The Foreign Service Journal, January 2004

2 AFSA NEWS • JANUARY 2004 Staff: Executive Director Susan Reardon: reardon@afsa.org Business Department Controller Kalpna Srimal: srimal@afsa.org Accounting Assistant Steven Tipton: tipton@afsa.org Labor Management General Counsel Sharon Papp: papps@state.gov Labor Management Attorney Zlatana Badrich: badrichz@state.gov Labor Management Specialist James Yorke: yorkej@state.gov USAID Senior Labor Management Advisor Douglas Broome: dbroome@usaid.gov USAID Office Manager Asgeir Sigfusson: asigfusson@usaid.gov Grievance Attorneys Harry Sizer: sizerhs@state.gov, an d Charles Henderson: Hendersonch@state.gov Office Manager Christine Warren: warrenc@state.gov Member Services Director Janet Hedrick: hedrick@afsa.org Representative Lindsay Peyton: peyton@afsa.org Administrative Assistant Ana Lopez: lopez@afsa.org Outreach Programs Retiree Liaison Bonnie Brown: brown@afsa.org Director of Communications Thomas Switzer: switzer@afsa.org Congressional Affairs Director Ken Nakamura: nakamura@afsa.org Corporate Relations/Executive Assistant Austin Tracy: tracy@afsa.org Scholarship Director Lori Dec: dec@afsa.org Professional Issues Coordinator Barbara Berger: berger@afsa.org AFSA HEADQUARTERS: (202) 338-4045; Fax: (202) 338-6820 STATE DEPARTMENT AFSA OFFICE: (202) 647-8160; Fax: (202) 647-0265 USAID AFSA OFFICE: (202) 712-1941; Fax: (202) 216-3710 FCS AFSA OFFICE: (202) 482-9088; Fax: (202) 482-9087 AFSA Internet and E-mail addresses: AFSA WEB SITE: www.afsa.org AFSA E-MAIL: afsa@afsa.org AFSA NEWS: afsanews@afsa.org FSJ: journal@afsa.org PRESIDENT: limbert@afsa.org STATE VP: cranelk@state.gov RETIREE VP: jones@afsa.org USAID VP : wcarter@usaid.gov FCS VP: charles.ford@mail.doc.gov AFSA News Editor Shawn Dorman : dorman@afsa.org (202) 338-4045 x 503; Fax: (202) 338-8244 On the Web : www.afsa.org/news How to Contact Us: Governing Board: PRESIDENT: John W. Limbert STATE VICE PRESIDENT: Louise K. Crane USAID VICE PRESIDENT: Bill Carter FCS VICE PRESIDENT: Charles A. Ford FAS VICE PRESIDENT: Vacant RETIREE VICE PRESIDENT: George F. Jones SECRETARY: F.A. “Tex” Harris TREASURER: Danny Hall STATE REPRESENTATIVES: Pamela Bates, Cynthia G. Efird, Scot L. Folensbee, Raymond D. Maxwell, John C. Sullivan, Jim Wagner USAID REPRESENTATIVE: Thomas Olson FCS REPRESENTATIVE: William Crawford RETIREE REPRESENTATIVES: Gilbert Sheinbaum, David E. Reuther, Theodore S. Wilkinson, III, Stanley A. Zuckerman IBB REPRESENTATIVE: Alex Belida FAS REPRESENTATIVE: Vacant AFSA NEWS BRIEFS Get connected ... Do you enjoy the Foreign Service Journal but are not an AFSA member? Joining is easy and your membership helps AFSA support all Foreign Service employees. To become a mem- ber of AFSA, go to www.afsa.org/mbr/index.cfm. To subscribe to AFSANET — a free service designed to provide updates on items of interest to the foreign affairs community — go to www.afsa.org/forms/maillist.cfm. CONTRIBUTE TO THE FSN EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND AFSA urges members to contribute to the Foreign Service National Emergency Relief Fund. Recent relief efforts have depleted the fund, and it is now in urgent need of replenishment. Contributions serve as direct assistance for FSNs around the world. Contributions to the fund can be made by check, credit card, or through payroll deduction. Check contributions may be sent to the State Department’s gift fund coordinator, Donna Bordley, RM/CFO Room 1115, Main State. Make checks payable to the “U.S. Department of State” with the notation “FSN Emergency Relief Fund.” Donors should include a return address where an acknowledgment for charitable tax deduction purposes may be sent. Credit card contributions are also accepted (Visa or Mastercard). To make a credit card con- tribution, send an e-mail via the Intranet to “FSN Emergency Relief Fund” (State Department Global Address List). The subject of your e-mail should be: “Contribution to FSN Emergency Relief Fund.” In the text of your message include your name, mailing address, Visa/Mastercard account number and expiration date. Also include the following statement: I authorize the State Department to charge the reference credit card account in the amount of $_______ as a contribution to the FSN Emergency Relief Fund. All donations are appreciated and needed. Life in the Foreign Service BY BRIAN AGGELER, FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER Florida Retirees Publish Book AFSA congratulates the Foreign Service Retirees Association of Florida on the publica- tion of their book, Serving America Abroad: Real-Life Adventures of American Diplomatic Families Overseas , a compilation of 122 stories by Foreign Service retirees. The book was edited by FSRAF Chair Irwin Rubenstein, who served in Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, Colombia, Nicaragua, Israel andMexico during his 36 years in the Foreign Service. The book is published by Xlibris, and is available through amazon.com , Barnes & Noble.com and Borders.com. The price is $22.99. “MAKE SURE THE REPORTING CABLE NOTES THAT WE DID NOT REACH AGREEMENT ON ALL POINTS IN OUR DEMARCHE.”