We are excited to announce our next event, a tasting of fine Swiss chocolates! This event will be hosted by Boston International and Swissnex Boston: Consulate of Switzerland and will be the third event in our unique Chat with the Consulate series, which highlights cultural aspects of countries with consulates in Boston. For more information, visit the event page.

The event on Darfur featuring US Congressman Michael Capuano that was originally planned for 5/11 is being rescheduled for another time in the coming months. Stay tuned for the new date!

Check out Obama’s First 100 Days for a description and logistics for our next event, featuring Professor David King, Lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School and faculty director of Harvard’s program for Newly Elected Members of the U.S. Congress.

Also be sure to visit our Partner Events page for other upcoming events that we find interesting.

We’ve added information about upcoming events on Development Theory, Moral Capitalism, and Obama’s Foreign Policy. Check out the descriptions and watch your email for an alert when the sign-ups go live. We’re also excited to announce that our membership is now over 850! Check out the Our Members page for more on the member base.

We’ve also updated several event pages. You can now view Professor Vietor’s globalization presentation on the Globalization event page and videos from the Starting Up event on its page.

We are now taking RSVPs for the event on globalization featuring HBS professor Richard Vietor. Click the link to the left under Upcoming Events to sign up.

We wish you a very happy and safe holiday season and a peaceful and prosperous New Year! Thank you for joining us in 2008, and we look forward to seeing you in 2009. As always, please let us know if have any thoughts to share.

We are excited to announce that Professor Ricardo Hausmann of the Harvard Kennedy School is joining us on February 26th to present on a development-related topic. Professor Hausmann was formerly Minister of Planning of Venezuela and the first Chief Economist of the Inter-American Development Bank. Stay tuned for more information!

We are deeply saddened by the losses suffered by the victims of the violence in Mumbai over the past week, and our thoughts go out to them and their families.

We invite you to join the Asian American Commission of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, and Boston City Councilor Sam Yoon for a Candlelight Vigil on December 4, 6:00 pm at City Hall Plaza. Visit our Partner Events page for details.

The December 11th event on socially-responsible investing in emerging markets is now sold out. Visit the event page by clicking on the link to the left to add your name to the wait-list. If you have signed up and are no longer able to attend, please let us know, so we can make your spot available to someone else. We look forward to seeing you at the event!

We hope everyone had a fantastic time at the Fall Fete. It was great to meet a bunch of new members and to catch up with those who’ve been with us since the start. Pictures from the event are now posted online, so be sure to check out the Fall Fete page under “Past Events”!