I'm 40 minutes into the recording of the…

I'm 40 minutes into the recording of the December 19, 2002 Names Council Meeting. The agenda was simply administrative in nature - they need to transition from being the DNSO Names Council to being the GNSO Names Council. As Cochetti implied the meeting should have taken about five minutes. So far, the only interesting thing that has occurred is Tony Harris' anecdotes surrounding the atmosphere in Buenos Aires one year after the "coup" (as he put it) They still don't have quorum. I'm very pleased that our budget is being spent so wisely - 40+ minutes of general chatter and disorganization. I suppose that I'm more ticked off because I've wasted the last 40 minutes listening to this instead of getting caught up on an audio book or enjoying the new greatest hits package from U2. Sigh. As they say in Argentina, "Obra empezada, medio acabada." - now I just need to get to the part in the recording where the good beginning starts.