David,
The Academy Executive Director, at the request of the Board, did a study on
what it would cost to do just as you have stated here. We found the cost to
be highly prohibitive if managed in the current manner. If outsourcing was
pursued there was some savings, but we did not measure that savings against
the cost of being separated from our sister organizations. The Academy,
finally has a highly competent Executive Director who wishes to remain in the
DC area. I know we could always get another, but believe me we waited along
time to find Tom and finding another of equal quality would not be easy.
It also is easier said than done to replace the staff we have. A new location
would inevitably mean a completely new staff which would put the day to day
operations of the Academy in the hands of an entire staff that had virtually
no idea what we do. The cost associated with that is incalculable.
The short answer is: the Academy has considered separation as opposed to
consolidation.
Thanks,
Bob
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In a message dated 2/17/99 7:09:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
>
> I have been around this industry for over thirty years and I have
> seen
> many issues appear, and most have been resolved in the best interest of the
> industry. But maybe the concept of putting all the marbles in one bag is
> out dated. I respect the decision of our past officials to try and save
> money and duplication of effort by combining resources. And maybe
> separating the three groups could be too costly. However I would like to
> know if this has even been looked into and if so what are the pros and
> cons. I realize this might be very costly but a total reorganization is not
> going to be cheap either.
