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Answer: 



a) All team members/leaders/writers should be required to review the list of issues & need 

 for change in the draft Notice of Intent to ensure that the findings of the SAA have been 

 incorporated into the NOI 



b) The agencies should announce programs to provide training and access to hardware for 

 members of the public (and agency people) to utilize the CD ROMs which will contain 

 much of the information from the assessment 



c) A home page should be maintained 



d) A mechanism should be established for continued update and refinement of the SAA 

 database Refinement should be based in part on weaknesses identified with help fi^om 

 qualified outside professionals, in an organized effort to focus and develop the database 

 and its synthetic analyses 



4 Other comments: 



A key to the success of the SAA was ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT. The quality of 

 leadership by a handful of people made all the difference. 



Just as important was the commitment of many team members. They believed Southern 

 Appalachian Assessment was important and they refused to quit or fail. 



