The Foreign Service Journal, October 2010

New AFSA Speaker Series in Southwest Florida AFSA will initiate a new speaker series on American diplomacy with the University of South Florida in Tampa, Fla., on Oct. 7-8. Our first speaker will be career FSO and leading China expert Douglas Spelman, who will discuss political, economic, and security aspects of U.S.-China relations. Spelman is currently the deputy director of the Kissinger Institute on China at the WoodrowWilson Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. AFSA and German Reunification Mark your calendars for Oct. 28 at 10 a.m., when AFSA will offer a truly exciting program observing the 20th anniversary of German reunification. The occasion will include a panel discussion on how the events of 1990 changed the Foreign Service and the focus of its work around the world. At the time of this writing (late August), we have already confirmed General Brent Scowcroft, who served as national security adviser during those years, as a panelist, along with former Ambassador to East Germany Rozanne “Roz” Ridgway. Stay tuned for additional information on this event to be held at AFSA HQ at 2101 E Street NW. Support AFSA with a Combined Federal Campaign gift! By designating #11759 and/or #10646 on your CFC pledge card, you can support AFSA! Foreign Service Youth Scholarship Fund (formerly known as the AFSA Scholarship Fund) is designated CFC # 11759. This fund confers high school senior merit awards and undergradu- ate, need-based scholarships on Foreign Service children to help pay for their college education. Keep your support in the Foreign Service community. Go to www.afsa.org/scholar/CFC11759.cfm for more information. Diplomacy Matters-AFSA (also known as the Fund for American Diplomacy) is designated CFC #10646. This fund goes to public outreach, showing how the Foreign Service works for America, and how diplomacy is our nation’s first line of defense. We target programs to high school and college students; business and community leaders; media; and our own FS employ- ees. For more information, visit www.afsa.org/CFCFAD.cfm. Legislative Action Fund You should have recently received a fundraising solicitation fromAFSA by mail, asking you to consider supporting our Legislative Action Fund. All donations to the LAF are used for AFSA’s congressional advocacy to secure overseas comparability pay, protect benefits for active-duty and retired Foreign Service employees, and seek additional resources for the for- eign affairs agencies, among many other causes. This is important work, and we cannot do it without your support. Please consider a donation to this worthy cause. You may use the reply cards that were included in the recent mailing, or you may donate online at www.afsa.org/lafform.cfm. 44 F OR E I GN S E R V I C E J OU R N A L / OC T OB E R 2 0 1 0 A F S A N E W S AFSA NEWS BRIEFS Staff: Executive Director Ian Houston: houston@afsa.org Business Department Director of Finance Femi Oshobukola: oshobukola@afsa.org Controller Kalpna Srimal: srimal@afsa.org Assistant Controller Cory Nishi: cnishi@afsa.org Labor Management General Counsel Sharon Papp: papps@state.gov Deputy General Counsel Zlatana Badrich: badrichz@state.gov Labor Management Specialist James Yorke: yorkej@state.gov Senior Staff Attorney Neera Parikh: parikhna@state.gov Staff Attorney Michael Willats: willatsmr@state.gov Office Manager Christine Warren: warrenc@state.gov USAID Senior Labor Management Adviser Douglas Broome: dbroome@usaid.gov USAID Staff Assistant Patrick Bradley: bradley@afsa.org Member Services Member Services Director Janet Hedrick: hedrick@afsa.org Member Services Representative: vacant Administrative Assistant and Office Manager Ana Lopez: lopez@afsa.org Communications, Marketing and Outreach Retiree Counseling & Legislation Coordinator Bonnie Brown: brown@afsa.org Director of Communications Thomas Switzer: switzer@afsa.org Legislative Director Casey Frary: frary@afsa.org Executive Assistant to the President Austin Tracy: tracy@afsa.org Scholarship Director Lori Dec: dec@afsa.org Scholarship Program Assistant Jonathan Crawford: crawford@afsa.org Road Scholar Administrator Bernard Alter: alter@afsa.org Marketing & Outreach Manager Asgeir Sigfusson: sigfusson@afsa.org Special Awards & Outreach Coordinator Perri Green: green@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 WEB SITE: www.afsa.org FSJ: journal@afsa.org PRESIDENT: johnson@afsa.org STATE VP: hirschdm@state.gov RETIREE VP: rghoudek@aol.com USAID VP: fzamora@usaid.gov FAS VP: henry.schmick@fas.usda.gov FCS VP: keith.curtis@mail.doc.gov AFSA News Editor Amy McKeever : mckeever@afsa.org (202) 338-4045, ext. 516; Fax: (202) 338-8244 On the Web : www.afsa.org/fsj and www.fsjournal.org How to Contact Us: Governing Board: PRESIDENT: Susan R. Johnson STATE VP: Daniel Hirsch USAID VP: Francisco Zamora FAS VP: Henry Schmick FCS VP: Keith Curtis RETIREE VP: Robert Houdek SECRETARY: F.A. “Tex” Harris TREASURER: Andrew Winter STATE REPS: Carleton Bulkin, Ako Cromwell, Mary Glantz, Mike Haughey, Les Hickman, Bruce Matthews, Joyce Namde, Lynn Nelson, Julia Stewart, Sharon White USAID REPS: Michael Henning, Glenn Rogers FCS REP: Rebecca Balogh FAS REP: Melinda Sallyards IBB REP: Al Pessin RETIREE REPS: Janice Bay, Robert (Bill) Farrand, Molly Williamson Inside a U.S. Embassy Now on Kindle The 2005 edition of Inside a U.S. Embassy is now available in a Kindle version on Amazon for only $8.99. AFSA’s publishing division, FSBooks, is experimenting with digital publishing in anticipation of the hard copy and digital release of the all-new edition of Inside a U.S. Embassy: Diplomacy at Work, in December. Visit Amazon.com and search “Inside a U.S. Embassy” to take a look for yourself at the 2005 edition for Kindle. For the hard copy, which is still popular and selling well, just go to our Web site at www.afsa.org/inside.