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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I don</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t normally do this but I feel moved to on this</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">occasion</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Sometimes</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">people try and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">justify thei</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">r argument by saying they heard something isn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t done</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">because</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> some mysterious</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">‘</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">others hat</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">e</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> something.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> Please don</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t do this. Just because you</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">‘</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">heard</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> something does not mean it</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s true. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">It</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">is also NOT a reason to justify your attempt to change something. There are other/better ways to</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">marshal</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> your</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">arguments</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> in f</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">vor of change</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> and it automatically makes the rest of your justification weaker.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> Managing an Enterprise</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">infrastructure</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> is more complex and diverse then</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">it</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s not done because someone hates something</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">. If it</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s time to review or change something, then it shoul</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">d be done on it</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s _</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I><FONT FACE="Calibri">own merits</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">_ with a full understanding of the reasons the policy exists in the first place, _</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I><FONT FACE="Calibri">not</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">_ with accusations or rumors claimed as fact.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> It</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s easy enough to have a _</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I><FONT FACE="Calibri">vision</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">_ of the future, but sometimes</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">people</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> have more _</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I><FONT FACE="Calibri">visions</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">_ then time or people to implement.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">If</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">peop</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">le give you</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> tools or</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> rights to accomplish</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">one of your</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> vision</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, then you</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">have more credibility if you</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">actually start or</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">complete it for getting people rallied around your next _</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I><FONT FACE="Calibri">vision</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">_. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Regards,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Steven Peck</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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