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From: <apic@igc.org>
To: <apic@igc.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 8:19 AM
Subject: APIC: Organization Update


> APIC: Organization Update
> Document posted (ymd): 990512
> APIC Document
> 
> This posting contains the May 10, 1999 statement from  
> Dr. Cherri Waters, President of the APIC Board of Directors,
> regarding leadership changes in our office.
> 
> May 10, 1999
> 
> Dear APIC Members and Friends,
> 
> On behalf of the Board of the Africa Policy Information
> Center, I am writing to inform you of the resignation of Dr.
> Pearl-Alice Marsh from her post as APIC Executive Director,
> for personal reasons.  We appreciate her hard work during
> her time at APIC.
> 
> The APIC Board has appointed a three-person management team to
> direct the organization. The team consists of William Minter,
> who will serve as acting Executive Director in addition to his
> responsibilities as Senior Research Fellow, together with
> Board Vice-President Adwoa Dunn-Mouton and Director for
> Education and Outreach Vicki Lynn Ferguson.
> 
> Since 1990, when Nelson Mandela's release from prison
> initiated the transition from South Africa's subjuguation to
> the apartheid regime, APIC has successfully negotiated its own
> transition from its previous role as the Washington Office on
> Africa Educational Fund.  A focus on the struggle for
> political rights in Southern Africa was expanded to a wide
> range of issues around the African continent. With its
> emphasis on the effective use of electronic communications to
> facilitate "information for action" on policy issues, APIC has
> grown rapidly and established itself as a leading resource for
> networks in Washington, around the U.S., in Africa and in
> other countries.
> 
> It is a tribute to the hard work, commitment and creativity of
> all APIC staff and of Executive Directors Imani Countess
> (1992-1997) and Pearl-Alice Marsh (1997-1999) that APIC has
> consistently expanded its information and networking program
> during this period, even while coping with issues of
> organizational transition and rapid growth. This growth,
> however, as well as the rapidly changing organizational and
> technological environment, still requires the development of
> more adequate organizational structures.
> 
> The APIC board and staff are committed to continue and further
> expand APIC's services to the Africa advocacy and policy
> communities in the coming months and years. We look forward to
> continuing our work with you to ensure informed constituencies
> for Africa that can act effectively for just and mutually
> beneficial U.S. relations with Africa.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Cherri Waters
> President, Board of Directors
> Africa Policy Information Center
> 
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> 
> Africa Policy Information Center,
> 110 Maryland Ave. NE, #509, Washington, DC 20002. 
> Phone: 202-546-7961. Fax: 202-546-1545. 
> E-mail: apic@igc.apc.org.
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