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European Youth Council And that special time was on the 29th of September in 1968 in Sundsvall (Sweden). It was a Chief Patriarch and Past Chief Patriarch meeting in Sundsvall, Sweden and a suggestion came from Chief Patriarch Paul Johanssen, Denmark. He wanted Odd Fellow in Europe to work together with young people. According to him: Quotation: "To infuse Odd Fellow’s high ideal in young people" Already during that autumn they appointed committees in Norway, Denmark and Sweden/Finland. (Finland belonged to the Swedish jurisdiction at that time). On 10th of February in 1969 the first meeting was held in Gothenburg. In November 1969 the Encampment no 1 in Norway celebrated it’s 50th anniversary and "The Scandinavian Committees for Youth Exchange" were assembled to discuss the youth exchange 1970. During those meeting days the committees were informed that there were brothers from Germany interested in hearing about the Odd Fellows- Youth work and already at the next conference in May 1970 in Gothenburg, Germany had joined. From now on the Committees didn’t only work in Scandinavia anymore. At the meeting in Odense, Denmark in May 1971 it was obvious that the Scandinavian youth wanted to go to Germany and Switzerland for vacation visits. At the same year another meeting was held in Germany. The "Youth Group" had expanded again because Switzerland, Holland/Belgium and Island joined. With the new member countries we could expect a better balance between the number of applications for vacation visits and the available host families. During many years the Committees met two or three times every year. 1975 was the first time Rebekah sisters were invited to a conference, and that was in Reyjkjavik, Iceland. 1979 there was an inquiry from California if they could participate at the European Youth Exchange. A discussion took place about practical and economical matters. 1980 in Oslo brother Arnold Warner represented the United States. From now on the language of the conferences was English. 1985 in Norway Work had been done by brother Arnold Warner to include South Australia and New Zealand in the Youth Exchange program. He had also been in contact with Chile and the Grand Master of Manchester Unity in Great Britain 1987 EI Monte, California sister Mary T. Cook did attend the conference and gave a presentation of the program “United Nations Pilgrimage for Youth”. Sister Mary invited European young people to join the program. 1999, the “United Nations Pilgrimage” program could celebrate it’s 50th Anniversary. During all these years over 35’000 young people took the chance to participate in this educational opportunity of a life time. 1989 the conference was held in Reyjkjavik, Iceland. 1990 in Mariehamn, Åland: To achieve a better result in the Youth committees work and to improve the International Youth Exchange Program, the following proposals were discussed:
The following Conferences: 1991 Holland 1992 Norway 1993 Germany 1994 Switzerland 1995 United States 1996 Denmark 1997 Sweden 1998 Finland 1999 Holland 2000 Norway 2001 Germany 2002 Switzerland - Minutes 2003 Denmark - Minutes 2004 Holland 2005 Sweden 2006 Finland
According to the minutes “The youth of today is the Odd Fellows of tomorrow”
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