CONTACTS 

SUBJECTS
Litigation Support
Preliminary Meeting, Counsel

0405 - Advised Norm of meeting with Sarah and discussion with Bill Cahill,
0406 - ref 1.
0407 -
0408 -
0409 - Called Jeff at home about 2020 and advised him of discussions, also.
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SUBJECTS
Litigation Support
Preliminary Meeting, Counsel
Tape Record Meetngs
Feedback Metrics Meeting Notes Improve Productivity Lessons Learned
Feedback Loops Double Entry Bookkeeping SDS Record
Differences Disclose Conflicts Early

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1209 - Summary/Objective
1210 -
121001 -
121002 - Sletter Comments on Meeting Notes
121003 -
121004 - Norm said Sletten has submitted comments to the understandings for the
121005 - 880922 meeting, ref 2.  He will stop these by this afternoon, so I can
121006 - prepare a response.
121007 -
121008 -
121009 -  ..
121010 - Tape Record Meetings
121011 -
121012 - Norm asked if Tudor should be taping the meetings?
121013 -
121014 - On 880922 Sletten stopped tape recording meetings so that they can
121015 - submit conflicting positions into the record without being
121016 - contradicted by a tape. ref SDS 4 8538 and on 880928. ref SDS 5 9330
121017 -
121018 -     [On 881005 DNRC taped meeting, Sletten falling behind submitting
121019 -     transcipts. ref SDS 9 0001]
121020 -
121021 - This will permit them to argue that both sides Notes should be
121022 - disregarded.
121023 -
121024 -     [On 881003 DNRC counsel, Sarah Bond, reported that Sletten claims
121025 -     the record on 880928 is inaccurate. ref SDS 8 5000]
121026 -
121027 -     [On 881102 Sletten contents that unspecified inaccuries in SDS
121028 -     records harm their entitlement to extra payment. ref SDS 11 0629]
121029 -
121030 -
121031 -  ..
121032 - Notice Adds Accountability to Communication to Save Time, Money
121033 - Feedback Notifies Differences in Understanding to Avoid Mistakes
121034 -
121035 - In any case, feedback is important to get an accurate, useful record,
121036 - as explained at the progress meeting on 880907. ref SDS 1 0594 Once,
121037 - we get feedback, we can use that to help manage the job, because it
121038 - discloses differences in understanding that require attention. So,
121039 - disagreement is a resource, as discussed with Wayne on 880907.
121040 - ref SDS 2 8944
121041 -
121042 - On 880908 Jeff objected to aligning meetings with project
121043 - requirements, and with using feedback. ref SDS 3 4920
121044 -
121045 -     [On 881007 Tudor management advocates avoid feedback. ref SDS 10
121046 -     6693]
121047 -
121048 -     [On 961011 can only get agreement of everyone by sanitizing the
121049 -     record. ref SDS 12 4907]
121050 -
121051 -     [On 961017 reviewed benefits of feedback in connection with Corps
121052 -     of Engineers project. ref SDS 13 2068]
121053 -
121054 -     [On 970829 book on accountability in management says communication
121055 -     primary factor of productivity. ref SDS 14 L24N
121056 -
121057 - I asked if the State has a standard device that uses tapes that are
121058 - easily interchanged with other recording and playing devices.  Norm
121059 - said he has a tape recorder that should work okay.  He will begin
121060 - bringing it to the weekly Progress meetings.  It may turn out that we
121061 - will use for all major discussions with Sletten such as the "clarifi-
121062 - cation" meeting Jeff had with Sletten yesterday regarding the Curb
121063 - Ring installation and Sletten's letter of 880926  ref 5.
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1211 -
1212 - Voith Meeting Preparations
1213 -
121301 - Also advised that I need several documents to complete preparatons
121302 - for Jeff's meetings in York with Voith.  I talked to Joanne earlier
121303 - and she has assembled these materials.  Norm will bring them by this
121304 - afternoon.
121305 -
121306 -
121307 - Norm didn't make it by because he had car trouble this evening and
121308 - by the time it was cleared up, he forget about stopping the
121309 - information off.
121310 -
121311 - He called about 2010 and offered to stop it off this evening.  I
121312 - called Jeff and asked if he needs the stuff by morning.  He said he
121313 - only needs a draft by Friday COB.  So I called Norm and explained
121314 - that he can drop it off in the morning.
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SUBJECTS
Curb Ring Sletten
Follow Voith Instructions

160401 - Jeff explained the understandings that resulted from his meeting
160402 - with Dave Marsh and Paul Robinson yesterday, ref 3.
160403 -
160404 - Jeff advised he wants an answer to Sletten's 80926 letter  ref 5,
160405 - that will reflect the understandings from the meeting.
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