Re: Repository services and budget

["Rick H. Wesson" <wessorh@ar.com>]

On Jan 7, 11:25pm, Dave Crocker wrote:
> Subject: Re: Repository services and budget
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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.
>

Dave,

It should be up to the folks that run the CORE db service as to weither
or not an Administrative person is nessassary. If we are to
provide comments on the CORE db system, should it not focus on possable
functionality of the database as that impacts what the regestries are
selling, much more than if there is a person to sort snail mail..

-Rick



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Rick H. Wesson