What I have been up to in the first quarter of 2010:
January 2010:
Enjoyed Australia Day, e.g. walked across the Harbour Bridge and visited the Pylon museum
Went to CAL session about the Google Book Settlement
Joined XING event
Joined InterNations event
Manned a stand at the Art & Design Market in Kirribilli
Joined calendar launch with the Premier of NSW, Kristina Keneally
New Year's Eve party in Sydney
February 2010:
Joined FCA get-together
Went to Tourism Australia event
Listened to Xinran (Message from an unknown Chinese mother) at Stanton Library
Took a look at Tropfest
Went to literary lunch with Harry M. Miller at the Glenrose Theatre
Joined FCA luncheon with the Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean
Went to book event (Kink, Stephanie Clifford Smith) in Newtown
Started "Professional Editing" course at the NSW Writers' Centre
Started "Small Business" course at the Mosman Community College
Became the coordinator of the ASA Social Club in the North Sydney areas
Self-published my first eBook (Amazon)
Joined event "Trends in the digital domain" with Natalie Costa Bir (HarperCollins) run by the Society of Editors (NSW)
March 2010:
Completed the "Small Business" course run by David Martin at the Mosman Community College (8 weeks)
Went to FCA event about terrorism conspiracies
Joined the Fast Twitch writers' group in the Blue Mountains
Joined InterNations event
Completed an editing project (guide about good manners by June Dally-Watkins)
Joined the AGM of the ASA
Went to an event about the "China challenge" at the Seymore Centre
Went to the committee meeting of the Society of Editors (NSW)
Watched Peter Thompson and Peter FitzSimons on the ABC's Talking Heads
Joined a literature event with Ilija Trojanow at the Goethe Institute
Joined an event at the Lowy Institute about the China reform
Joined the AGM of the Society of Editors (NSW); became a general committee member of the organisation