PRODUCT CONFERENCE

1. the Product Conference is senior to the Org Conference. The Product Conference lays it out-this is what we're going to do and this is how we're going to get the product. They write up the projects and products and plan everything else of what they're going to do in order to get this thing out and then they make sure that they keep that machine running that way. The product officers, which are the secretaries, would be handling the products which they have to push out. (FEBC 4, 7101C18 SO III) 2. the Commanding Officer or ED has a conference and that consists of the divisional secretaries. That is the Product Conference, and every divisional secretary is himself a product officer. That Product Conference doesn't even do FP. They eat, think, sleep, do nothing but products. (ESTO 1, 7203COl SO I) 3. the Product Conference is conducted by the CO or ED (or his deputy). It consists of the divisional heads of the org as each of these is a product officer. (HCO PL 7 Mar 72) 4. Aides Council conference where the aides act only as product officers. (FO 3148)