THE WELCH COMPANY
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S U M M A R Y


DIARY: October 14, 2000 04:49 PM Saturday; Rod Welch

John Deneen promoted Com Metrics for legal support.

1...Summary/Objective


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CONTACTS 
0201 - Deneen Consulting                    925 229 1858
020101 - Mr. John Deneen
020102 - jjdeneen@ricochet.net

SUBJECTS
IRS Claims, John Deneen
Customer Requests for Information
John Submits Potential RFP for Com Metrics
Meeting John on Joining Welch Team
Deneen, John, Support Com Metrics
Market Proposal for Legal Support
Legal Support, John Deneen

0909 -    ..
0910 - Summary/Objective
0911 -
091101 - Follow up ref SDS 13 0000, ref SDS 12 0000.
091102 -
091103 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from John submitting correspondence he has
091104 - pursued to explain SDS.  On 000927 we met to discuss his interest in
091105 - SDS. ref SDS 13 0001
091106 -
091107 - In his letters explaining Com Metrics to others, John cited Com
091108 - Metrics for managing administrative safety controls, regulatory and
091109 - legal issues. ref DRT 1 Z84K
091110 -
091111 -     Might consider that SDS can be used by a company to show
091112 -     compliance; it can, also, be mandated by an agency to prove
091113 -     compliance.
091114 -
091115 -     However, the primary benefit of SDS is to enable all parties to
091116 -     avoid problems and discover opportunity in time to benefit.
091117 -
091118 - One of the correspondents, Matt Conover, characterizes SDS as legal
091119 - document software. ref DRT 1 04HB
091120 -
091121 -     This is not really correct, but may be close enough to develop
091122 -     opportunities for people to investigate and learn that SDS
091123 -     supports key legal practices routinely that focuses cognitive
091124 -     strength, i.e., augments intelligence, to reduce mistakes, which
091125 -     otherwise cause legal disputes.
091126 -
091127 - John provides extensive extract from NWO... ref DRT 1 025E explaining
091128 - legal processes that SDS technology enables people to apply routinely
091129 - in daily work, ref OF 1 2536, as called out by Peter Drucker, per
091130 - record on 991025. ref SDS 3 0785
091131 - ..
091132 - John presents SDS for computer augmentation capabilities,
091133 - including re-engineering it for fortune 1000 clients under the
091134 - direction of Dr. Engelbart with open-source code programming support
091135 - by SRI International, could lead to many new business opportunities.
091136 - Eg., as suggested below by Matt Conover (environmental attorney,
091137 - registered for the State of Washington), the National Judical College
091138 - staff for further endorsement and referral to judges with budgets for
091139 - purchasing. ref DRT 1 DQ6I
091140 -
091141 -     Another perspective:
091142 -
091143 -         SDS supports computer aided thinking enabling organizations to
091144 -         re-engineer the practice of management by adding a system of
091145 -         metrics to communiation that maintains alignment between the
091146 -         work performed each day, and objectives, commitments and
091147 -         requirements.
091148 -
091149 - Submitted ref DIT 1 0001 linked to this record.
091150 -
091151 - Cited....
091152 -
091153 -     1.  Call to Doug on 000929. ref SDS 14 0001
091154 -
091155 -     2.  Letter to DKR team, ref DIP 3 0001, on 001004, ref SDS 15
091156 -         0001, and our meeting on 000927. ref SDS 13 0001
091157 -
091158 -     3.  Letter to Pat Lincoln, ref DIP 4 0001, on 001011 set out
091159 -         research opportunities, ref SDS 16 0001, which SRI can support
091160 -         in order to provide a means for people become acclimated to
091161 -         moving from information to a knowledge culture.
091162 -
091163 -     4.  Letter to Cliff Joslyn, ref DIP 2 0001, on 001013 recommends
091164 -         research that LANL mathematical modeling can perform.
091165 -         ref SDS 17 0001
091166 -
091167 -
091168 - On Monday, 001016 I called John and thanked him personally, for
091169 - promoting SDS and Com Metrics, per above. ref SDS 0 0001
091170 -
091171 - John said he has a new job working on a wireless communication project
091172 - for a new company.
091173 -
091174 - John told his boss about advantages of SDS based on experience with
091175 - the DKR project at SRI.
091176 -
091177 - John indicated his boss replied something along the lines that there a
091178 - lot of "diary" programs, and their new company does not need help
091179 - looking at the past, because they are a forward looking company.
091180 -
091181 - John felt frustrated.  He related strong belief in KM, in Doug's work,
091182 - and that SDS is an effective method to improve daily management and
091183 - other knowledge work.
091184 -
091185 - He still plans to pursue personal contacts with the research labs on
091186 - using SDS, based on his letter received today, per above. ref SDS 0
091187 - 0001
091188 -
091189 - I thanked him again for trying to make progress.
091190 -
091191 - I explained the difficulty he experienced conveying benefits of
091192 - intelligence to his new boss reflects prior difficulty at DNRC, PG&E
091193 - and USACE.  People who interact regularly with SDS records doing their
091194 - work, as John has done the past 9 months, gradually gain awareness of
091195 - a benefit that is difficult to explain to people who do not have the
091196 - same experience.
091197 -
091198 -    1.  On 941228 Bill DeHart had same problem. ref SDS 1 9954
091199 -
091200 -    2.  On 961226 same problem at USACE. ref SDS 2 V8E6
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