The Foreign Service Journal, March 2003

10 AFSA NEWS • MARCH 2003 AFSA NEWS BRIEFS Foreign Affairs Day Set for May 9 Foreign Affairs Day, the annual homecoming for retired State Department employees, will be held this year on Friday, May 9. The day will again include the AFSAMemorial Plaque cere- mony, to be held in the Acheson Auditorium. To date, there are six names to be added to the plaque, including that of Laurence Foley, the USAID officer murdered by terrorists in Jordan in October 2002. Secretary Powell is scheduled to preside over the ceremony. Attendance at Foreign Affairs Day was up dramatically the past two years. The event offers a great opportunity to see old friends and catch up on doings at Foggy Bottom. Mark your calendars now so you can join AFSA for these important events. Invitations will be mailed in early March. The guest list includes everyone invited last year and everyone newly retired in 2002. To make sure you’re on the list, e-mail foreignaffairsday@state.gov, or telephone Peter Whaley at (202) 663-2383. AFSA Foreign Affairs Day Reception Last year’s AFSA reception at the Foreign Service Club was a great success, and AFSA plans to have another reception during this year’s Foreign Affairs Day. More details will follow in the April AFSA News . AFSA invites all participants to enjoy another opportunity to relax and mingle with former colleagues at the conclusion of the day’s events. AFSA’s Day on the Hill 2003 On May 8, 2003, AFSA will again lead a group of retired Foreign Service personnel to visit their senators and representatives on Capitol Hill. Please join AFSA to support the Foreign Service, our foreign affairs agencies and American diplomacy. Look for more informa- tion in next month’s AFSA News and in your Foreign Affairs Day mailing. Life in the Foreign Service BY BRIAN AGGELER, FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER & CARTOONIST “I RAISED OUR ISSUES WITH MANAGEMENT AND THEY SAID I WOULD GET SOMETHING BACK FOM THEM RIGHT AWAY!” NOW AVAILABLE: Inside a U.S. Embassy You can now order your copies of the all-new edition of Inside a U.S. Embassy: How the Foreign Service Works for America , published by AFSA. Invite your friends and relatives to share the real- life experiences of work and life in the Foreign Service: the coups, the evacuations, the heroics, the hardships and the everyday challenges. Inside a U.S. Embassy can be ordered through a link on the AFSA Web site at www.afsa.org/inside. Phone orders can be placed by calling 1 (847) 364-1222. Staff: Executive Director Susan Reardon: reardon@afsa.org Business Department Controller Kalpna Srimal: srimal@afsa.org Accounting Assistant Christa Nyamekye: nyamekye@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 Labor Management Specialist Douglas Broome: dbroome@usaid.gov USAID Office Manager Suzan Reager: sreager@usaid.gov Grievance Attorneys Harry Sizer: sizerhs@state.gov, an d Neera Parikh: parikhn@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 Ward Thompson: thompsonw@afsa.org Director of Communications Thomas Switzer: switzer@afsa.org Congressional Affairs Director Ken Nakamura: nakamura@afsa.org Corporate Relations/Executive Assistant Marc Goldberg: goldberg@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 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: naland@afsa.org STATE VP: cranelk@state.gov RETIREE VP: farrand@member.afsa.org USAID VP: jpastic@usaid.gov FAS VP: afsafas@fas.usda.gov FCS VP: peter.frederick@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 K. Naland STATE VICE PRESIDENT: Louise K. Crane USAID VICE PRESIDENT: Joe Pastic FCS VICE PRESIDENT: Peter G. Frederick FAS VICE PRESIDENT: Edwin Porter RETIREE VICE PRESIDENT: Robert W. Farrand SECRETARY: F.A. “Tex” Harris TREASURER: Thomas D. Boyatt STATE REPRESENTATIVES: Pamela Bates, John P. Boulanger, George W. Colvin, Roy Perrin, Lynn G. Sever, John Weis USAID REPRESENTATIVE: Woody Navin FCS REPRESENTATIVE: James Joy RETIREE REPRESENTATIVES: William C. Harrop, David E. Reuther, Richard C. Scissors, Theodore S. Wilkinson, III IBB REPRESENTATIVE: Vacant FAS REPRESENTATIVE: Eric Wenberg Briefs • Continued on page 13 JOSH