We didn't get enough feedback, and the link with ATP was not clear. He came to a few meetings and made positive contributions, but they were in a vacuum and limited to these encounters. Several companies wanted either more or less involvement with ATP staff. And one or two preferred less involvement. It's an unnecessary management structure.
Every year there is a review.
They keep adding to our burden, like adding audits. Programs like ATP are in every other country. The U.S. cannot withstand the way foreign governments fund research within their countries. A number of companies contrasted U.S. and foreign methods of fostering technology development leading to commercialization. Other countries have much more effective mechanisms for doing this.