Yesterday I went into our office for the first time. We rent a room inside the office of Common Cause on the 9th floor of 1133 19th St, NW in downtown Washington, DC. Right by the Farragut North metro stop. We are just over a block from the famous K Street where all the DC bigwigs, lobbyists and advocacy groups set up shop. Now NYRA has joined their ranks.

We don’t yet have the computers we need for the office so I just went in yesterday to set up furniture and make arrangements with the Common Cause folks. No one from Mobilizing America’s Youth was around, they’ll be in California till late January, so Kim, the Common Cause office manager, showed me NYRA’s room. The previous occupant seems to have just been one guy with a large desk and a chair. A computer was set up when I first arrived, but they came to take it away. Just a few odds & ends were left.

In the odds and ends I came across an action figure who I have promoted to status of official NYRA Office Mascot. He hasn’t been named yet, perhaps the forums can start a naming contest.

I needed more furniture though since I want to squeeze three people into that office. All day while I was working on moving stuff people kept passing by saying there is no way I’ll fit three people in there, hehe. But it isn’t hard to do if you don’t mind close quarters. Kim directed me to a room where they keep all their excess furniture and said I could take what I want from there. The room was piled to the ceiling with filing cabinets and shelves and such. You couldn’t take a step inside the room before facing a solid wall of furniture.

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