Well, I have been through this discussion and we in the SW don't want this because distance is a big problem. Apparently the NE one works very well because everyone is so very close. this was a source of great irritation between me and NEH when I wanted the program officer out and he suggested we ought to do this because we were all so close by one another. David Hoober sees red over this idea since it is regarded as a proposal that will only work in some geog areas. I have decided to stay out of this discussion and to tell NEH to bug off. This was a very unpleasant discussion with NEH and with the David types. NEH officers only want to go to centers like that and only in the NE and SE will this model work. We have to fly in and out and they drive.It was a most unillumined discussion! -- NOEL (5-7279)