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SSA Newsline...
January 27th, 2010 (Randa Mazzawi, Global Coordinator) - Call for applications for the SSA LAM Area Coordinator position
The SSA Global board is looking for a caring and compassionate member living in Latin America to become our new SSA LAM Area Coordinator and take care of all our members in this area. Gabi Apestegui, our current LAM Coordinator will finish soon her term and will share all her rich experience with the new elected Coordinator. If you feel that you have the ability and time for this position after checking the job description, please send your CV and letter of interest to our Global Communications Communicator: Yael Bourgade before February 25th.
For questions about the position, please contact our current LAM Coordinator: Gabi Corvalan Apestegui
or myself : Randa Mazzawi
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January 11th, 2010 (Randa Mazzawi, Global Coordinator) - Happy New Year from the SSA Global Board
Dear Friends,
It is hard to believe that 2009 has already finished. Time has flown and here we are starting a new year with new resolutions. On behalf of the SSA Global board, I wish you and your family all the best for 2010. I hope this New Year will bring you a lot of joy, success and prosperity.
2009 has been a busy SSA year. I take the opportunity to thank all our members for supporting our organization and for believing in the important role the SSA plays in our life. Special thanks to our volunteer members for dedicating their time and efforts in achieving the SSA’s main objective: welcoming the spouses/partners of all Schlumberger employees with an abundance of friendship and compassion. Without your dedication and your enthusiasm, the SSA wouldn’t exist.
Unfortunately, we faced some heartbreaking and bitter moments through 2009 as we lost some of our SSA members and friends due to the economic crisis. However, the compassion being an SSA tradition, we need to keep supporting these friends, even if they are not officially SSA members anymore.
In last June, the whole SSA community was saddened by the tragic death of a Schlumberger employee and the son of one of our active members in the Rio-Paris plane crash. With a heavy heart, we announced in last October the big loss of our Ex-SSA Kuala Lumpur Coordinator who left behind two young kids. We had special thoughts for all our members who had difficult time in 2009.
2009 was also marked by the outbreak of the H1N1 virus. The SSA Global board has regularly kept our members updated about the evolution of the virus, these updates being regularly provided by the Schlumberger Health Hub. In some areas and mainly in Latin America, the SSA has been active in providing masks, medicines and devices such as thermometers with the help of the Schlumberger QHSE employees.
SSA wise, 2009 was marked by elections within the SSA Global board for 6 of its 10 positions. The new board members started their responsibilities in June 2009 and continued, as their main objective, to bring support to our members all over the world. We are here to help you, so please don’t hesitate to contact me or anyone on the board anytime you need it.
The SSA 20th Anniversary celebrations continued through 2009. Many chapters had special festive lunches or dinners for the occasion. To help us celebrate this momentous event, a memorable 20th Anniversary Screen Saver has been designed and shared with you in last August. It was a tribute to 20 years of friendship…From a single chapter started in 1988-1989 in Paris, we have currently 99 chapters. And our aim is to reach the maximum number of spouses/partners mainly in the remote locations.
Our chapters have been active in 2009 in various health and safety initiatives. The different HSE workshops and trainings organized with the support of the Schlumberger QHSE Managers were very beneficial to our members. I ask each one of you to take ownership of your own safety and security and to avoid any risk taking to you and to the members of your family.
As part of our Green Campaign for 2009, the Global Board has prepared a green issue of our newsletter with your contributions which we will be sharing with you very soon. SSA Shopping Reusable bags have been ordered to all our members and the distribution will start in Q1 2010 through the chapters.
We are proud to announce to you as well the creation of the SSA online store. This store would help to stock our SSA gifts and SSA items which facilitates the distribution to all our chapters.
Some of you may want to get updates about the SSA new website. We apologize for the delay we had in achieving this project. Due to the amount and technicality of the work, this project has taken more time than it should. We thank you for your patience and promise you the functionality of the website very soon, as our Web Team has reached the last stages of the installation of the portal.
I hope that the New Year will be a successful SSA year as the previous ones. And this won’t be possible without our joined efforts.
All the best for 2010,
Randa
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2009-2010 (Screensaver) - Happy 20th Anniversary SSA Screensaver A tribute to 20 years of friendship...every spouse, every location. What an achievement to be celebrating 20 years of the SSA. To help us celebrate this momentous event a memorable 20th Anniversary Screen Saver has been designed. What a great reminder, every time you log on you’ll have a great reminder of the fantastic organization we are all part of.
A very big thank to all of you who took the time to submit photographs of your chapters and events. We would also like to thank to say a very big thank you to all those wonderful volunteers who have been working so hard on this project for some time (Melodie, Deysy, Anisa…). This has been a great deal of work, so thank you all for your time.
So how can I download the 20th Anniversary screensaver?
Simply select one of the links below, to download either your pc or mac version.
Windows (2.52mb zipped file)
Macintosh (3.03mb zipped file)
Instructions (1.33mb document)
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