Office work

Still doing a kelompok diskusi almost every night (just got back from an interesting one, with two waria who were 14 and 16 years old, just figuring themselves out and in desperate need of guidance), but I've been doing lots of office work the last couple days that will really fit into my research. I'm helping a bunch of staff do the insane paperwork needed to apply for the 8th International Conference on AIDS in the Asia Pacific, to be held in Sri Lanka in August. I don't know how they could do it without someone with serious internet and English skills - the barriers to access are amazing. I'm also going to be interviewing the GC staff this week in advance of a 3-day retreat this Fri-Sun. It will be great fun - we're going to a little resort on the beach kind of place nearby that the organization is renting, and it's a strategic planning retreat to plan the next few years of GC's growth. They purposely timed it so they could do it when I was here, so I could act as the facilitator. Since I helped form the group 14 years ago and have many years of experience with them in between, they thought I would work well as the facilitator. It will be very interesting and a lot of fun, I'm sure!