Thanks Mike for the support for pursuing this topic.  I'd also like to  point 
out to those in large multi state or international companies or with  
academic support that for a small (less than 15) CRM company it is not  usually 
possible to scan the data in 100s of boxes of files.  It takes  money to pay staff 
or an outside company to do this and discretionary funding  for scanning just 
isn't a priority over staff benefits and other company  costs.  Also, don't 
forget that technology is relatively new. Our early  reports were all produced 
on an Olivetti typewriter.  From there we went  to one dedicated DecMate word 
processor (one machine = $5,000 at the time -  a hugh investment!).  It was 
awhile before the PC world became integrated  into our CRM world.  Most of our 
early drafts, etc. are all handwritten  because they needed to be written out 
before going to our lone word processor on  our lone machine.
 
And Mike is right.  We have many files, both in our general business  admin 
and in our project folders that speak to the history of the CRM industry,  
trends in our profession, and changes in our federal and state laws.  As a  
trained historian it kills me to shred our business and other records.  How  many 
times have we gone to archives trying to find a bill of sale or anything  for a 
company we are researching?  So my next question - does anyone know  of a 
repository or library that is business based that wants donated  collections?
 
Mary L.  Maniery
PAR Environmental Services, Inc.
PO Box 160756
Sacramento, CA  95816
1906 21st Street
Sacramento CA  95814
916/739-8356



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