Final Details
Jun. 11th, 2009 08:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alt_luciusSelwyn, I shall be bringing Crispin along again to our final meeting. It was quite helpful last time to have his notes for additional reference. I believe your clerk confirmed the date of the French Ministry's State Dinner and there are a few other last-minute engagements Crispin mentioned that we need to address. I do want to ensure that we have some time spent in recreation and not all constant diplomacy, after all. I also wish to review one final time the list of approved personnel who shall be accompanying us in the entourage. There are some additions in the roster that Crispin showed me yesterday; I should like to know why they have been included.
Yesterday's meeting with the Minister went moderately well, as well as can be expected, at any rate. We reviewed the itinerary and the various messages to be conveyed to the delegations from Italy, Germany, Portugal, Scandinavia, Turkey and Russia. Found time to fit in private meetings with the Czech, Austrian, South African and Chinese delegates, somehow. Miss Robins is to draft regrets to be sent to the Pakistani, Moroccan, Australian and Japanese delegations. Have a few edits to make to the address to the Companie D'Aristocrats de Magique, though I am sure they will change again before the actual occasion.
Confirmed that we will be able to make our window through the Oldcastle Chunnel after the Hogwarts Board of Governors' meeting on Monday. It will be exceedingly important to leave in time, however, and it will mean Narcissa must see everyone to the Chunnel entrance and manage the exit parchments her-self, which I had hoped to spare her. Still, it must be done, I suppose. I cannot with certainty say that any other day this week would have been preferable, given how hectic the preparations have become.
Yesterday's meeting with the Minister went moderately well, as well as can be expected, at any rate. We reviewed the itinerary and the various messages to be conveyed to the delegations from Italy, Germany, Portugal, Scandinavia, Turkey and Russia. Found time to fit in private meetings with the Czech, Austrian, South African and Chinese delegates, somehow. Miss Robins is to draft regrets to be sent to the Pakistani, Moroccan, Australian and Japanese delegations. Have a few edits to make to the address to the Companie D'Aristocrats de Magique, though I am sure they will change again before the actual occasion.
Confirmed that we will be able to make our window through the Oldcastle Chunnel after the Hogwarts Board of Governors' meeting on Monday. It will be exceedingly important to leave in time, however, and it will mean Narcissa must see everyone to the Chunnel entrance and manage the exit parchments her-self, which I had hoped to spare her. Still, it must be done, I suppose. I cannot with certainty say that any other day this week would have been preferable, given how hectic the preparations have become.
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Date: 2009-06-12 04:15 am (UTC)As for additional people, are you referring to Michelle? She was suggested as a linguist as she's fluent not only in French but in several other language, in the event that you have the opportunity to meet with the Ambassadors from Germany or Russia. I think there's a dinner on the schedule -- well, we'll discuss it at the meeting.
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Date: 2009-06-12 09:11 pm (UTC)I'll have the last draft you requested for you at Monday's Governors' meeting. (Blasted inconvenience but not to be missed, considering events last week-end.)
Am leaving to meet Narcissa at King's Cross. We've a few errands to run in town once we collect Draco and then I shall be back at the Manor for the week-end. Have installed Crispin there until we leave - too much trouble to co-ordinate these last details otherwise. Feel free to direct owls there if needed.