the CIC satisfy the public needs; and I think that's what you need to focus
on.
We laid off six people this year, primarily at your suggestion,
in
that we interpreted your recommendation that we were doing too much in that
arena;for the sake of the public.
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Hold it just a second.
That,
I think,
is a gross
nisstatnent, Bruce.
Our recommendations come within the context of total:
dollars-“spat lable.
You could not make the statement you made without
offering the:qualification that the recommendation was made to provide
dollars in terms-of other activities.
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Aadut' uv back off to that degree, but the point is we're
trying to operate in the- context of providing enough resources into putting
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CHAIRMAN MOSELEY: I had fiade the assumption that we might be able to
do this by correspondence between row’ and the next meeting,
and as the
discussion has gone on it is apparenttome that's not a feasible mechanism
for responding to this.
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Can you stand to ride up and down the"yoyo until May, Bruce, so that
we might at the next meeting of this committeebring joy to the archivist's
heart and devote substantial time yet again to:Investigating our feelings
about the CIC and our recommendations.
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MR. CHURCH:
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We will do the best we can.
One thing you might consider
is maybe a subcommittee of three can meet with usr a_month or two and
Took at it in excruciating detail.
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