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TO: Dorothy Yost
FROM: Ramon Rivera
DATE: October 15
RE: Workshop
As you know, sales have plummeted over the past few months due to the current recession. We are going to have to make a concerted effort to pull our company out of its slump. I'm confident that we are able to boost sales to their previous level. I feel that this is a good time to have a workshop.
It's my desire that the workshop will afford us an opportunity to rethink some of our sales strategies and develop a concrete plan for boosting sales. I've asked Ms. Linda Davis to conduct a workshop for us. You may remember Ms. Linda Davis. She conducted a workshop for the sales department a few years ago. She's a dynamic speaker.
The theme of the workshop will be marketing and product development. It will be held in the Blue Room on December 20 from 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 RM. Lunch will be provided. Ms. Linda Davis is preparing handouts. The handouts will be distributed at the workshop.
However, I'll send them to you at the beginning of December so that you can know what will be going on at the workshop. Please take a look at them before December 20. If you have any particular topics that you would like Ms. Linda Davis to address, please let me know.
To: Ramon Rivera ＜[e-mail]＞
From: Dorothy Yost ＜[e-mail]＞
Sent: Sat 10/16 8:42 A.M.
Subject: Workshop
Dear Mr. Ramon Rivera,
I' m looking forward to the workshop. I remember meeting Ms. Linda Davis.
If my memory serves me right, she lives in Los Angeles. Will she fly back to Los Angeles on December 21 after the workshop？ It would be great if we could go out to dinner with her after the workshop and pick her brains about the best strategies for marketing.
I' 11 be out of the country on business for about one week in early December, but I can look at the handouts after I get back. There are some topics that I would like to see addressed at the workshop, but I' 11 wait until I' ve seen the handouts. Ms. Linda Davis may be planning to discuss the topics.
Regards,
Dorothy Yost
What does Mr. Ramon Rivera attribute the decline in sales to？

A. Inefficient sales strategies
B. Circumstances beyond his company' s control
C. A lack of concerted effort
D. Slow product development