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THE UNIVERSiTY OF GEORGIA INS T I TUT E OF T ERRE LL 0 HA LL G OVE RNMEN T ATHE NS , GEORG I A 3060 1 AREA CODE 4 0 4 5 42 - 2 7 36 Jun e 17, 1969 Mr . J ohn C. Johnson Director, Model Citi es 673 Capi t ol , S . W. Atl ant a , Georg i a 30315 Dear Mr . Johnson: Base d u pon our me eting of May 23 and upon subsequent conversations with Mr . J ames L . Wri ght, Jr. of y our st aff, we wish to make the fo llow ing propos al for a training p rogram in Mode l Cities projec t p lannin g and management. Mr . Donald T. Kelley , Assistant Profes sor , College of I ndustrial Management, Geo rgia Institute of Technology , will be emp l oyed b y t he University of Georgia to develop and implement a training p rogram for Model Cities projec t agency personnel . The instruction wi l l emphasize a. network planning , crit ic al p a th approach to Mode l Cities pro j ec t manage ncn t . All training wi ll be conducted during the months of J uly and ugust, 1969 . . uring the training period, Mr . Kel l ey will conduct a maximum of six wo -day classroom sessions and . two one-half clay follow-up sessions for each proj ec t agency represe nt ed in the cl assroom s ess ions. During the cl assroom meetings, part i cipants wil l b e introduced to the concept of network planning and its Model Cities application . Before the end of the classroom instructions, p articipants will begin to develop th eir own project n etworks . Follow-up sessio~s will b e h eld for each project agency in order to assist project managers in the refinement of n etworks initi ated in t he cl assroom sessions . Thi s approach to the training assume_s that each classroom session wi ll b e attended b y twelve trainees, representing four project agencies . Thu s, i f maximum p articipation is achi~ved, a total of seventy-two pro j ect ma n agers representing twenty four project agencies wi ll receive tra i ning b y August 31, 1969. This training program wi ll be funded primarily by a gran t obtaine d by the Universit y of ·ceorgia under the provisions of Title VIII of th e Housing Act of 1964. The only direct costs to be paid b y participating Mode l Cities agencies will be the costs of travel, housing and meals if the classroom sessions are held i n Athens . �Mr . J ohn C. J ohnson Page two J une 17 , 1969 I f th e provisions of this proposal are a cc e ptabl e to y ou, we are asking you to t ake th e following ac tio n : 1. Obtain comm itme nt s from Hode l Cities proj ect agencies to particip a t e in th e train in g program . 2. Determine the de sir a b i lit y of part icipa ti on by s e l ected membe r s of your staff, and consid e r the feasibility of devoting the fi rst cl a ssroom s ess ion exclu sive l y t o training you r staff per sonne l. 3. Determine the loc a t ions for classroom sessions . Sp ace i s .available a t t he University of Geo r gia ' s Ce nt er for Continui ng Ed uca tion on the fol l ow ing dates : Jul y 10 - 11, 14 - 15, 16 -17, 24 - 25 , 31 -August 1, 7- 8 . Alth ough th e Ath ens l ocat ion of fers some advantages, cl assroom session s can b e h e ld in At l a nt a just as easily, prov id e d adequate classroom fac i l ities a r e available . We are ex tr eme l y please d to submit this proposal . We f ee l th at this program .n ma ke a significant contribution t o the ac c omplishment of City of Atla nt a Model Cit ies program objec t ives. I wil l be availa bl e to meet with y ou or yo ur staff representativ e s a t any t ime to pr ovide add it io na l information or to finalize program arrangements . Sinc ere ly, J ohn W. Vining , Jr . Coordinator of Government a .l Training .JWVJr: rbb cc: Carl Sutherl3/ld Da n Swea t George Be r ry v �