner at Yachting club Palic – food is free, only drinks have to be charged

Saturday, September 5th

10 – 11.30h Introduction (Uros Petrovic and Fedor Munizaba)
11.30 – 12h break
12 – 13.30h Pre-school period (Fedor Munizaba)
13.30 – 14.30h Lunch break – menu lunch in “Vila Viktorija“ with soup, main meal with meat, vegetables and desert, with the optional fish or vegetarian menu. Price about 5 €.
14.30 – 16h Early school period (Uros Petrovic and Fedor Munizaba)
16 – 16.30h break
16.30 – 18h Workshop on Enigmatic stories and questions (Uros Petrovic)

20h dinner for all participants at the Yachting club, party after the dinner.

Sunday, September 6th

10 – 13h Palic olympic games
13.30h buffet lunch in restaurant “Mala gostiona”. Huge amount and choice of food and excellent domestic red and white wine from local winecellars. Price is about 9€, wine included, other drinks will be charged separately.
15 – 15.30h EKO center – appropriation of medals and diplomas from sport activities.
Good by speech from the host and group photo taking in front of EKO center.

Accompanying program – for members not participating in the seminar

Saturday 14 – 17h sport tournament in beach volley, badminton, basketball, football. Team or individual sign on to Ana Merkovic on email: ana_merkovic@hotmail.com
Participants can also visit the ZOO and botanic garden, walk around the lake or visit the town of Subotica.

We look forward to hosting you at Palic!!

For organizers,

Zoran Dukic - Duki