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<div><font color="#000000">Greetings fellow MIT Editors.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">As some of you may have heard, MIT is
undertaking a Purchasing Initiative with the goal of identifying
non-salary savings (while improving or maintaining service and
quality). The Controllers Accounting Office is leading this effort
under the sponsorship of Jim Morgan, Diane Shea, John Curry, and Bob
Brown. Academic council and senior management are supporting this
effort as a great way for MIT to be resourceful about stretching
budgets. To achieve savings, the team is looking at the total cost of
acquisition in the purchase of various commodity groups. The first two
commodities being targeted are overnight shipments and printing. I am
on the print services team, where we will be reviewing the
print-buying process and the printers being used by MIT
departments.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Community input is very important to us. We
will be holding several focus groups and would like to get feedback
from those of you involved with print buying. We'll review the
project's goals and lead a discussion of issues to consider. In
addition, we would like to hear your suggestions and questions. We're
looking for 15 more participants to attend one of the following
sessions and hope that you or someone from your department can join
us:</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b>Print Focus Group
Workshops</b></font></div>
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<li><font color="#000000"><b>Tuesday, 9/14 from 2:30 to 3:30
pm</b></font>
<li><font color="#000000"><b>Thursday, 9/16 from 2:30 to 3:30
pm</b></font>
<li><font color="#000000"><b>Friday, 9/17 from 1 to 2
pm</b></font></ul>
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<div><font color="#000000">Light refreshments will be
served.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">If you are able to attend any of these
sessions,<b> RSVP</b> to Glenn Curtis at</font> <a
href="mailto:gcurtis@mit.edu"><font
color="#000000">gcurtis@mit.edu</font></a><font color="#000000">.
Please provide your name, department, telephone number, and email
address.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Your help in launching this initiative is
greatly appreciated.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Thank you,</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Jon Paul Potts</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Procurement Print Team</font></div>
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<div><font color="#0000FF"><b>Jon Paul Potts</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000FF"><b>Communications Manager</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000FF"><b>MIT OpenCourseWare</b></font></div>
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