CONTACTS 
0201 - Science Applications                 619 546 6000
020101 - Mr. Roy Roebuck, Ph.D.

SUBJECTS
GEM Roy Roebuck
Objectives

0504 -    ..
0505 - Summary/Objective
0506 -
050601 - Follow up ref SDS 24 0000, ref SDS 22 0000.
050602 -
050603 - Morris said he got my second email which was only a copy of the letter
050604 - to Roy, ref DIP 4 0000, about his grant proposal idea received on
050605 - 990225. ref SDS 24 0000
050606 -
050607 - Morris did not get the first letter, which has an actual request that
050608 - he review Roy's letter and provide comments on his credentials and
050609 - explanation of Communication Metrics.
050610 -
050611 - Morris said he looked at the letter to Roy while he was in a meeting,
050612 - so his focus may have been divided.  Following some links, seemed to
050613 - lead him astray, or to no discernable objective, so he decided to wait
050614 - for us to talk this morning to determine what action to take.
050615 - ..
050616 - I explained there are three areas for Morris' comments.
050617 -
050618 - Submitted ref DIT 1 0000 to Morris with a link to this record, to
050619 - Roy's letter and to my record that analyses Roy's letter which was on
050620 - 990225. ref SDS 24 0001
050621 -
050622 - Initially, read the entire letter. ref DRP 5 0000
050623 -        ..
050624 -    1.  Looking at Roy's credentials, ref SDS 24 1080, does it
050625 -        seem he is more of a technician who works in management, or a
050626 -        manager of technical stuff?  What does Morris draw from Roy's
050627 -        experience?
050628 -
050629 -            [On 990301 received Morris' letter. ref SDS 25 0770]
050630 -        ..
050631 -        If you have time to look at his GEM presentation to DOD,
050632 -        does it appear to have a sound conceptual and professional
050633 -        basis? see analysis on 990218, ref SDS 20 8034, which has a
050634 -        link to the GEM presentation.
050635 -
050636 -            [On 990301 received Morris' letter. ref SDS 25 0771]
050637 -        ..
050638 -    2.  Looking at Roy's explanation of SDS, ref DRP 5 3105, does
050639 -        the "need" Roy explains, ref DRP 5 9360, seem like it can be
050640 -        understood by people Morris encounters at Intel, and other IT
050641 -        settings, better than Rod's "white papers"?  Does Roy's
050642 -        explanation of SDS seem to support Morris's explanation of the
050643 -        Welch Management method on 911123? ref SDS 2 0477
050644 -
050645 -            [On 990301 Morris did not comment. ref SDS 25 0772]
050646 -        ..
050647 -        Can Roy's programing ideas make SDS work better? see at
050648 -        ref DRP 5 1071
050649 -
050650 -            [On 990301 Morris did not comment. ref SDS 25 0773]
050651 -        ..
050652 -    3.  What issues require consideration, what questions need to
050653 -        be asked with respect to the grant proposal? ref DRP 5 8279 and
050654 -        in the record on 990225, ref SDS 24 3839
050655 -
050656 -            [On 990301 Morris commented. ref SDS 25 0774]
050657 -        ..
050658 -        What, if any, is the advantage to "research"
050659 -        Communication Metrics, POIMS and SDS?
050660 -
050661 -        What would this mean?  If the whole thing is a house of cards,
050662 -        based on rhetoric, why do research?  What would result that can
050663 -        help executives grasp the value of adding intelligence to their
050664 -        management practice?  If this core concept is not self-evident,
050665 -        how can research make it so?
050666 -
050667 -            [On 990301 Morris doesn't offer ideas on this. ref SDS 25
050668 -            0775
050669 -
050670 -            [On 990625 executives fail because they fail to execute.
050671 -            ref SDS 26 0460; successful executives write up meetings
050672 -            and send confirmation. ref SDS 26 1024]
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