Dear SACO Task Group, Our Interim report included the recommendation that: "a letter outlining the responsibilities for SACO institutional membership be sent to both NACO and SACO participants and request an official commitment from those who chose to be members in this new context." For Hugh: it is a common term over here when a new criteria is applied to situation to allow those already enjoying the relevant privileges under a previous set of expections to continue to do so without being required to meet the new criteria and call it, "grandfathering" them in. The draft recently sent out says, "That a letter announcing the new option of SACO Membership be sent to all current SACO Participants to describe this opportunity and invite those interested to apply." I had revised this to be a letter announcing the membership option because I thought Mary Charles was afraid she would not be able to continue as a SACO Participant if we sent a letter that demanded a decision. It would then be up to the library to initiate a request for official membership status, which could happen whenever they felt ready. It seemed to me when I drafted this compromise that we would reduce the number of libraries to become SACO Members immediately. It seemed, however, that those who did become SACO Members right away would be more strongly committed and others would join in time. In my opinion any institutional membership in PCC must be based on a conscious decision to become a member in some way, but I am not really picky about the wording. I would foresee a larger number of SACO Members at the outset if we adopt Mary Charles' proposal. At this point we can still change the report to recommend Mary Charles preferences, but I will only feel justified in doing so if the majority of the task force wants this to happen. So, it would be extremely helpful if each of you would respond as soon as possible to the following questions: Do you want the recommendation to be changed to include a separate letter for libraries already meeting the quota say they are de facto members, etc. upon specific written acceptance as Mary Charles is proposing? ____Yes ____No Do you want the recommendation to go forward as currently written in the draft final report? ____Yes ___No Other comments? I will change the recommendation accordingly in the next draft if a majority of the task group members say yes to the first question. Else, I will try to include Mary Charles concerns as a kind of minority opinion. Either way, I hope to know the will of the group quickly so I would appreciate it if you would take the time to respond soon. Thanks to all of you for your continued efforts, Jimmie