THE WELCH COMPANY
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111-2496
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S U M M A R Y
DIARY: February 4, 1993 01:24 PM Thursday;
Rod Welch
Called Wayne about progress with "7 Habits... " analysis.
1...Summary/Objective
........Desk Buried
2...Covey's Book
3...Physical
4...Basketball Season & Family
5...Montana Economy
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CONTACTS
0201 - Dep Natrl Rscrs & Consvn 406 444 6699 fax 6721
020101 - Mr. Wayne Wetzel
020102 - Director's Office
SUBJECTS
DNRC Program Updates
Nov 5, 1992
Computer Support (Welch)
Develop & Maintain Hardware System
SDS support for DNRC (network)
7 Habits Highly Effective People
Information Highway Overwhelms Span of Attention with Complexity
0909 - ..
0910 - Summary/Objective
0911 -
091101 - Wayne returned my call from ref SDS 11 line 50. Covered a wide range
091102 - of stuff. Things seem to be going generally okay.
091103 -
091104 -
091105 -
0912 -
0913 - Discussion
0914 -
091401 - How is computer doing?
091402 -
091403 - System is running okay, except 3.5 drive hangs up sometimes.
091404 - The disk does not remove very well. He thinks this is a
091405 - floppy disk problem, rather than a computer hardware matter.
091406 -
091407 - SDS?
091408 -
091409 - Wayne asked if he can use the same interim backup tape
091410 - after he does a full file backup.
091411 -
091412 - I explained he can. Suggested he call when he encounters
091413 - the end of the interim tape, for assistance in setting up a
091414 - new one.
091415 -
091416 - New Director?
091417 -
091418 - This is a former aid to Senator Bacus. Wayne feels he is
091419 - able and reasonable to work with.
091420 -
091421 - Karen has become legislative liaison for the Governor. She
091422 - only comes into Helena when the legislature is in session, so
091423 - that allows her to be home with her husband more often.
091424 -
091425 - Broadwater?
091426 -
091427 - It is in same shape. Voith still refuses to fix the speed
091428 - increaser and complete the punch list, until ordered to do
091429 - so through arbitration.
091430 -
091431 - Engineer
091432 -
091433 - Status quo.
091434 -
091435 - Arbitration?
091436 -
091437 - Both sides have taken depositions. Sarah went to Voith's
091438 - offices to take depos, and Voith came out to Helena to
091439 - depose DNRC officials.
091440 -
091441 - Sarah has indicated that the depos she took, and the
091442 - additional records she obtained through discovery are
091443 - helpful to DNRC's cause.
091444 -
091445 - Case is schedule to be heard in March, 1993.
091446 -
091447 - ..
091448 - Desk Buried
091449 -
091450 - Wayne said that with the coming of the new legislative season,
091451 - the volume of documents he receives has escalated, so his desk
091452 - is buried again.
091453 -
091454 - [On 960418 another example at USACE. ref SDS 12 8840
091455 -
091456 - [On 960606 example at Turner. ref SDS 13 9009
091457 -
091458 - [On 990105 problem seems everwhelming. ref SDS 14 5880
091459 -
091460 - [On 000725 research executive working on solving
091461 - informatino overload has desk piled high with papers.
091462 - ref SDS 15 I3R5
091463 -
091464 -
091465 - Covey's Book
091466 -
091467 - Wayne remembers seeing this document, ref DIP 1. He has not commented
091468 - on it yet, but will try to dig it out and jot down some observations.
091469 -
091470 -
091471 - Physical
091472 -
091473 - He feels his hernia situation is improved though he still feels other
091474 - kinds of pain. We discussed the prospect of cancer --- hope he is
091475 - joking???
091476 -
091477 -
091478 - Basketball Season & Family
091479 -
091480 - Kevin finally got healed up from his track injuries left over from
091481 - last year. He has been in the lineup, but got injured again from
091482 - several excessive charging fouls, in the last game. Wayne is not sure
091483 - if he will be able to play in the next few games. The team is #5 in
091484 - the state, and second in their conference.
091485 -
091486 - Gregg ran cross country again this year, and expects to be in track.
091487 - He is not involved in a Winter sport.
091488 -
091489 - His older son, has graduated from Lewis & Clark. He needs one more
091490 - class in foreign language to get a particular degree, and so is
091491 - finishing up at Portland State. The cost to take the last class at
091492 - L&C would have been $5K. Wayne decided to encourage some economy on
091493 - this.
091494 -
091495 -
091496 - Montana Economy
091497 -
091498 - Wayne feels the economy is not yet fully experiencing the recovery
091499 - that other parts of the country seem to be making. State budgets are
091500 - still hard hit. Since Helena is mainly a government town, it is
091501 - suffering worse than other parts of the state.
091502 -
091503 -
091504 -
0916 -
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