Hi Jim -- Oh, I have a very vivid recollection of the work that "Bud-Bob" did with us. Savannah, GA and Golden, CO if I remember right. There might have been one additional time Bud-Bob was with us but I can't recall where that was. We all sort of chuckled when we were going through the process with him but upon reflection he actually got us going in the right direction and we came up with some pretty good work as a group. That's the reason I asked the question whether the successful businessmen do the strategic planning on their own or they have professionals assist them with the planning. 73, Rod At 08:22 AM 8/7/2002 -0400, W5JBP@aol.com wrote:

In a message dated 08/06/2002 9:50:40 PM Central Daylight Time, w6rod@ix.netcom.com writes:

It would be interesting to know if these successful businessmen seek professional assistance when they do strategic planning for their successful organizations or if they do it themselves. 73, Rod

Actually Rod, many do. In fact the League brought in "professional" people on several occasions as I recall, and paid them a nice fee to boot.

Jim Haynie