Friday, 5 March 2010

Off to Florence for a Glamous Weekend of... meetings...

I'm off within the hour for a weekend trip to Florence Italy. The Democratic Party Committee Abroad's (DPCA for the acronymically inclined. Democrats Abroad in plain English) international meeting is there.

So I've got two days closed into conference rooms with no time set aside to explore one of the most beautiful cities in the world. On the one hand, poo. On the other, hurray! Should be great to see folks again. I'm always amazed by the cross section of folks represented at these Meetings; expats from Israel and Italy, Holland and Hong Kong, India and Indonesia, Afghanistan (yes, really!) and Australia.

Now THAT'S a state party with diversity. Hah.

Will report back after the fact.

In the meantime, if you too are a Democrat abroad (whether or not you are a Democrat Abroad) make sure you do request your absentee ballot for the midterms. We always advise everyone to submit a ballot request, even if they expect to get a ballot from their state. Better safe than sorry!