bout de papier, Vol. 3, No. 1 (1985) — March 1985 // Mars 1985, p. 3
It was just over two years ago that PAFSO’s President, George Haynal, introduced our first edition. Since then, under the stewardship of Lucie Edwards and then Nesta Scott-Hankey, as well as their many helpers, the paper has grown in scope and character. Issues such as Development, the Professional Committee, Reorganization and Streaming have been addressed. The ability of our members to amuse and inform on the exquisite delights of monkey-brains, life in London, and Hanoi during the bombing have revealed depths of talent hitherto only the subject of boasting.
In this new issue we move to a new format – magazine style. It’s not costing us any more, it permits better use of space and it is aiding our efforts to attract advertising. We will continue to look at the concerns of those in the foreign service. In this issue, McGill Professor Nancy Adler looks at the challenge of life abroad for spouses; journalists Peter Calamai and Jeff Simpson discuss the relationship between journalist and diplomat; and Rick Kohler describes training and development in the Department.
Retired foreign service officers do not simply fade away and we draw on their reserves of knowledge with a remembrance of Chester Ronning by Arthur Menzies; a tale of mistaken identity from Sid Freidfeld; and John Halstead provides a look at diplomacy in its contemporary guise. A chat with Charles Ritchie, perhaps the best known of our old hands, begins our new series entitled Interviews with the Greats. Paul Martin and James Kelleher are the subjects of another new feature – Meetings with Ministers Past and Present.
The foreign service is a big institution. We number over 5,000. To help get to know ourselves better we literally look at ourselves and the place in which we work. Down under is the place to start so Advance Australia Fair.
Letters from Readers are a vital feature. They will figure prominently. Editorials will continue to tilt at windmills and stab at sacred cows. They will not always, nor are they intended to, reflect the views of either the PAFSO executive or management. The inimitable A. Alto remains in his coveted back page position and his latest will undoubtedly still test the best brains around the globe despite his protestations to the contrary.
News of PAFSO, our raison d’être, looks at recent decisions by the Executive and the negotiations with Treasury Board on our new contract.
This magazine represents the collective efforts of many members, especially the Advisory Board and those nameless who are called day and night for advice. Two individuals deserve special thanks -Debbie Donaldson our Advertising Agent cum General Manager, and Dick Waugh our Consultant, Printer and Sage. I hope you will like the finished product.
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