The Foreign Service Journal, June 2003

2 AFSA NEWS • JUNE 2003 AFSA NEWS BRIEFS 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 Senior Labor Management Advisor Douglas Broome: dbroome@usaid.gov USAID Office Manager Suzan Reager: sreager@usaid.gov Grievance Attorneys Harry Sizer: sizerhs@state.gov , and 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 3 Life in the Foreign Service ■ BY BRIAN AGGELER, FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER & CARTOONIST “QUICK, DRAFT AMEMO TO ALL THE KING’S HORSES AND YOUDRAFT ANOTHER TO ALL THE KING’S MEN AND I’LL DRAFT ONE TO THE AFSA LEGAL ADVISER!” SECRETARY POWELL AT 2-YEAR MARK AFSA Contributes to Major Report The Foreign Affairs Council — an umbrella group of 11 organizations — recently released an assessment of Secretary Colin Powell’s State Department at the two-year mark. AFSA President John Naland was the principal drafter of the report, but the final version reflected the input of a drafting committee consisting of distinguished former ambassadors. The FAC assessment is the first in-depth and comprehensive evaluation of Secretary Powell’s State Department. It provides a much-needed update to the numerous blue-ribbon panel reports done just before Secretary Powell took office — reports that found the State Department to be suffering from long-term mismanagement and underfunding. The assessment documents Secretary Powell’s substantial, even historic, accomplishments in strengthening the diplomatic component of U.S. national security. Importantly, however, the report also details the work that remains to be done to revitalize the machinery of diplomacy. For more details about the report, see Cybernotes in this issue of the Journal . To read the assessment, go to www.diplomatsonline.org. AFSA EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Retiree Activities Coordinator AFSA seeks a part-time Retiree Activities Coordinator who will be responsible for activities involving AFSA's retired membership. The coordinator responds to alumni member inquiries on retirement issues and is the AFSA liaison with the State Department and other institutions on retiree issues. The coordinator is responsible for com- munication with the retiree membership including pro- duction of the retiree newsletter, articles and mailings. He/she provides assistance to local foreign affairs retiree associations through liaison and outreach travel. Partial employee benefits are available for part-time posi- tions including 401k. To apply for the above position, send cover letter and resume to: Recruitment, American Foreign Service Association, 2101 E St. NW, Washington DC 20037; fax: (202) 338-6820; or e-mail: jobs@afsa.org.