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Reaching out to all our members worldwide
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| The World Bank Family Network (WBFN) works to inform members of issues and programs of the Bank that are relevant to families. We also work to recognize the achievements and contributions of our member volunteers. Through articles in the monthly Mosaic newsletter, on the WBFN Website, and through our @-a-glance e-announcements, WBFN provides members with news of our organization, programs, and activities. |   Mosaic
e-Mosaic and e-Announcements
WBFN Website
Annual Report
Brochures
Flyers and Posters
WBFN Reference Publications
Recollection of 25 Years: 1972-1997
Yellow Pages | | Mosaic: WBFN's Monthly Newsletter
 Each issue is filled with information that is critical for spouses and families, articles of interest, and a complete listing of the month's events and activities organized under the WBFN umbrella.
Who receives it?
Currently over 4,000 issues are prepared for WBFN members who register with the WBFN. Members receive their copies by regular mail, usually by the first of the month. Please make sure that WBFN has your current address so that you do not miss any issues of the newsletter. You can also pick up your copy at the WBFN office or request to be added to our email list to receive an electronic copy each month.
Frequency
Produced 10 times a year, September through June.
Mosaic is produced each month by a team of WBFN volunteers and support from the WBFN office staff and WBG graphics department. This team is large and the contribution of each volunteer, whether as an editor, manager, journalist, interview writer, graphics artist, layout expert, puzzle maker, or schedule and calendar creator, is vital in making this newsletter worthy of its name. The team is always interested in new volunteers. | | Back to top |  | e-Mosaic
To guarantee that members receive monthly information on time, a pdf of Mosaic is mailed each month to members who have registered their email address with us. This service assures that you do not miss a program, event, or activity in case a Mosaic takes too long to arrive at your home. The current issue and past issues also appear on our website, both as a pdf version and as an online version called Mosaicplus, both accessible from our homepage: www.wbfn.org.
Would you like to receive it?
If you are a registered member of WBFN, you can receive the pdf by providing your email addresses to WBFN at familynetwork@worldbank.org And, be sure to let us know whenever you change your address.
Frequency: Monthly
| | Back to top | | e-Announcements
 Occasionally during the month, WBFN emails members about special programs or helpful reminders about a WBFN activity through our @-a-glance e-announcements. If you are a registered member of WBFN and not already receiving these communications, email familynetwork@worldbank.orgto have your name added to the listserve. To continue receiving it, be sure to update us whenever you change your email address. | | Back to top | | WBFN Website
 Located at www.wbfn.org, our Website is an interactive communication vehicle, enhanced to connect worldwide WBFN members instantaneously. The WBFN Website includes the websites of our two outreach programs: the WBFN Book Project and the Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund (MMMF). WBFN uses its website to help members see how the different parts of the WBFN and different pieces of information inter-relate to support Bank spouses and families. We hope all members will participate in strengthening this powerful communication vehicle by visiting the website, using it as often as needed, and letting us know if you see ways for us to improve it. | | Back to top | | Brochures
 In an effort to package take-away information, WBFN has created a series of brochures describing WBFN activities of interest in particular. They are designed to introduce key projects and activities of the WBFN and its outreach programs.
Brochures include: WBFN Welcoming brochure, the WBFN Book Project, and World Bank Group Teenagers.
The brochures are designed and produced by WBFN members who volunteer their skills. WBFN members involved in the activities provide the content. | | Back to top | | Flyers and Posters
 Numerous flyers and posters are designed each year to announce and advertise WBFN programs, including informational meetings, seminars, workshops, and gallery openings. These are distributed throughout the Bank. Posters for large annual events such as the Bank/Fund Joint Family Picnic, the Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund International Arts and Crafts Fair, the Children's Holiday Party, and the Children's Art Competition are displayed throughout the Bank buildings and in entryways.
WBFN thanks the WBFN members who are graphic artists and who volunteer their time and skills to design these flyers and posters. | | Back to top | | WBFN Reference Publications
These publications contain tested knowledge and information especially helpful to Bank spouses. WBFN members over the generations have carefully compiled information to pass along to our newer members and families. The contents are periodically checked, updated, and reprinted.
| Planning Makes a Difference |  WBFN members over the generation have found through experience that Bank spouses and families find the information compiled in this book very useful. WBFN strives to update this publication from time to time to keep it a relevant tool for our members. You can read the current edition here.
Chapters include: Living and working in the US,World Bank Group Benefits (e.g. pension, travel allowance, etc.), Family Finances, Domestic Problems and Divorce, and Death of the staff member. | | | Welcome to WBFN |  This manual provides general information for our newer members. It introduces the many WBFN activities and programs, which offer opportunities to meet other spouses, make friends, share hobbies, and utilize you skills.
Chapters include: Your first days in Washington, About the World Bank Family Network, Useful Information, Housing, Childcare, Education, Health, Career Resources, and Emergencies. |
| | Back to top | | Annual Report
 The WBFN Annual Report serves as a good reference for those who wish to know in detail about the World Bank Family Network: its purpose, people, activities, scope, and scale.
The WBFN Annual Report is prepared each year by members of its Executive Committee and Coordinators of projects and Activity Groups of the WBFN. It is normally published in spring and distributed at the WBFN Annual Membership Meeting and Annual Dinner in May.
The report summarizes the activities and diversity of both the programs and the membership of WBFN. It reflects the changing needs and aspirations of the membership during each particular year. WBFN Executive Committee (EC) members and Activity Group Coordinators submit reports on the year's work together with those volunteers who helped with their respective events and activities. The reports are always available to you at the WBFN office. | | Back to top | | Recollections of 25 Years: 1972-1997 (May, 1998)
 This publication tells the early history of the WBFN. The book was put together in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the World Bank Volunteer Services (WBVS), an earlier incarnation of the WBFN. A series of essays by WBVS leaders and volunteers spells out the story of its founding and early steps, the characteristics of the organization and its voice, the growing years, and its work for the Bank spouses and families. Many photos are included. This publication is a “must read” for WBFN members new and old. | | Back to top | | WBFN Yellow Pages: Directory of Members' Goods & Services
 The World Bank Family Network is happy to welcome its members, and members of the IMF and IDB Family Associations and the 1818 Society to advertize their services on our Yellow Pages. This does not constitute an endorsement or a recommendation of the services or the service providers. To take advantage of this opportunity, register your business today! | | Back to top |
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