COURTENAY WELDON

Secretary/Treasurer

4409 W. 71^st St.

Indianapolis., IN 46268-2269

(317) 293-5227, 293-5535 fax

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BOARD OF ADVISORS:

Prof. Asok C. Antony, M.D.

Ms Claire Bennett

Mr. Robert Borns

Dr. Victor E. Childers

Ms Virginia Dill McCarty

Mr. Robert H. McKinney

The Hon. Robert D. Orr

Mrs. Cynthia P. Robinson

Dr. Philip J. Rutledge

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January 2, 2003

If we are at war on January 22, Sarah Archer will not be in country.� However, our February 25 speaker, Cyrus Reed, will take her place.

We are pleased to have as our January 22, 2003 speaker:

SARAH ARCHER, DrPH, RN

Topic:

CIVIL-MILITARY INTERFACE

Dr. Archer is currently a private contractor with Battle Command Training Program (BCTP) based at Leavenworth, KS, a Visiting Fellow at the Hudson Institute in Indianapolis and a visiting faculty member at the following: Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, VA; Joint Special Operations University, Hurlburt AFB, FL; Marine Command and Staff College, Quantico, VA, and Army Command and General Staff college, Fort Leavenworth, KS.� She also is a member of our Committee.

Her expertise is bringing humanitarian assistance organization to BCTP, which has been used for field training assistance in disasters and peacekeeping operations (PKO), consequence management and war fighting.� In 2000 and 2002 she worked with NGOs in Sarajevo, BiH and visited US-SFOR troops at Camp Eagle in Tuzla.� In 2001 she visited IOs and NBOs in Kosovo in preparation for training US-KFOR troops.� She serves as a humanitarian assistance and public health subject matter expert at the African Crisis Response Initiative and has participated in brigade-level training of military peacekeepers in Dakar, Senegal 9-10/01, 7/01,10-11/01 and in Kenya 4/01,10/01, and 6/02.

Her moniker is: public health nurse.� She received her doctorate at University of California, Berkeley in 1973 between anti-war demonstrations.� Sarah earned her B.S. at IU in 1960 and masters at University of Michigan in 1964.

Our moderator will lengthen her activities.� Needless to say we will be looking at U. S. policy and actions from a perspective I never considered before meeting Sarah.

Where? � India Palace � just north of Lafayette square

Cocktails 5:45, Dinner 6:30

What? � Chicken, lamb, rice, naan and three vegetarian dishes