Last night I was struggling to get that restful slumber needed to think clearly. Why was I tossing and turning rather than dreaming of sweet knowledge, that mistress so fair? I was thinking to myself, what is going on in the Federated States of Micronesia? Tis such a curse sometimes to have such a prodigious mind as mine! I'm serious... Maybe not the prodigious mind part, but the loss of sleep over my thoughts of the Federated States of Micronesia is truth!
Recently, Dengue fever has been an issue. Yap, a northern state in Micronesia has over 900 confirmed cases. Medical teams are working to solve that problem, but the big news is the Pacific Asia Travel Association is having its triannual meeting in Palau (an independent country with close links to the Federated States of Micronesia). Interestingly, in spite of the many differences between western cultures, eastern cultures and oceanic cultures, the bureaucracy knows no cultural distinction. This is a summary of the PATA Micronesia meeting.
1. Arguing over how to fund brochure printing
2. Formation of a committee to educate
3. Formation of a committee to decide what the Education Committee should educate the members on.
4. A training session on restaurant ettiqutte for the board members at a swanky brunch
5. A presentation of initiatives for 2012
6. Formation of committees to vote on the initiatives
7. A presentation on Micronesian cruise, board members receive free swag and cruise perks
8. Committee formed to discuss how to end the meeting
9. Having accomplished nothing the board members agreed to meet again in March 2012 to assess how the committees have come along with the objectives that they weren't actually given
The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is its inefficiency. - Eugene J. McCarthy
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