April 19, 2007 — 11:10 am
Last week, I sat in a conference room full of DC development-types over lunch, listening to a presentation sponsored by the Society for International Development. It was standard stuff - the woman next to me was reading the New York Times as folks shuffled in, and I spotted a few people I know who work for DAI, Chemonics, and other development contractors.
As the event was gearing up, however, it became clear that it was no regular brownbag lunch. First, the room was totally full - no offense, but these sort of events aren't usually so compelling as to attract 50 people on a Wednesday. Secondly, I started to see people I know from outside the "development" world. Fred Tipson, Microsoft's Senior Policy Counsel here in DC, slipped quietly into a chair towards the back of the room. Then Eric Gundersen and Alex Barth of Development Seed, a local website development firm, sat in my row. Not the usual lunchtime crowd for a SID event.
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I came across, by chance, what promises to be a very interesting venture.
Sorry for the late notice, but if you don't have lunch plans today and are in or around Washington, try to swing over to DuPont Circle for what promises to be a 
