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: To System Software Section Date January 22. 1977
From Wendell Shultz location Palo Alto
SubjectSof'tware' Quarterly Report Organization ITG/SDD/SD
XEROX
Filed' on: Status.lQ77
INTRODUcrON
There is' a great deal of information that people may be interested in that does not get
distributed;i nri1emos or in regular meetings. Rather than having more meetings (I think
most of us have enough meetings already), I would like to put out a periodic information
report. This is the first of what wil1 be regular quarterly reports. I will put out special
reports between the quarterly reports, as required. I believe that factual information
conveyed in this manner will be useful and will aid in communication. There will be
frequent 'group meetings and from time to time we will have a full section or department
meeting., Feel 'free to ask me, or your supervisor, about any items in these quarterly reports
or special::reports that are, not clear or about which you have comments.
ADMINI'STRATIVE INFORl\tIATION
, , We have'set up new task numbers under our budget center (0125) to be used for 1977 travel
and expense charges. These new numbers are by project, as follows:
Project Name ' Task Number PARe #
Program Manageme'nt 0125640114 97
D)agnostics 0125645101 25
User Interface 0125645201 26
Tools & Mesa 0125645401 27
Data Mgmt 0125645501 28
Pilot 0125645601 29
; :U$e the, PARe Budget Center # (e.g. 29, for Pilot) for any charges in the PARe/SOD-Palo
Alto ad m'inistrative system -- such as travel or purchase requisitiolls. Use the Task
Numb'el ,011' any time charges. Normally. most of YOLI will not need to use these numbers
very often. but the group managers will ;use them occasionally.
,FACILITIES;
, , SDD/SO has signed an agreement for space in the new building going up next door to
buiJdillff 34 (our present building). \Ve will have about half of the secofld floor. or about
12.000sq'tI~'re feet. This space is scheduled to be ready for us to move in between June 1
and' July 31. ,1977. Until that time we will begin going to two-person offices in this
building as'more people join our. project. This is unfortunate, but is .really for a very
liinited time arid I think we will be able to get by without too much trouble. The SOD
,peopl,e in the:A/E building inEI Segundo are also faced with a space crunch. and there is
no, pefnUl~1en~' solution workeg out for them as yet.
, Software. Quarterly Report 2
ORGANIZATION
A new organization was announced about a week ago for our section. A copy of this is
attached. Ed Stritter.who was shown on that chart. is not going to be joining us after al1 ~
his fiancee could not get into a law school in this area, and so he is taking a job in Texas
instead, since she is in a good Jaw school there. Bob Ayers will be phasing over during the
first quarter to the data management project under Charles Irby. 'Since'Charles Irby had
been involved in so many of our projects and has so much experience in a wide range of
areas, we will continue to use him to review and comment on~maniaspects 'oL'theGtools,
, Mesa and file management for some time to come, although he will be very busy in the llser
interface and data management areas. We have one job offer outstanding