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Text on this page:	<i>Reprinted from the Schlumberger Hub</i> <table summary="" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td height="40"><br> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- End of Block spacer --><!-- Body description table--> <table id="body_table" summary="" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="wide_statement"> <div> <table align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="3" width="275"> <tbody> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td> <h3 style="text-align: center;">2009 SSA Global Board</h3> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"><img alt="RandaMazzawi" src="http://www.ssafara.net/images//RandaMazzawi.jpg" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 66px; height: 66px;" align="left"></td> <td><a href="mailto:rmazzawi@ssafara.net">Randa Mazzawi</a>, Global Coordinator, located in Paris. Randa was previously SSA Europe/Russia Area Coordinator and replaces Deysy Lamas whose new role is announced below.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"><a href="mailto:DLamas@ssafara.net">Deysy Lamas</a>, Ex-officio Global Coordinator, located in Beijing. Deysy replaces Karen Costelloe who completes her Ex-officio term.</td> <td valign="top"><img alt="Deysy Lamas" src="http://www.ssafara.net/images/DeysyLamas.jpg" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 66px; height: 66px;" align="right"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"><img alt="Sarah White" src="http://www.ssafara.net/images/SarahWhite.jpg" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 66px; height: 66px;" align="left"></td> <td><a href="mailto:SWhite@ssafara.net">Sarah White</a>, Global Communications Coordinator, located in Calgary. Sarah was previously the SSA Calgary Coordinator and replaces Anisa Haddad whose term has ended.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"><a href="mailto:vjavalagi@ssafara.net">Vidya Javalagi</a>, SSA Webmaster, located in Al Khobar. Vidya replaces Melodie Beveridge who left the board for personal reasons. Vidya has been in her current role for the last six months.</td> <td valign="top"><img alt="Vidya Javalagi" src="http://www.ssafara.net/images/VidyaJavalagi.jpg" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 66px; height: 66px;" align="right"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"><img alt="Catherine Richards" src="http://www.ssafara.net/images/CatherineRichards.jpg" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 66px; height: 66px;" align="left"></td> <td><a href="mailto:crichards@ssafara.net">Catherine Richards</a>, Africa Area Coordinator, located in Tripoli. Catherine replaces Silicia Fillacier who was transferred out of the area. Catherine has been in her current position for over 18 months.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"><a href="mailto:shina@ssafara.net">Sudakshina Chakraverty</a>, Asia/Australia Area Coordinator, located in Kuala Lumpur. Shina was previously the Communications Coordinator for SSA Kuala Lumpur. She replaces Abigail Miguel who left the board for personal reasons.</td> <td valign="top"><img alt="Sudakshina Chakraverty" src="http://www.ssafara.net/images/SudakshinaChakraverty.jpg" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 66px; height: 66px;" align="right"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"><img alt="Irina Herbert" src="http://www.ssafara.net/images/IrinaHerbert.jpg" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 66px; height: 66px;" align="left"></td> <td valign="top"><a href="mailto:iherbert@ssafara.net">Irina Herbert</a>, Europe/Russia Area Coordinator, located in Aberdeen. Irina was the SSA Aberdeen Welcome Coordinator until a few months ago and replaces Randa Mazzawi whose new role is announced above.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"><a href="mailto:mcorvalan@ssafara.net">Gabi Apestegui</a>, Latin America Area Coordinator, located in Rio. Gabi was previously SSA NAM Area Coordinator and replaces Danielle Cozier. She has been in her current position for over a year.</td> <td valign="top"><img alt="Gabi Apestegui" src="http://www.ssafara.net/images/GabiApestegui.jpg" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 66px; height: 66px;" align="right"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"><img alt="Samar Fawzy" src="http://www.ssafara.net/images/SamarFawzy.jpg" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 66px; height: 66px;" align="left"></td> <td valign="top"><a href="mailto:skyrollos@ssafara.net">Samar Fawzy</a>, Middle East Area Coordinator, located in Cairo. Samar was previously the cultural tours Coordinator for SSA Cairo and replaces Azza Abdel Aziz whose term has ended.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"><a href="mailto:vwattley@ssafara.net">Vanessa Wattley</a>, North America Area Coordinator, located in Houston. Vanessa replaces Karen Pearson who left the board for personal reasons. Vanessa has been in her current position for one year.