Meeting Re-cap: Saturday, May 2nd, 2026

(Prepared by Renée)

What a meeting to close out Why Nations Fail on!

• Attendance: 23
• 2 new persons visited, invited by Themba!
• Yours Truly hosted our icebreaker: we guessed who brought which book. Jordan was spotted immediately.
• PJ moderated our discussion — a tough task with 23 folks in the room. Great work!
• We met at UWI, a little noisy but we made it work.
• Most controversial question: #3 on the impact of foreign intervention presented as aid
• 🏆 Renée was crowned KBC Champion — winner of last month’s leaderboard prize. A very enviable distinction!
• We celebrated 3 April birthdays: Cedella, Daenia, and Moken — happy birthday!
• Post-meeting we headed off for our pickleball tournament!

“I won’t be seeing you guys for a few weeks but this last meeting was definitely something to remember you all by!”