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Vol 7, No 1 • Quality Improvement in Financial Management at the University of Washington •
Winter/Spring 2008

Letter from the Editor By Chris Malins

Think Green

The other day, as I was pulling on my hemp coat and heading out in my Prius to the co-op for some organic alfalfa sprouts and unbleached wheat flour, it occurred to me. New Directions is really an environmentally friendly publication. After all, we are paperless. The members of our editorial board walk or take the bus to meetings. Our articles frequently focus on saving resources, time and effort. The theme “Get More With Less” would be just as appropriate on the wall in a Financial Management or Treasury office as it would sticking to the bumper of a plug-in electric car. So what better way to recognize this commitment than with a “green-themed” issue!

 

 

 

Poesy Page By Colin Sachs

Oh, I Wish I Were a Data Point

Ode to Data

Oh, I wish I were a data point,
dancing on a line,
I'd blend right in
I'd sink or swim,
and life would be fine.

Oh, I wish I were a data point,
balancing on a bar,
I'd sit on top I'd survey the lot
and know I'd see far.

Oh, I wish I were a data point
a wedge on a pie,
I'd be acute
I'd be very astute,
and never tell a lie.

Oh, I wish I were a data point
a graphic on a page,
I'd inform
I'd be the norm
and be all the rage.

I sit and ponder tables
and numbers is all I see--
bits of bytes and burdens
oh, how it troubles me!

"Isn't there a way..."
to the universe I cast my plea
"...to turn all these numbers,
into a picture I can SEE!?!?"

So I fired up Excel,
and wizards guided me
in formulating pictures of
charts and graphs to be!

Oh, so pleased was I
of the tables I was free!
Data turned into information and
presentations were now a breeze!

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