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Meeting Notes Accurate Understandings Improves Management Organizati

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2203 -    ..
2204 - Summary/Objective
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220501 - Follow up ref SDS 12 9J3N, ref SDS 11 DJ9J.
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220511 -  ..
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2208 - Progress
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220901 - Meetings Notes SDS Communication Support Management Productivity
220902 -
220903 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Gary to someone at SAIC who asked about
220904 - the format of SDS records applied to meeting notes, per below.
220905 - ref SDS 0 YO8J
220906 -
220907 -    1.  I have a proprietary program called the Schedule Diary System
220908 -        (SDS) developed by Rod Welch (www.welchco.com), who has been
220909 -        working on it for a couple decades now. ref DRT 1 0001
220911 -  ..
220912 - Exposure from distributing work product, per Gary's letter earlier
220913 - today shown below, ref SDS 0 YO99, has long been the best way to
220914 - foster demand by exposing self-evident benefits of SDS, indicated by
220915 - Jame's letter today, per below, ref SDS 0 YO8J, and which illustrates
220916 - progress presenting disruptive technology, explained on 990527.
220917 - ref SDS 5 KS4O
220919 -  ..
220920 - On 041213 Gary was concerned about distributing work product, and
220921 - explaining SDS on the job to people who ask about self-evident
220922 - benefits. ref SDS 10 339G
220924 -  ..
220925 - SDS program schematic is presented on the Internet. ref OF 8 PL7I
220927 -  ..
220928 - Background on SDS is listed in product history on 000723. ref SDS 7
220929 - 0008
220931 -  ..
220932 - Gary's letter continues...
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220934 -    2.  It is built in the macro language for a DOS editor, which is
220935 -        horrendous, *but*, ref DRT 1 SO5I, it allows me do so several
220936 -        things no other tool does:
220938 -  ..
220939 - "Horrendous" needs clarification in relation to Medit macro language
220940 - yielding capability that other methods have not achieved.
220942 -  ..
220943 - Gary's letter continues...
220944 -
220945 -        •  Each record is indexed by its timestamp and can be retrieved
220946 -           based on chronology, ref DRT 1 5A56
220948 -            ..
220949 -        •  The system supports an indexing system that allows me to
220950 -           supply as many cataloging phrases as I wish at different
220951 -           places in a hierarchical index.  Search functions retrieve
220952 -           records by index.  This supports context by locating similar
220953 -           records together. ref DRT 1 5A59
220955 -  ..
220956 - On 060905 Gary discussed SDS subject indexing with deep hierarchies,
220957 - ref SDS 11 DJ9J  He addressed this again on 060907, and also discussed
220958 - design criteria for subject index and topic maps to organize the work
220959 - with multi-level hierarchies, cross-referencing, outlining,
220960 - replication, etc. ref SDS 12 NU8H; and further provided a good summary
220961 - of SDS features for context management. ref SDS 12 IB6Q
220963 -  ..
220964 - At that time on 060907 requirements for SDS capabilities to construct
220965 - order for managing complexity, ref SDS 12 Y94I, were traced to Vannevar
220966 - Bush article published in 1945. ref SDS 12 665K  Generally this is a
220967 - records management process to augment intelligence, dating to Roman
220968 - times. ref SDS 12 777F
220970 -  ..
220971 - Earlier, on 950223 Morris developed a scope for SDS development, and
220972 - lists capturing the record.
220974 -  ..
220975 - Gary's letter continues...
220976 -
220977 -        •  Paragraphs within any record have anchors and can be linked
220978 -           to from any other record in the system.  We call this
220979 -           "granular addressability", and this allows us to
220980 -           interconnect content in any manner we choose. ref DRT 1 5A64
220982 -            ..
220983 -        •  SDS supports a schedule, a document management system,
220984 -           action item flags, and contacts as well.  It also supports
220985 -           tracking time and expenses, but I don't use those features.
220986 -           ref DRT 1 5A6O
220988 -  ..
220989 - Morris did a good write up on SDS scope in his product development
220990 - plan received on 950221. ref SDS 2 MT9F
220992 -  ..
220993 - More recently, on 060905 Morris explained benefits of experience using
220994 - SDS for context management. ref SDS 11 855H
220996 -  ..
220997 - Gary's letter continues...
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220999 -    3.  A discussion of chronology, context, and connection as
221000 -        addressed in SDS can be found in POIMS. ref OF 6 1105,
221001 -        ref DRT 1 IU7J
221003 -         ..
221004 -    4.  Take care with the links.  Since SDS use granular
221005 -        addressability, the links are to explanatory paragraphs, and
221006 -        the network gets extensive quickly.  When following links, read
221007 -        only enough to understand why the link was there. ref DRT 1
221008 -        5A79
221010 -         ..
221011 -    5.  SDS publishes records to HTML with a single mouse click, and
221012 -        can publish the record to the web with another.  The meeting
221013 -        notes are just the HTML for the record. ref DRT 1 UU8K
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221017 -  ..
221018 - Request SDS Program Meeting Notes Support
221019 -
221020 - Gary received an inquiry from someone on the distribution for meeting
221021 - notes he distributed earlier in the day, per below. ref SDS 0 YO99
221026 -         ..
221027 -    2.  Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 12:41
221032 -         ..
221033 -    4.  Subject: RE: Meeting notes
221035 -         ..
221036 -        Hi Gary:
221038 -         ..
221039 -        So what tool did you use to generate these notes?  I find this
221040 -        very intriguing.
221042 -  ..
221043 - Gary responds explaining SDS above. ref SDS 0 UJ5O  Inquiry about SDS
221044 - content shows recognition of a different technology that attracts
221045 - attention.
221046 -
221047 -            [On 070629 Gary received another inquiry on using SDS for
221048 -            meeting notes, ref SDS 15 813I, and for creating test
221049 -            procedures. ref SDS 15 WD5M
221051 -  ..
221052 - Letter concludes...
221053 -
221054 -        regards,
221056 -         ..
221057 -        Jim
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221061 -  ..
221062 - SDS Records Distributed Normal Business Operations Meeting Notes
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221064 - Gary initiated communication with a letter transmitting notes from a
221065 - meeting to various people, likely who attended the meeting.
221069 -         ..
221070 -    2.  Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 1:35 PM
221072 -         ..
221077 -         ..
221078 -    4.  Subject: Meeting notes
221079 -
221080 -        Here are my notes from our meeting.
221082 -         ..
221083 -        Thanks,
221085 -         ..
221089 -  ..
221090 - Gary received feedback asking about SDS program. ref SDS 0 UW9W
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221092 -            [...above, Gary explains SDS program. ref SDS 0 UJ5O
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SUBJECTS
Communication More Than Talking Hearing Understanding Follow Up Enab

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460502 - Meeting Notes Accurate Understanding Follow Up Complements Leadership
460503 - Communication More than Talking Accurate Comprehensive Meeting Notes
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460506 -  ..
460507 - Submitted ref DIT 1 0001 responding to and facilitating Gary's letter,
460508 - ref DRT 1 0001, presenting SDS support for meeting notes by responding
460509 - to both Gary and James with a copies to expand conversation including
460510 - Morris and Jack.
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460512 -    1.  Dear Gary, James, Morris, Jack,
460514 -         ..
460515 -    2.  Taking a chance and interjecting a comment, since you were kind
460516 -        enough to submit a copy of your correspondence. ref DIT 1 0001
460518 -         ..
460519 -    3.  Morris and I recently discussed a seminar he presented for
460520 -        college professors on communication.  I noticed the link Gary
460521 -        submitted in his letter to James, shown below, provides a good
460522 -        explanation of "communication" which I repeat here for
460523 -        convenience. ref OF 6 1105, ref DIT 1 AO6I
460525 -         ..
460526 -    4.  Morris incidentally built the editor Gary mentioned that
460527 -        underlies SDS.  He has a distinguished career in technology as
460528 -        a business executive, and expertise in both hardware and
460529 -        software design and science.  Somehow he manages to also teach
460530 -        a graduate course in electrical engineering.  Morris asked in
460531 -        our call the other day for a definition of "communication" in
460532 -        relation to his presentation on helping folks give effective
460533 -        lectures for students and colleagues, in the case of college
460534 -        professors, or for engineers and execs at Intel in the case of
460535 -        the business side of his career. ref DIT 1 OO7H
460537 -         ..
460538 -    5.  In sum, we considered expanding the popular notion of
460539 -        "communication" beyond giving an effective speech or lecture,
460540 -        to include the "meeting notes" dimension raised by James and
460541 -        Gary today that leverages the power of knowledge derived from
460542 -        talking and hearing. ref DIT 1 XO8K
460544 -  ..
460545 - Communication Metrics was defined on 950327 for supporting accurate,
460546 - comprehensive understanding and follow up that complements leadership
460547 - to be persuasive and convincing. ref SDS 3 WO9P
460549 -  ..
460550 - This was discussed earlier with Morris on 950204. ref SDS 1 0001
460552 -  ..
460553 - Letter on Meeting Notes continues...
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460555 -    6.  I just want to mention that "meeting notes" help augment
460556 -        intelligence.  I include Jack Park at SRI in the discussion,
460557 -        because he has been working this issue for some time now.  SDS
460558 -        strives to provide a platform that integrates all information
460559 -        streams for coordinated management of chronology (time),
460560 -        context (subjects), and connections (links). ref OF 6 1105
460561 -        These elements yield precision access, ref OF 13 PX6J, for
460562 -        traceability to original sources, which is a large part of
460563 -        human intelligence that seamlessly tracks causation under the
460564 -        locality principle. ref OF 12 I38N
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460566 -            [...below Jack responds favorably to being included in the
460567 -            discussion. ref SDS 0 R69H
460569 -         ..
460570 -    7.  That's a long winded way of saying SDS integrates meeting notes
460571 -        with everything in the mind to yield solutions that save time
460572 -        and money.  People feel, however, this is beyond reach, and so
460573 -        focus on giving a good speech.  A recent example at Kaiser
460574 -        illustrates James point today that timely access to accurate
460575 -        history is also helpful. ref SDS 13 P256
460577 -         ..
460578 -    8.  Hope I'm not being too disruptive here.
460580 -  ..
460581 - "Disruption" relates SDS to "disruptive technology," reviewed on
460582 - 990527. ref SDS 5 5258
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SUBJECTS
Disruptive Technology SDS Supports Thoughtful Discussion Meeting Not

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640502 - Profitable SDS Rewarding Good Ideas Powerful Technology
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640504 - Follow up ref SDS 11 QM9I, ref SDS 9 FM5W.
640505 -
640506 - Received ref DRT 2 0001 from Jack responding to a copy he received of
640507 - the letter earlier today on SDS support for meeting notes, per above.
640508 - ref SDS 0 XP7U
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640510 -    1.  This certainly doesn't inject any disruption from my
640511 -        perspective.  I like that you are able to engage in such
640512 -        thoughtful discussions; would that it would all result in
640513 -        something terribly positive for SDS and your bottom line.
640514 -        ref DRT 2 0001
640516 -  ..
640517 - Jack's description of "thoughtful discussion" aligns with his letter
640518 - on 000403 describing SDS as "really slick," ref SDS 6 4862, supporting
640519 - the role of communication analyst. ref SDS 6 2112  Jack's letter on
640520 - 001116 described SDS record content as amazing for providing a record
640521 - connected to context for making sense of complex issues. ref SDS 8
640522 - 953G
640524 -  ..
640525 - Comments about the "bottom line" for SDS resutls, shows evident
640526 - recognition of added value that justifies rewards, similar to comments
640527 - by Bill Benkevich on 970611. ref SDS 4 0900
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640529 -           [On 070126 explain disruptive technologies take time for
640530 -           enabling forces align. ref SDS 14 0E4W
640532 -            ..
640533 -           [On 070126 Jack cites potentially explosive market
640534 -           acceptance of SDS, which fits the Benkavich model of "throw
640535 -           a match on it." ref SDS 14 JH4U
640537 -            ..
640538 -           [On 070729 lettter to Jack cites record on 070126 addressing
640539 -           his question on slow transformation to a culture of
640540 -           knowledge. ref SDS 16 FL6N
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