Last week was just a long, long week. Work was going crazy with a new phone system, a new internet provider, Hyde’s UN Reform bill being introduced and voted out of HIRC, helping to plan our November conference, ramping up our PAC , and working on our membership database. Additionally, I continued work around our Congressional Report Card and the Bolton nomination. I worked with our members across the country, especially our Partners, to mobilize against this sledgehammer bill. I wrote the software that displays our Report Card information, but also wrote some beta software to allow our members to find the foreign policy staffer for their Senators and Representatives (this link might not last forever).

On top of all that, we had two of our staff leave this week. On Tuesday, Joy left for a fantastic job in DC to work in her areas of interest and expertise: international economic issues and Italy. My dear friend Pin also left. She’s got a fantastic job where she’ll be the special assistant to the Prosecutor at the Special Court for Sierra Leone. Very cool job for her! Sadly, I’ll miss her both professional and personally. We helped send her off on Friday down at Sonomo, a new trendy wine bar right near the Capitol. Nice place, but horrible service. I’m hoping this will get better as they get up to speed in their new spaces.