"The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year."
John Foster Dulles
The 19-20 July the IC board had the second meeting this year. All the results of the past period since the meeting in Trakai in February this year were discussed which brought the Network into new level with more project ideas. Entire Network board except the Polish representative attended the meeting. Generally, the ways of expanding the Network to more countries were considered. The meeting built a background for the IC Annual conference for this year.
With shock we received the message that President of Suwalki City Municipality Józef Gajewski passed away Sunday 25th July during his holiday in Tuscany, Italy. Gajewski was a popular president among the people of Suwalki and he was also a very popular partner within the Innovation Circle Network. Recently he was opening the Suwalki Blues festival 2010 which is one of the practical results from the IC project. He was very engaged in international relations and a very generous host. His engagement and smile will be missed among his international friends. This is a sad day and we send our warm thoughts to Suwalki.