CONTACTS 
0201 - Taspinar Management Consulting     510 569 7471 fax 4636
020101 - Mr. Ahmet Taspinar, PMP

SUBJECTS
Task Order 1
Task Order 2
PM for Inspection/RMS

0605 -    ..
0606 - Summary/Objective
0607 -
060701 - Follow up ref SDS 22 0000, ref SDS 21 0000.
060702 -
060703 - Ahmet said he is consulting for Luster and was given my name by his
060704 - contacts at Luster who asked him to contact me about the Richmond
060705 - project.  He did not indicate if this reflects the call last week from
060706 - Tom Keesling on 970319. ref SDS 20 4544  Ahmet explained during our
060707 - call today that he advised his contact at Luster that he knows Welch
060708 - and so agreed to make contact.
060709 -
060710 -  ..
060711 - Ahmet asked to discuss my role on the project?
060712 -
060713 -  ..
060714 - I explained there have been discussions with COE about the Welch
060715 - Company providing Communication Metrics support under AE Task Order 2,
060716 - based on prior work for COE on the Oakland Harbor project last year,
060717 - as reported by the Corps in a letter on 970219. ref DRP 1 0000
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060720 - Ahmet asked about the scope of Commuication Metrics?
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060722 -  ..
060723 - I explained it is developed in Task Order 2, which has been submitted
060724 - to Luster. ref DRP 4 4929
060725 -
060726 -  ..
060727 - Ahmet said he has not received Task Orders 1 and 2, but that these
060728 - documents are being sent to him by mail.
060729 -
060730 -  ..
060731 - I explained Task Order 1 requires the AE to provide Quality Assurance
060732 - inspection of dredging, and to support the Project Engineer using a
060733 - computer program called RMS for daily Construction Management,
060734 - ref DRP 4 5002, and Task Order 2 is to provide Communication Metrics
060735 - to support the project, ref DRP 4 4929, similar to what was done for
060736 - Bill DeHart at PG&E in 1994, and later helping Bill develop the
060737 - program for the PMI Asilomar Conference in 1996.
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060740 - Ahmet said he understood that I assisted in locating speakers for
060741 - Asilomar.
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060743 -  ..
060744 - We reviewed the record on formulating a theme for the Asilomar
060745 - conference, reported on 950601, ref SDS 1 554N, preparing an agenda
060746 - and advertizing plan on 951114, ref SDS 4 0001, and preparing papers
060747 - for speakers, reported on 960620. ref SDS 5 0001  Ahmet recalled the
060748 - many meetings we attended on Asilomar during May - Jul 1995.
060749 -
060750 -  ..
060751 - Ahmet said that he had not given this effort enough credit in his
060752 - final report on the conference.
060753 -
060754 -  ..
060755 - I thanked Ahmet for consideration and noted it was enough credit to
060756 - have contributed, given how well Asilomar turned out, as set out in
060757 - the record on 960715. ref SDS 6 0001
060758 -
060759 -  ..
060760 - Ahmet said he will recommend that Luster use the Welch Company for the
060761 - Richmond project.  He said the decision will be made above his level,
060762 - but that he would enjoy working with Communication Metrics, and hopes
060763 - to have the opportunity to do so, following up understandings on
060764 - 950711, ref SDS 2 0001 and on 950612 when Ahmet discussed working on
060765 - the Asilimar Conference project. ref SDS 3 R64L  Ahmet feels it is not
060766 - necessary for Luster to "re-invent the wheel" in order to perform
060767 - Communication Metrics, since Welch is available to provide support.
060768 -
060769 -      [On 970423 meeting between COE and Luster. ref SDS 23 0001
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060772 - I thanked Ahmet for his expression of confidence and willingness to
060773 - support use of Communication Metrics.
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