Fred said: > On Tuesday 10 January 2006 10:39, Richard Soule wrote: > ... >> Some things that can help: Be a HUB (Historically Underutilized >> Business, usually women or minority owned with bonus points for being >> both), > > I might have thought this would come up due to this being the government > we're dealing with. > > Personally, I consider it condescending to land a contract on the basis of > being a "minority" or "woman". > > Besides, I don't know how one *becomes* a "minority" or "woman" if one is > not already.
A former client of mine promoted a new CEO, who was a disabled, Native American/Hispanic woman, for that purpose. (She was a good manager too, but that was a bonus in their eyes.) The company simply had to be owned/managed thusly. While it might have been condescending, they did get a few million dollars to assuage such pangs. And they did fulfill the contract properly. The government got what they wanted, for less than Wang quoted (which gives you an idea how long ago this was). So, whether the new CEO really played a part in the award, we'll never know. They just considered it slanting the odds a bit. -- Dan Jenkins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Rastech Inc., Bedford, NH --- 1-603-206-9951 *** Technical Support Excellence for over a Quarter Century _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
