THE WELCH COMPANY

440 Davis Court #1602

San Francisco, CA 94111-2496

415 781 5700






July 6, 1998                                            04 00065 61 98070601



Mr. Thompson F. Keesling, Architect
Assistant Chief
Construction Operations Division
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
San Francisco District
333 Market Street; Room 806A
San Francisco, CA  94105 1905

Subject:  Communication Metrics

Ref:   a. Welch letter Jul 1, 1998
          b. Telecon Tom/Rod Jul 30, 1998
          c. Meeting Max/Tom/Rod Jun 25, 1998

Dear Tom,


Called your office this morning and Wanda said you are in Portland this week,
so this is an experiment to see if you can pickup your email and also access
the Internet per our idea about the "Virtual Office" to provide "Anytime,
Anywhere intelligence."



You might check the
Welch home page
to see if it helps explain
Communication Metrics, per
Max's request on Apr 3.
Two of the links are not yet active, but the others
should illustrate the "Virtual/Paperless Office."  Please
let me know if you would
like particular points covered.



Did you get my
letter on July 1,
that the Welch Web site is back on-line?


The July 1 letter provides some published authority for the methods in the
CESPN report on calculating cost savings for Communication Metrics -- does it
seem helpful?


I mentioned in the notes of our meeting with Max on Jun 25 that you might
consider asking your computer support people to
change the resolution
on
your computer monitor, so you can view Web pages without having to use the
scroll bar.  A good time to do this, if you approve, would be while you are
traveling.


Please advise if you pick this up on the road?


Sincerely,


THE WELCH COMPANY






Rod Welch