| March 26, 2000 | 04 00067 61 00032601 |
Mr. Douglas C. Engelbart, Ph.D.
doug@bootstrap.org
Bootstrap Institute
6505 Kaiser Drive
Fremont, CA 94555
| Subject: | OHS/DKR Meeting at SRI March 24, 2000 |
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Doug's letter on March 26, 2000 |
Dear Doug,
This responds to your letter this afternoon asking about the record for the meeting last Friday. At the conclusion of the meeting, I asked if anyone was assigned to capture the record, and understood that this support is still being developed.
I concur that this matter needs early attention.
Yesterday, I sent the record to three (3) people for initial review, requesting feedback by early tomorrow morning, so that distribution to the team could be made in time to prepare for the meeting originally scheduled for Wednesday, now set for Thursday.
I may have made a mistake by not including you in the initial distribution, but intended to conserve your time. I got a letter from Lee Iverson on the date issue, but have not heard from him, or the others, with comments on the record. So, I am sending the record of the meeting to you, via the link in this letter, for disposition.
Let me know, if you want any changes. My computer will be down for awhile this evening while I reinstall w2000, but should be able to make changes tomorrow, if needed. My thought was that Mary can make distribution, so that you control what goes out to everyone. Let me know, if you want me to do it.
Additionally, I am not committing to provide this record, but am happy to help out for a few weeks while you launch the project, and get organized. This kind of work is specialized, takes time to be effective, and everyone has their own way of doing things, as set out in your letter. It is very easy for efforts to provide a useful record of meetings, however well intentioned, to become contentious, and counterproductive. We'll see how the team responds, but the lack of initial feedback is not a good sign.
Thanks very much for inviting me to support your important work.
Sincerely,
THE WELCH COMPANY
Rod Welch
rowelch@attglobal.net