The Foreign Service Journal, November 2007

56 F OR E I GN S E R V I C E J OU R N A L / NOV EMB E R 2 0 0 7 A F S A N E W S AFSA NEWS BRIEFS Staff: Executive Director John Mamone: mamone@afsa.org Business Department Controller Twee Nguyen: nguyen@afsa.org Accounting Assistant Jon Reed: reed@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 Grievance Attorneys Neera Parikh: parikhna@state.gov and Holly Rich: richhe@state.gov Office Manager Christine Warren: warrenc@state.gov USAID Senior Labor Management Adviser Douglas Broome: dbroome@usaid.gov USAID Office Manager Asgeir Sigfusson: asigfusson@usaid.gov Member Services Director Janet Hedrick: hedrick@afsa.org Representative Cory Nishi: nishi@afsa.org Web-site & Database Associate: vacant 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 Ian Houston: houston@afsa.org Executive Assistant to the President Austin Tracy: tracy@afsa.org Scholarship Director Lori Dec: dec@afsa.org Professional Issues Coordinator Barbara Berger: berger@afsa.org Elderhostel Coordinator Janice Bay: bay@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: naland@afsa.org STATE VP: kashkettsb@state.gov RETIREE VP: pamichko@aol.com USAID VP: fzamora@usaid.gov FCS VP: donald.businger@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 Naland STATE VP: Steve Kashkett USAID VP: Francisco Zamora FAS VP: Vacant FCS VP: Donald Businger RETIREE VP: Robert W. Farrand SECRETARY: F.A. “Tex” Harris TREASURER: Andrew Winter STATE REPS: Oscar DeSoto, David Firestein, Michael Guest, Jim McRea, Nick Pietrowicz, Margaret Riccardelli, Sandy Robinson, Daphne Titus, Andrea Tomaszewicz USAID REP: Michael Henning FCS REP: Stephen Anderson FAS REP: Vacant IBB REP: Al Pessin RETIREE REPS: Harry Geisel, David Passage, Herman Cohen, Howard Jeter Inside a U.S. Embassy : Seeking Input The 2003 AFSA publication Inside a U.S. Embassy , updated in 2005, is still selling well through Amazon and other book- sellers (go to www.afsa.org/inside/) . The State Department continues to send the book to all candidates who pass the Foreign Service Written Exam. Numerous military institutions purchase copies for training courses. More than 30 universities have adopted the book for courses, and it continues to be popular with students and others considering a Foreign Service career. U.S. embassies use the book for out- reach purposes. AFSA is exploring options for additional content to enhance the next edition. If you have suggestions on topics that should be included that are not in the current volume, please send an e-mail to embassybook@afsa.org. For the profile section — each type of FS position illustrated through one person serving in such a job — recommendations for outstanding Foreign Service employees are most welcome. Include contact information for the person being recommended if possible. We appreciate your input. Realities II Released On Oct. 23, a book launch was held at the State Department for the second volume of Realities of Foreign Service Life , pub- lished by The Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide. Edited by Melissa Hess, Patricia Linderman and Marlene Monfiletto Nice, Realities sells for $20.95 and is avail- able fromAmazon and other major booksellers. For more information, contact AAFSW at (703) 820-5420 or office@aafsw.org (also see page 39 of this issue). FS BOOK NEWS FS Authors This issue of the Foreign Service Journal features reviews of books by Foreign Service-affiliated authors (beginning on page 19). We encourage you to support your colleagues by purchasing the books you see on these pages. You can access them by going to the AFSA Web site at www.afsa.org/ ads/books/. We invite authors to send their new books for review to: Foreign Service Journal, 2101 E St. NW, Washington DC 20037-2990. Books may be submitted at any time, but in order to be included in next year’s compilation, they should reach the Journal by Sept. 1, 2008. The Kids’ Guide to Living Abroad Written for kids, this new book from the Foreign Service Youth Foundation, The Kids’ Guide to Living Abroad , shares the excitement and fear kids experience when they learn they are going to live overseas. The book, by Martine Zoer, seeks to help children understand and cope with the harsh realities of homesickness and culture shock, and lets them know what to expect on re-entry to their home country. The latest in FSYF’s collection of publications to assist globally- mobile families, the Kids’ Guide is available through Amazon, and can also be ordered online at the FSYFWeb site (www.fsyf.org/pubs/ publications.html). The price is $12.