March 12, 1991
TO: MARKETING COMMITTEE NO. 11-91
RE: ICI INDUSTRY RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR FY 1992
Each year the ICI’s Research Committee develops a number of
possible research projects of interest to the majority of ICI
members. This process of selecting topics for research is about
to begin for the 1992 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.
The Institute’s process to develop research projects first
involves the Planning Subcommittee of the Research Committee.
Members collect and screen project ideas prior to discussion by
the full Research Committee in June. The subcommittee is
selected to represent the major types of member organizations,
methods of distribution and so forth. This group will meet on
April 30, 1991 with the objective of producing a short list 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. Following the discussion, 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 proposal for next year.
YOUR ROLE IN THIS PROCESS
We are anxious to identify your ideas on important topics for
research projects prior to the subcommittee’s meeting on April
30, 1991. Please contact any of the subcommittee members listed
below with your suggestions or requests.
Bridget Macaskill, Chairman, (212) 323-0600
Bruce Bedford, Flagship, (513) 461-0332
Maureen Behning-Doyle, Prudential, (212) 214-4796
Gordon Evans, MetLife, (617) 348-2027
Mary Ann Gillen, MFS, (617) 954-6201
Russ Haskell, Keystone, (617) 338-3303
Tom Iandola, Lord Abbott, (212) 848-1800
Janis Miller, IDS, (617) 372-3032
Marilyn Miller, Transamerica, (713) 751-2400
Betsy Munzer, Colonial, (617)426-3750
Heywood Sloane, Delaware, (215) 751-2912
Charlie Vieth, T. Rowe Price, (301) 547-5763
Susan Volpe, John Hancock, (617) 375-1867
If you have any questions about this undertaking, please phone
the subcommittee chairperson or contact Sandy West at ICI,
(202) 955-3509.
Please respond before April 30th.
Jacob S. Dreyer
Vice President
and Chief Economist