THE WELCH COMPANY
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111-2496
415 781 5700

March 8, 1999

02 03 06 61 99030801




Mr. Edmond E. Traille
Partner
S J Gallina & Company
201 N. Civic Drive Suite 230
Walnut Creek, CA 94596 3800

Subject:   Tax Return Ready OA 990315

Dear Ed,

Glad to hear the Internet delivery worked, and that you plan to have the tax return ready for us to sign by about next Monday.

There is a home page on Communication Metrics, but these ideas need endorsement from responsible voices, as we finally received from HQUSACE last week, after only 100 years of explanation. If you feel comfortable sending the HQUSACE report to your business contacts, please do so. It will help them. It will advance civilization, and my creditors and Millie will thank you.

On Feb 1, I took a crack at estimating the savings from reduced paper handling. There may be some industry data on this subject. If you have information on this could you comment on the analysis. Thanks.

Sincerely,

THE WELCH COMPANY



Rod Welch