Wednesday March 22nd, 1989

Right, not a complete disaster, and the issues that came up were mostly not even the ICW or any astronomer's fault. Terezinha was brilliant as usual; apparently she came up with a plan sometime after I went to sleep last night. It was on my desk when I woke this morning.

If Under Mugwump Terezinha Moreno had not managed to make enemies through her anti-western European prejudices to the point where between that and her clear interest in the changing muggle government of her country, she would have no chance in winning a bid to be Supreme Mugwump, I would resign today. Alas that taking interest in the other ruling faction of a country and a prejudice she is too professional to allow to effect her final judgments on a bill could so damage a political career!

Anyway, less than half way through the meeting, only twenty minutes until our first break, an English wizard rushed in. He did try to be quiet and courteous, I will give him that, but anyone hurrying into an ICW meeting and making his or her way straight to the Supreme Mugwump right after a time of crisis, ignoring both the Under Mugwump and the current speaker, and then, worse, speaking to the Supreme Mugwump as soon as he reached me, while I was listening to the speaker, is bound to get most people's attention. He managed to make me miss some of the Russian delegate's points, and miss my cue—Terezinha had to grab my attention for me to realize that everyone was waiting for me to call the thanks after the closing of his statement and ask if any had an immediate response.

While I am not pleased with the news that Edward Nott has gained a definite nomination for Minister of Magic, it was definitely neither an emergency nor important enough to warrant an interruption, especially when we were breaking soon anyway. I had ICW members coming up to me every break thereafter and after closing either trying to pry into the news or expressing their condolences for whomever must have died that was so personally important that the message could not wait at all. And that English Wizard expected me to leave the ICW meeting immediately upon learning his news and head for the ministry, as acknowledging each nomination is one of the Chief Warlock's duties. Despite the fact there is no time limit on that rule, he spent almost an hour trying to get me to go immediately.

Sometimes the arrogance of my fellow English and European magic users makes me completely understand Terezinha's opinions.