CONTACTS 
0202 - Dep Natrl Recrs & Consrvtn         406 444 6699 fax 6721                                                                                                       O-00000395 0102
020201 - Mr. Wayne Wetzel; Deputy Director =406 444 6722; Director's Office

SUBJECTS
SDS Marketing, POIMS Definition, Communication Metrics
Communication Engineer
MPM & Communication Metrics

0605 -    ..
0606 - Summary/Objective
0607 -
060701 - Followed up work at ref SDS 7 line 60.  Today, I want to consider
060702 - more carefully what we call the person who performs communication
060703 - metrics.
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0610 - Background
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061101 - "Communication Engineer" was first proposed at ref SDS 3 line
061102 - 207 and later applied at ref SDS 7 line 148, to identify the
061103 - discipline of the person who applies "Communication Metrics."  The
061104 - difficulty is that this phrase does not sound good, or at least sounds
061105 - more like a sanitation engineer, or someone who installs telephones.
061106 - Here are current choices:
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061108 -
061109 -            Communication Engineer
061110 -                          Manager  *
061111 -                          Facilitator  (see ref SDS 4 line 74)
061112 -                          Coordinator
061113 -                          Controller
061114 -                          Integrator
061115 -
061116 -    ...I can't say I like any of them.
061117 -
061118 -    "Communication Manager" may be the least objectionable because it
061119 -    has common terms.  This, however, is a weakness because it does
061120 -    not connote the new power of SDS beyond conventional meaning of
061121 -    identifying forms and distribution, as for example set out in the
061122 -    new PMBOK Guide which uses "communication planning."
061123 -
061124 -       [See discussion with Bill DeHart at ref SDS 13 line 391.]
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0614 - 0929 Called Morris
0615 -
061501 - Asked him to consider this and let me know his thinking.
061502 -
061503 - He called me a "facilitator" the other day, ref SDS 4 line 69.
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0618 - 0930 Called Millie
0619 -
061901 - Left message for her to let me know her thinking.
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0622 - 0931 called Bill DeHart
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062301 - Bill called a few days later, ref SDS 12 line 44.  He agrees
062302 - Communication Metrics is okay.  He has read the analysis of Cheryl
062303 - Leff's concerns, ref SDS 11 line 204, and concurs with the points at
062304 - ref SDS 11 line 215.
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062306 - Bill also agrees that a better phrase is needed to describe the
062307 - person who performs communication metrics, for the reasons set out
062308 - above under background.  He feels there is a growing need for someone
062309 - to be able to enter the daily communication grind into SDS in a way
062310 - that accomplishes the objectives of "Communication Metrics."  He will
062311 - think about this as a topic of discussion when we meet 950601.
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0626 - 1311 called Jeff Ghilardi
0627 -
062701 - Requested ideas on adopting a name for this work.
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0630 - 0759 called Wayne Wetzel
0631 -
063101 - Wayne said the Montana legislature has now gone home for the period,
063102 - but they have significantly changed the structure of State
063103 - government.  Budget problems are less severe, but the consolidations
063104 - are carried out in the general interest of reducing the influence of
063105 - government.
063106 -
063107 -      The good news is he may be able to get a new computer.
063108 -
063109 -      I told him about our recent acquisition of an Exabyte 4 GB tape
063110 -      drive that cost about $800, less than the 250 MB system that is
063111 -      in his current machine.
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063113 - I asked Wayne about
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