Our Members Write
If you would like to contribute your views to the Bout de papier, write to PAFSO at the following address: 130 Albert Street, suite 1002, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5G4.
From Our Treasurer . . .
It is difficult for any treasurer to have to advise members that their fees are going to have to be raised, even more so when the increase will be 77% in a world of 6% and 5%. However, there has not been…
Attention All PAFSO Members // Avis aux membres de l’APASE
PAFSO is seeking the assistance of its members abroad and in the United States to improve communications to them and at the same time to reduce soaring mailing costs. To achieve this aim, PAFSO feels it would be necessary to have a…
Ex-President’s Message
It’s always hard to say good bye, and hardest when you are having fun.
Le Comité professionnel de l’APASE Saison 1983-84
Le Comité professionnel de l’APASE, mis sur pied à l’automne 1982, se consacrera encore cette année à l’élaboration et au maintien d’un programme permettant aux agents du Service extérieur d’aborder collectivement les questions susceptibles de les intéresser professionnellement. Rappelons que peuvent être…
Meet Our Aid Stream Officers at a PARTY // Rencontre sociale pour les agents de la filière de l’aide au développement
On Monday, September 19 Paul Hitschfeld will be hosting a get-together for the FS Aid Stream Officers at his home, 29 Brouage Street in Aylmer from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. to meet informally with members of PAFSO Executive and Professional Committees.
Bienvenue aux agents de la filière de l’aide au développement
Lundi, le 27 juin 1983, le Sous-secrétaire d’état aux Affaires extérieures souhaitait officiellement la bienvenue à 70 nouveaux agents du Service extérieur, tous issus de la filière de l’aide au Développement. Le président intérimaire de l’Association professionnelle des agents du Service extérieur,…
“ABOVE ALL HISTORY”
Napoleon called history a fable agreed upon, Voltaire thought it was tricks we play on the dead. To Henry Ford it was bunk. To others, tradition and precedent became a ball and chain hindering progress. Such views on the usefulness of history…
Editorial Note // Note de la rédaction
Given the bilingual background of our membership, PAFSO’s policy for the new re-designed Bout de papier is to publish all articles in their original language. PAFSO itself remains at your service to provide any assistance you may require in the language of…
$50.00 Book Prize To Be Won
This is the second edition of the expanded PAFSO Newsletter introduced for the first time last June. The reaction to our first edition has been positive and we intend to continue along similar lines with future issues of the Bout de papier.
