Re: Repository services and budget

[Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com>]

Hank,

At 10:41 PM -0800 1/7/97, Hank Nussbacher wrote:
>On Tue, 7 Jan 1997, Dave Crocker wrote:
>But even with 20-30 registrars, you don't want the expensive technical
>people doing the administrative tasks.  I keep thinking of Dilbert by the
>xerox machine.  A $25K/yr (even part time) sec'ty is necessary.

	There is a very serious downsizing trend for administrative staff
in organizations.  It's been underway for, perhaps, 10 years.  Given
voicemail, email, and other computer-based applications, the specific
functions for an administrative assistant are considerably reduced.  They
become cost-effective when a group is up toward 10 people, I believe,
helping with general office and coordination functions, travel
arrangements, and other logistics issues.  These are not serious
requirements for a one- or two-person operation.

	It can be VERY easy to inflate the requirements for the repository.
I'm suggesting that it be kept as lean as is feasible.

d/

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