</td> <td valign="top"><img alt="Vanessa Wattley" src="http://www.ssafara.net/images/VanessaWattley.jpg" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 66px; height: 66px;" align="right"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> August 14, 2009 <h3>Randa Mazzawi, incoming global coordinator of the Schlumberger Spouses Association, talks about the program’s accomplishments and objectives.</h3> <p><img title="SSA" alt="SSA" src="http://www.ssafara.net/images/ssa_10aug09.gif" style="width: 150px; height: 154px;" align="left">The Schlumberger Spouses Association (SSA) recently elected five new members to its 2009-2011 Board. Randa Mazzawi, the new global coordinator, outlines the key achievements of the organization’s outgoing board and upcoming plans.</p> <p><strong><font color="#336699">The Hub</font></strong><font color="#336699">: The SSA was established 20 years ago in Paris. How has the program evolved since then?</font><br> <strong>Randa Mazzawi</strong>: Twenty years later, the primary mission of the SSA remains unchanged: To create and maintain a welcoming and supportive environment for all employees and their families.</p> <p><font color="#336699"><strong>The Hub</strong>: What has the SSA focused on during the last 12 months?</font><br> <strong>Randa Mazzawi</strong>: Safeguarding the health and safety of employee families remains a priority. SSA members around the world have completed training courses on First Aid, malaria, H1N1 prevention and defensive driving. Tracey McTague, SSA program manager, tracks these different initiatives and runs SSA HSE reporting, based on QUEST entries from around the world. We are grateful to Schlumberger for extending these courses to spouses and partners—this shows the company’s real commitment to HSE practices.</p> <p>But it’s not just spouses and partners who have benefited from the HSE knowledge accumulated by the company over time. Last year, Schlumberger Global Citizenship launched the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.hub.slb.com/display/index.do?id=id2852901">HSE for Youth program </a>to empower youth in seven focus areas: Injury Prevention, Personal Security, Road Safety, Malaria, HIV/AIDS, Water and Climate Change. The SSA has collaborated on workshops in Cairo, West Africa and Mumbai.</p> <p>Every year, the SSA contributes to several volunteer initiatives. Some are organized by the local chapters, others by SEED. For example, we helped the HSE for Youth team organize two Injury Prevention sessions at two SEED schools in Giza, Egypt, in November 2008.</p> <p><font color="#336699"><strong>The Hub</strong>: What objectives have been set for the newly elected Board?<br> </font><strong>Randa Mazzawi</strong>: First of all, we will complete the projects initiated by the previous Board. These include a new SSA Web site, which is expected to be released in autumn this year; a new SSA online store that will enable the various chapters to order items and reduce shipping costs; and the distribution of the Volunteer Handbook—a useful guide for the SSA chapters, drawing on the lessons learned over the past two decades.</p> <p>Meanwhile, we will be laying out the objectives for the next two years. These will be discussed with Career Planning and Staffing Manager Alexander Nebesny in a meeting planned for this coming autumn.</p> <p>It’s worth mentioning that, in line with Schlumberger’s goals to reduce discretionary spending at all levels, we are being cost-conscious. For example, the outgoing Board completed their official handover of duties to the newly elected members remotely, via teleconference. It is important that in the current climate unnecessary costs are removed—but I must stress that welcoming and offering support to new members does not cost much.</p> <p><font color="#336699"><strong>The Hub</strong>: As a Schlumberger spouse, in what way has this program helped you?<br> </font><strong>Randa Mazzawi</strong>: When we first moved to Paris, my husband was often away travelling and I didn’t know anybody. At times it was difficult, but I found great support from the SSA. I knew that, in case of an emergency, I had somebody I could turn to. Thanks to this program I have crossed paths and established strong friendships with many different people.</p> <p>The SSA is part of my life today. I have been an active volunteer for the past six years and I am thrilled to have been given the opportunity to be the global coordinator for the next two years—it will give me the chance to give back what I have received over the years.</p> <p>All local and international spouses and partners of Schlumberger employees are welcome to join the SSA. To find out more about this program, go to <a href="http://www.ssafara.net/">http://www.ssafara.net/</a>.</p> <table align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="330"> <tbody> <tr> <P> <P> <P> <P> <P> <td>Let us know about your chapter's accomplishments. Send your success story to <a href="mailto:ssa-communications@ssafara.net">ssa-communications@ssafara.net</a>.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- End of Body description table--><!-- Block spacer --> <table summary="" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td height="10"><br> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br> <br>

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