These goals can be incorporated into the position description of the director. Many of the goals are currently hard for the group to do part time while still completing their other duties. The director will be better able to focus on completing the goals. Efforts are sometimes duplicated. The key point is communication.
Information needs to flow out to the sites and networks and flow back and vice versa.
Dr. Calkins said hopefully the new director would be able to function more as facilitator to smooth out such issues as they arise. Lorene added that ultimately the director will report to Dr. Hagen. However, we would hope issues could be resolved at lower levels. With the new director on board the coordination of information should greatly enhance the communication needed. A follow up question asked how many of the final candidates come from inside the facility.