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MAY 7 1986 BOOK 64 F n--. ` 80 3. I recommend that the computer organization continue at this time to be supervised by the Clerk and that the "added services" be charged back as outlined in number one. 4. I further recommend that we and the Computer Committee name Mr. Hylton as head of the Data Processing activity and make him responsible for the design and operation of our system. There is a lot of interest and activity on the part of the users and unless we assign the responsibility for this activity at once, we are going to see fragmentation, redundancy, and waste. Mr. Hylton is familiar with our operation. He has a fine record of performance. I say this based -on personal observation and upon a recent inspection of the ClerkIs operation. (I would suggest each of you take such an inspection tour- I hope the Clerk will pardon me for making this invitation) He is familiar with the fact that some CSLt a ��ul� _ .. f' y r� e^mAuters ar some by the main computer and by combinations thereof. Since Mr. Hylton is in effect subject to continuous review, I can see no harm in starting this way. In fact, there is a great advantage because we suffer -no further delays. 5. I recommend that we continue with the thought that the. System 38 will be satisfactory for our purposes for quite a few years with the necessary updates. Also, it is my personal feeling that any vendor who can convince us that we need to change computers in this day and age, know he's going to have to set up to provide a transition with little or no cost to us. 6. I recommend that we expand the capacity of the System 38 as requested by the Clerk. 7. I al -so recommend that we continue our program of asking vendors to appear before us to tell of their wares and to make us aware of our problems and limitations. 8. I am also going to ask the Committee to reconfirm its position of no hardware or program purchase without Committee approval. 94