March 16, 1990
TO: MARKETING COMMITTEE NO. 7-90
FROM: TOM MACK, RESEARCH COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
RE: THE ICI'S RESEARCH PROJECT AGENDA FOR 1991
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Each year the ICI's Research Committee develops a number of
possible research projects of interest to ICI members. This
process is about to begin for the 1991 fiscal year and I wanted
to both bring you up-to-date on how the process works and solicit
your thoughts on research proposals which might be considered for
inclusion in the agenda.
The process to develop research projects includes an important
new step this year. Here is the current plan:
New this year, we have established a subcommittee to collect
and screen project ideas prior to discussion by the full
Research Committee. Given the size of the full committee (52
members) and the number of possible projects, we think this
will be an important improvement in the efficiency of the
selection process. The subcommittee was selected to
represent the major types of member organizations, methods of
distribution and so forth. This group will meet at ICI on
April 24, 1990 with the objective of producing a short list
(say 6-10) of the most promising projects.
Research Committee members will review this list of projects
prior to the June 6th Committee meeting, where discussions
will take place.
Revised project descriptions will be sent to each Research
Committee member for preference ranking of projects.
The results will be tabulated and the resulting list will
guide the ICI in establishing research priorities in the
ICI's budget process for next year.
The projects which are funded will be presented at the full
Research Committee's October meeting, and small groups of
members will be recruited to work with ICI staff on each
project.
We are anxious to identify your ideas on important topics for
research projects prior to the subcommittee's meeting on April
24, 1990. Please contact any of the subcommittee members listed
below with your thoughts.
Tom Mack, Chairman, (212) 713-2082
Maureen Behning-Doyle, Prudential-Bache, (212) 214-4796
Barbara Contardo, TNE, (617) 578-2303
Mary Ann Gillen, MFS, (617) 954-6201
Russ Haskell, Keystone, (617) 338-3303
Tom Iandola, Lord Abbett, (212) 848-1800
Bridget Macaskill, Oppenheimer, (212) 323-0600
Janis Miller, IDS, (612) 372-3032
Evelyn Montalvo, Fidelity, (617) 570-5905
Charlie Vieth, T. Rowe Price, (301) 547-5763
If you have any questions about this undertaking, please phone
me at, (212) 713-2082.