To be fair, I was away for more than a week …<\/em><\/p>\n Intern:<\/strong> We had 12 applicants. Derek Blackadder (Canada) and John Wood (UK) helped me prepare a shortlist of 4, who will be interviewed on Monday, 22 October. Roger Darlington has volunteered to assist with the interviews. <\/p>\n Conference:<\/strong> We’re working hard to build this — it’s only 6 weeks away. We did a mailing on 24.9 to our lists in Australia and New Zealand. I’ve provided the organizers with a list of who to invite from the region, and have been in touch with several others from outside the region whose flights we are subsidizing.<\/p>\n New campaigns:<\/strong> We launched a campaign in support of workers in Guatemala<\/a>; we ran a short and sharp campaign in support of jailed Turkish trade unionists; we launched a campaign in support of labour NGOs in China<\/a> facing repression.<\/p>\n Closed campaigns:<\/strong> I closed down five campaigns – China (Li Wang Yang), UK (RMT Olympics), Turkey (Togo), Morocco and Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n Labour book of the month:<\/strong> I’ve revived this, and in the first 4 days, we sold over $600 worth of books.<\/p>\n Facebook:<\/strong> I tested the promotion of one of the posts on our page. This was the post – “Over 300 dead textile workers in Pakistan – demand justice! Support the online campaign!” It was seen by 63,151 people, 713 of them liked it, 23 commented on it, and 150 shared it. A typical post on Facebook is seen by a tiny fraction of that — usually around 5,000 people. The cost was $100.<\/p>\n