INSIDE p.2 Northbound Train Spotlight p.2 Uniculture Model p.2 Making the Grade p.3 Book Review p.3 Model-Netics Testing p.3 M-N Instructor Review Process p.3 MEM D&I System p.3 School Business Managers p.4 Calendar of Events p.4 Contact Information The number in parenthesis after a name refers to the individual's Model-Netics Associate Number.

December 2000 ITP
The Model-Netics Instructor Training Program (ITP) was recently held in Houston, TX on December 4 - 6, 2000. It concluded with the final M-N Associate Number (2451) being awarded to Dr. George Williams, Manager, Illinois Department of Central Management Services and Professor, Southern Illinois University.

Sponsoring Organizations
Instructor candidates participating in Parts I and III of the December ITP represented the following sponsoring organizations:

Part I Speaker
Larry Bradford, CEO, HCA Jacksonville Revenue Service Center, spoke on behalf of the Part I group at the graduation luncheon.

Larry talked about how Model-Netics was going to be utilized in his organization. He said, "Model-Netics, as far as my organization is concerned, is the most important thing of all. I have less than 15 employees today. By the end of 2002, I will have 1200. My job is to bring these 1,200 employees together and provide them with a culture by setting values that we all live by. How am I going to achieve this? I plan to use Model-Netics. That' s why I'm here. We are going to use Model-Netics as a tool to create a culture and value system that people will want to work in."

Part III Speaker
Cindy Dranttel, Senior Manager, HCA - Supply Chain Services (2442), spoke on behalf of the Part III group.

Cindy said, " We have a lot of industry and government entities represented in our group, and we saw that we share common issues and also had some unique ones. But Model-Netics is an effective way to address all of them."

Cindy also said, "When I started teaching Model-Netics, a lot of the managers that had become complacent or bored with their jobs, really started to get re-energized because of the fact that with Model-Netics we were focusing on some of the issues that they found frustrating. Model-Netics helped provide some stimulation here."

Featured Speaker
James LaVois, Superintendent of the North Central District, HISD (1919) was the featured speaker at the luncheon.

James spoke to the group about what Model-Netics has meant to him personally and to his organization, the Houston Independent School District. He said, "I developed a very strong commitment to Model-Netics and really became a believer, and with this commitment came a lot of participation in spreading Model-Netics to educate our people. With Model-Netics comes tremendous growth and better communication."

James also said, "At HISD we have a foundation built and that foundation is the one that you now have here with Model-Netics. We have a common language that is the beginning of the enculturation process. With this I am better able to communicate and we are all able to move faster on the Northbound Train."

MEM Institute at HISD

The MEM Institute at the Houston Independent School District completed ITP 116-900 on December 1, 2000. A total of 27 Instructors graduated with the final M-N Associate No. 2435 being awarded to Helen Gobert, Principal of Allen Elementary.

On December 18, 2000, ITP 118-1200 was completed and 20 Instructors graduated with the final M-N Associate No. 2473 awarded to Wilma Wilson-Harmon, Principal of Foerster Elementary.

New Model-Netics Clients
In the fourth quarter of 2000, the following organizations became new Model-Netics clients.

• Collection House Limited (Australia)
• Emory Cartersville Medical Center
• Exodus Communications