Dear Friends,

Welcome back from your summer holidays! I hope you had an enjoyable time with your loved ones, be they family or friends. I sincerely hope you have filled yourselves with lots of sunshine and energy, and are now ready to put your dynamism and enthusiasm at the service of the Guild.

Ms Marie-Paule Martinelli, the Chairperson of the 2010 Bazaar, and the Bazaar Committee have continued to work hard throughout the summer to put into place the necessary groundwork for the success of this very important event.

I am also pleased to inform you that Manila Paktian, Tanja Sarenac-Petrovic and myself had very positive meetings with Mr Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director General of the UN Office at Geneva and Dr Hamadoun Touré, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union. UNOG continues to offer us all the assistance and cooperation we need. Dr Touré has kindly agreed that our newsletter could be printed at ITU and an article on our Association will be included in their monthly magazine ITUNEWS. On behalf of the Guild I would like to extend my sincere gratitude for these noble gestures.

I am sorry to announce that Suzie Montsho, our English language newsletter editor, will be moving to Zambia with her family. I would like to thank Suzie for her work and I wish her a lot of success in her new home. I would like to thank Tanja Sarenac-Petrovic who responded to my plea for help and worked closely with Baya Chérif, the French language newsletter editor, in completing this September newsletter.

I am looking forward to working with you to ensure that the Guild remains a joyful and busy hive where members will find pleasure in meeting one another and feel rewarded in working for a great cause. Let us all remember that whatever  we strive to do should be blended with thoughtfulness, respect, care, friendship as well as with a good dose of laughter! Sincerely yours,

Kajori Massé-Basu