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for someone specifically, who are lost, or are simply up to no -good. We have been able to <br /> control this by questioning anybody we don't recognize. With volunteers wandering in and out <br /> of the middle of the front office, we will lose all control of who is here and why. It would <br /> become logical to assume that if someone is here we don't recognize, they must be a volunteer. <br /> It would become very tiresome to question every volunteer to come through the doors, and <br /> frankly we wouldn't have the time. I also believe that using the door down the hallway will <br /> become common for volunteers, making it very easy to come and go at their own will. <br /> • Another concern involves the location of that particular office. It is right in the middle of the <br /> hallway of several manager's offices, across from the printer where these manager's print <br /> documents (some of which are very confidential in nature), and is also right across from the <br /> conference room where many meetings (some of a confidential nature) are held. My concern <br /> stems from the fact that many of the individuals that will be involved in the Volunteer Program <br /> are environmentalists and activists. If they were to catch a piece of an internal conversation <br /> occurring in the doorway of a mangers office, or of a document accidentally left on or near the <br /> printer, it could have detrimental effects. <br /> • I also am concerned with the prospect of a great deal of weekend work being done out of the <br /> front office. Would volunteers be here on weekends? The main office holds a majority of the <br /> confidential documentation produced by this division. I am concerned that the one or two <br /> volunteer coordinators may have difficulty keeping track of several volunteers in the office at <br /> one time. <br /> • <br /> • I am also concerned that the front office could turn into a three ring circus with volunteers <br /> coming and going, many of whom do not know how to behave in an office environment. From <br /> our limited exposure to the volunteers Ruth works with, we have found many of them to be <br /> individuals that "dance to the beat of a different drummer ". Also many of the volunteers are <br /> families with young, rambunctious children (keep in mind, this observation comes from a mother <br /> who has a small rambunctious child at home, and knows how they operate). <br /> I don't knock the Volunteer Program, or the individuals that graciously offer their time to volunteer. I <br /> simply question the placement of this high traffic program in the middle of the front office. It raises <br /> many red flags. I wanted to make sure that those making the decisions are aware of all perspectives and <br /> take these issues into account. I don't doubt that you have already considered most, if not all, of these <br /> issues. <br /> Cc: Tammy Donahue <br />