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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi All</FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">My thanks to all those who
responded, on and off line, so constructively to my request for experiences </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">with technical people in OST
settings. You have greatly expanded my perceptions of the issues and
possibilities. </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">And likely too those of the
person with whom I am conversing about these matters and to whom </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">I am passing on salient insights
from your contributions. </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Maybe also others on this list
benefitted also, as some lovely gems were revealed IMO.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2>I will
take up kind offers to come back later with specific questions and for stories.
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size=2></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">I feel appropriately and duly
admonished for neglecting to ‘smile’ when using the term ‘geek’ <SPAN
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face="Times New Roman"> i</FONT></SPAN></SPAN>n the context of this </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">correspondence. There were valid
reasons for my choosing the name, not least for a bit of fun and to attract </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">attention! </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Also the person with whom I
am dealing has elected to call her exercise "Geek Week."
Further the </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">CEO of Novell says that the name
is a badge of honor, although he doesn't often use it. (See "How to Manage</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">your Geeks" in Fast Company) </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.fastcompany.com/online/25/geeks.html">http://www.fastcompany.com/online/25/geeks.html</A></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Whatever, I do not use it in a
judgemental way. After all, I am an OST practitioner. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2>Good to converse, with love</FONT></FONT></P>
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size=2></FONT></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2>Alan </FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2>Adelaide</FONT></FONT></P></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>