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From: Love Pirate <buckaneer@my-deja.com>
Subject: {ASSM} An Early Call, The Meeting (No Sex) 2/7
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 00:10:06 -0500
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This story is an original work of fiction. It in no way resembles any
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Love Pirate
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Chapter One, The Meeting

	The next morning the Capital City taxi driver had a hard time
finding the right state office building for the meeting. I found myself
walking up to the conference room about 10 minutes late, which was no
big deal, since my report was way down the agenda. However, missing all
the introductions at the beginning put me at something of a
disadvantage. I gathered that the woman who was chairing the meeting
was named Gerri. She was about 5'5", with a terrific body and a
experienced face with sharp features, maybe in her late 30s.
	Gerri ran the meeting with great dispatch, ticking off agenda
item after agenda item. Sitting next to her at the table was the state
program director, Sandy, a mousy woman I had talked to several times
over the phone. Occasionally Gerri and Sandy exchanged whispers. It
wasn't hard to figure that although Sandy had no vote in the Council
she was a major force. My conversations with Sandy had been pleasant.
She had been helpful, but very careful to appear "neutral", not
favoring one program over another, as the grants were to some extent
competitive. Sandy had "bureaucrat" written all over her, while Gerri
clearly was a person with a lot of street smarts.
	Just before my turn on the agenda the Council ran into a little
bit of difficulty. A representative from another program in the state
was reporting on a pilot program they were running and the numbers in
the report didn't add up. Gerri grilled the program's representative
quite thoroughly and sharply, making it clear that she didn't suffer
fools easily. It looked like it wasn't smart to get on her wrong side.
	I resolved to keep the b.s. to a minimum when my turn came. So
I just came clean, saying that although I hadn't had much time to
analyze what I'd learned at the program sites in Mountain State, I
didn't think they were doing things very differently than what we were
trying to do. Our lack of success may have had more to do with the
people we had delivering the service, the training we gave them and
with the conservative religious culture in some of the counties our
agency served. I asked for more time to prepare a full set of proposals.
	Most of the Council members thought that was an okay idea, but
Gerri questioned me pretty thoroughly before agreeing to it. I had to
promise to present that report to a Council meeting in three months.
Fine, I thought. In three months a lot can change.
	Gerri looked at the wall clock in the room and noticed that it
was 11:45, nearly time to break for lunch. She suggested that we all
adjourn to a nearby restaurant where, since the legislature was not in
session we probably could get a private room, and continue the meeting
over lunch. Then maybe we could adjourn early instead of dragging on
until our scheduled 5 PM end. At that point I couldn't care less. My
plane back to River City was at 6:30. It made no difference to me
whether I waited in the state office building or at the airport. I knew
almost no one in Capital City and at this point had no interest in
museums or other attractions. A blue movie was an acceptable
alternative to boredom. Was I in for a surprise!


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