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MEMORANDUM <br /> August 9, 1996 <br /> Page 12 <br /> on the Continental officers and staff it will absorb. US West has stated that the overall local <br /> management structure of Meredith and then Continental will survive. Inquiries were made as to <br /> local management, and Continental advised the Authorities that Mr. Griffin and Mr. Commers <br /> will remain as local managers. US West has responded that they have no current plans for <br /> changing staff positions. <br /> Continental has brought back a previous local manager of the St. Paul systems, Randall <br /> Coleman. Mr. Coleman will be Vice President of Operations, Minnesota. Mr. Griffin and <br /> Mr. Commers will report directly to Mr. Coleman. Mr. Coleman will report to Emmett White, <br /> Senior Vice President, Central Region, who will report to William T. Schleyer, President, <br /> Continental. This entire structure will be absorbed into US West at various corporate levels of <br /> • <br /> the transaction. <br /> It should be noted that experience has shown that perpetuation of local management <br /> structures do not survive for the long term. The same local management teams the Authorities <br /> are familiar with will apparently remain after US West ownership, if such ownership occurs. <br /> Under Mr. