For those of you who could attend yesterday, thanks for being at the last Culture meeting.  We have now identified three broad areas of focus and have assigned a team for each area to bring back to our meeting on Thursday, April 26 the following:  (1) a more specific definition of the area and how it impacts our culture and ability to do business; (2) the specific items that need to be addressed or championed by this group in each area; and (3) some substantiation that this is in fact an issue by validating with others through focus groups or other feedback.

The following are the teams that we identified in our meeting for each of the three areas.  If you were not there, I have taken the liberty of assigning you a team.


The teams are:

1.  Leadership - Sean Long (Lead), Michael Kopper, Mark Palmer, Beth Tilney, Dan McCarty, Paula Rieker, Janet Dietrich

2.  Management - Louise Kitchen (Lead), Shelley Corman, Jean Mrha, Greg Adams, Kelly Kimberly, Richard Lewis

3.  Diversity - Jordan Mintz (Lead), Robert Jones, Gene Humphrey, Jeff Donahue, Cindy Olson, Mitch Taylor, Jeff Shankman


See you on Thursday, April 26, in conference room 32C2 at 11:00 a.m.

Again, our goal will be to identify the items this group would recommend we champion in 2001.

Cindy