Lone writers at large companies? (take II)

["Hart, Geoff" <Geoff-H -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA>]

Bryan Westbrook responded to my suggestion to get together with his
colleagues: <<I've thought about it, but I really don't even know how to go
about locating them.  Most of the writers I've heard about (and the one I've
met) all work at a remote facility a few miles from here at the main
campus.>>

Think outside the box... literally, in this case. <g> Post a note in the
campus cafeteria, at the main bus stop, in the company staff newsletter, on
the internal e-mail distribution list, etc. Talk to your Personnel or HR
department. Ask a manager who owes you a favor to ask his co-managers to
send you a list of writers in their department. If you aren't conveniently
located in the same building, arrange a pub night every month, go bowling,
or whatever!

--Geoff Hart, geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca
Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada
580 boul. St-Jean
Pointe-Claire, Que., H9R 3J9 Canada 

Hofstadter's Law--"The time and effort required to complete a project are
always more than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's
Law."


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