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30 colleagues from 22 countries are gathered together to try to make progress and improve a flawed but important programme. They're all super impressive and I have spent most of the week in awe of them all. All but the North Americans and Australians come with the hurdle of making themselves heard in their 2nd or 3rd or 4th language. Some are not even paid to do this work but are volunteers having taken their own annual leave from other jobs to be at this meeting. It's made the difficulties with the hierarchies more frustrating for me - and yet they seem to have more grace towards those in leadership in the WCC.
After a rather tense day spent in a conference centre despite the fantastic weather it was really good to find a space to sit and drink together on a boat on the river Rhone.
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