CITY OFFICE

A · B · C · D · E · F · G · H · I · J · K · L · M · N · O · P · Q · R · S · T · U · V · W · X · Y · Z

Definitions

1. has less than 35 staff members, has a Six Section System and org board. It gives training and processing as assigned by WW and its continental senior. It has Field Staff Members. Its Evening Foundation has the same type org board as the Day City Office. (HCO PL 21 Oct 66 II)

2. Class I to III org. (HCO PL 6 Feb 66)

3. any organization having less than ten persons is classed as a City Office or Formin-a Org. A City Office is organized to do PE and select persons to upper 'orgs to do co-audits and non-classed courses and incidental processing. A City Office may not have executive secretaries. It can have an HCO Area See and an Org See and an org board such as fits its actual functions. (HCO PL 30 Jan 66 II)

4. a City Office evolves much as a large Central Organization did. A City Office is at its beginning characterized by the fact that everyone on staff wears all the hats. There is no individuation of departments. Later some semi-individuation can take place. This comes in as income grows. Even if all the titles are worn, the departments do not exist in fact and a condition can arise where people try to be department heads when they are really just sweeping floors. In a City Office at first one cannot afford to employ administrative staff who only administer. The first break-out of this is hiring a receptionist. A City Office is composed almost entirely of technical personnel who while working at technical activities (teaching, processing) somehow handle administration. A City Office invoices everything received, banks it all and pays all its salaries and bills by cheque. That is the lowest rung of an accounts department. Probably the Assn See in a City Office does this. The records are kept no further and someday get audited. The fundamental action of a City Office is technical service. A City Office which is well established may have seven or eight people on staff. A City Office, well-handled, can grow to become a Central Organization with a Six Department System. (HCO PL 21 Feb 61)