Brazil is a federation of 26 states and one federal district. our GSE team will be traveling to District 4660, in the southern part of Brazil to the city of Santa Maria in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. On the map at the left, Rio Grande do Sul is the southern-most state, in the blue section.I have travelled to this state on one occassion - to go hiking and touring around the tourist city of Gramado.
Being in the southern-most state of Brazil, the climate is likely to be similar to our autumn (remember that, although we will be leaving New York in the springtime, it is the opposite season in the southern hemisphere). Yesterday morning I checked the weather for Santa Maria and found, to my surprise, that Santa Maria had exactly the same weather yesterday as Pine City NY - at the moment I checked it was 63F and raining. No part of Brazil regularly sees snow - although the most likely state in which one MIGHT see snow is where we will be traveling.
Wikipedia (the online free encyclopedia) has a great entry for Brazil that provides a lot of historical, geographical and political information.
I really appreciate those of you who have posted comments on my blog, or have sent me an email. As I am new to blogging, and thinking perhaps others of you checking this blog might also be new to the process, I want to point out that it is pretty easy to post a comment on any of my blog entries. At the end of each blog entry there is a line giving the date, the number of comments, and a small icon that is an email link. If you hover your cursor over the word "comments" and click once, a comment window will open. You can write your comment and then simply hit the "post" button.
Looks like it is going to be a beautiful autumn day here ... not unlike the autumn days we will experience next May in Santa Maria, Brazil.
3 comments:
Hi Tom,
Thanks for the primer on blogging. I have never done it before so was a little intimadated by the process, but I see it is quite easy.
Suffice it to say that I am thrilled that you have been chosen as team leader. It IS a life changing experience. You are certainly aware that GSE can change your life as you have experienced over the last six years since your first contact with the Brazilian team in 2002. This experience will be even more so because you will not only have the opportunity to meet many wonderful people while you travel in Brazil but you will have an opportunity to bond with a team that you will help pick.
I am excited for you and for me as I hopefully can be a part of your preparation and watch you grow into your role as a team leader.
You brought up a bunch of interesting points in your previous blog. I would love to sit down with you and others and talk more about what you should look for in team members, what you should call yourself, etc.
These are exciting times.
Keep it going my friend.
I came across your blog quite by accident. Being a former team leader to Brazil it strikes me that a blog is a wonderful opportunity and a great addition to the GSE process. The evolutionary development of the internet has grown so much with the opportunity to blog on great subjects such as GSE.
Your topic, Response ability, is certainly one of the major components of the GSE experience.
Regards,
Clyde Edmonds PDG
GSE Team Leader 2001
Brazil District 4520
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