CONTACTS 
0201 - Corps of Engineers, SFD            415 744 3033 fax 3449
020101 - Mr. Max R. Blodgett, II, P.E., L.S.
020102 - Construction - Operations Division

SUBJECTS
SDS, Marketing, Sales, Demonstrations
Proposal, Contract & Support
Corps of Engineers, SFD
Time - Too Busy Being Busy
New World Order
Information Highway New Environment Needs
Art of Management Improved by POIMS
Busy Being Busy No Time to Save Time Money Learning SDS

0910 -    ..
0911 - Summary/Objective
0912 -
091201 - Follow up ref SDS 8 0000, ref SDS 7 0000.
091202 -
091203 - Tom cannot meet this week due to the press of other matters.  More
091204 - groundwork must be laid prior to trying Communication Metrics for the
091205 - DMMO matter.  Max wants to follow up next week.
091206 -
091207 - Submitted ref DIT 1 line 30 including this record, and our discussions
091208 - last week, ref SDS 8 line 60.
091209 -
091210 -     [See follow up ref SDS 10 line 70.]
091211 -
0913 -
0914 -
0915 - Discussion
0916 -
091601 -  ..
091602 - Too Busy for Communication Metrics
091603 -
091604 - Max said he just spoke to Tom.  He is too busy to meet this week about
091605 - additional support at DMMO meetings.  Tom is working on an EEO report
091606 - that is due shortly which, with other duties, makes it difficult to
091607 - consider ideas to obtain help.
091608 -
091609 -
091610 -     We noted how this reflects the "Information Highway" that induces
091611 -     hidden mistakes which Communication Metrics solves.  Management's
091612 -     key role is to recognize when the organization is so busy fixing
091613 -     mistakes that there is not enough time to avoid them, discussed
091614 -     with Jack Farless at, ref SDS 1 line 236.  This is the central
091615 -     challenge of the "New World Order", ref OF 1 line 526.
091616 -
091617 -
091618 - I suggested we do a few internal meetings with Max's colleagues, so
091619 - they can grasp Communication Metrics.  He mentioned a pending meeting
091620 - with a General and others.  It is difficult for others to explain the
091621 - method and to engender faith in it without doing some work, which is
091622 - the aim of trying Welch on the DMMO matter.  This objective could just
091623 - as well be accomplished by following up pending action items, such as
091624 - the safety issues Max cited last week, ref SDS 8 line 141.
091625 -
091626 -
091627 - Politics is "Art" that Automation Improves
091628 -
091629 - Max feels the DMMO group is too politically charged to introduce help
091630 - at this time.  We did not consider the political risk of failing to
091631 - meet resistance to progress.  Theoretically the group was formed in
091632 - recognition that this condition existed, and that reasonable steps
091633 - would be taken to move ahead.  An alternative objective might have
091634 - been to prevent action through stalemate.  Everybody is busy these
091635 - days.  Without "automated religion" (see NWO paper ref OF 1 line 584)
091636 - to connect what is done today with objectives, commitments and prior
091637 - understandings, a hectic schedule offers an easy explanation for lack
091638 - of progress.
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SUBJECTS
SDS, Marketing, Sales, Demonstrations
Proposal, Contract & Support
Corps of Engineers, SFD
Military

1207 -
120701 - Follow Up
120702 -
120703 - Max has prepared a chart for a meeting with the General on aspects of
120704 - the DMMO situation.  My sense is that he expects to reach a point
120705 - where Communication Metrics can be used, but the discussion today, did
120706 - not reveal optimism for this goal.
120707 -
120708 - He asked me to call next week to follow up.
120709 -
120710 -     [See follow up at ref SDS 10 line 69.]
120711 -
120712 -
120713 -  ..
120714 - Contracting Opportunities, DOD Changes
120715 -
120716 - I did not mention the report by Jim Caudle with USA Missile Defense,
120717 - that DOD has issued new regulations permitting local commanders to let
120718 - contracts up to $100K without competitive bids in order to expedite
120719 - the work, ref SDS 9 line 100. This may offer an avenue for the San
120720 - Francisco District to get needed help and evaluate Communication
120721 - Metrics.
120722 -
120723 -    [See follow up at ref SDS 10 line 190.]
120724 -
120725 -
120726 -