THE AFF NETWORK

Untitled Document

America's Future Foundation Room 101

February 11, 2007

IN THIS ISSUE: LEADERSHIP DINNER WITH BOB NOVAK | AFF DC HAPPY HOUR | WANTED: BOYS & GIRLS-ABOUT-TOWN | IS MARRIAGE OUTDATED? | INSIDE WASHINGTON WEEKLY PODCAST | JOBS AND MORE

Leadership dinner next Month!
On Wednesday, March 12, AFF will present the next installment of its Leadership Dinner Series, featuring journalist Robert Novak, author of Prince of Darkness, a memoir of his life as a political journalist and pundit in Washington, D.C. Please join us as Mr. Novak shares valuable advice on how to make a career out of writing, imparts his ideals, and discloses inestimable guidance on how to make the greatest impact as a public speaker.

Leadership Dinners are reserved for partner, director, and executive level members. If you are unsure of your membership status, please check with membership directors Sharon Yecies or Robby Schrum. You must RSVP for this event before March 3. Please send your response to Cindy@americasfuture.org.

The event, held at the Arts Club at 2017 Eye St., NW, will begin with a brief reception at 6:30 p.m.; dinner will follow at 7:00. The nearest Metro stop is Farragut West on the orange and blue lines.

AFF DC February Happy Hour
AFF will hold its monthly happy hour on Thursday, February 28th at 6:00 pm! This happy hour AFF will have special guest from the blogosphere, so make sure to mark your calendar.  As always, there is no cover and there are specials on wine and selected beers. Just look for AFF members wearing little orange AFF lapel pins. Location to be announced in next week's edition.

Wanted: Boys and Girls-About-Town
AFF's social and cultural events blog Washington Planner is currently seeking a few new contributors!   If you're involved in AFF and its related conservative/libertarian circles as well as other components of the greater Washington community, you could be just what we're looking for.  Contributors should be people who are up-to-date on social and cultural events around town and should be able to write concise, witty posts highlighting event details.   Post should be roughly 100-250 words in length.  Bonus points for posts about events that Kristen hasn't heard of yet...we're looking to broaden the scope of events posted about, so mavens with a wide range of interests are encouraged to apply!

To apply, please send two "mock posts" about events around town by February 15th to kristen@americasfuture.org. 

AFF DC February Roundtable: Is Marriage Outdated?
AFF will hold its monthly roundtable on Tuesday, February 12th.  In the spirit of Valentines Day, we will consider the question of marriage.  Is it outdated? Or, should we care about preserving the institution now more than ever?

Joining us will be James Poulos, Eve Tushnet, and Jonathan Rauch, author of Gay Marriage: Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America.  Also joining us will be Jamie Alan Aycock, a lawyer in Washington, D.C. and recent author of "Contracting out of the Culture Wars: How the Law Should Enforce and Communities of Faith Should Encourage More Enduring Marital Commitments" in the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy.  Moderating this discussion will be Sharon Yecies.

The event will take place at the Fund for American Studies, 1706 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, near Dupont Circle. Drinks at 6:30; Roundtable begins at 7:00. Roundtables are free for members, $5 for non-members. So join today! Please RSVP to Cindy Cerquitella at cindy@americasfuture.org.

Podcast at Inside Washington Weekly
This week, host David White is joined by Michael Brendan Dougherty of The American Conservative, Peter Suderman of Doublethink, and Carrie Sheffield of The Washington Times to discuss The Democrats’ Super Stalemate, McCain’s anointing, and Romney’s departure from the presidential race.

To listen or subscribe, visit http://www.insidewashingtonweekly.com.

Your dream job...
Cybercast News Service (CNSNews.com), founded in 1998 and growing rapidly into the multi-media news market, is seeking a video producer to accompany our reporters to shoot video for news stories on Capitol Hill and in the Washington, D.C. area. The video producer must be proficient in all aspects of video production - camera skills, lighting, audio, editing, and posting video/audio on the Web. Adobe Photoshop and Sony Vegas (or comparable video-editing software) skills are necessary.

For more info, see http://www.americasfuture.org/jobboard/archives/022723.php.

Got something else in mind? You can find other great free-market-oriented jobs by clicking over to AFF's Job Board at http://www.americasfuture.org/jobboard/!

In Liberty,

Cord Blomquist
Director of Operations
http://www.americasfuture.org/
cord@americasfuture.org

P.S. Forward this message to your friends to help AFF grow. They can sign up for Room 101 themselves by visiting http://www.americasfuture.org/room101/room101-post.php.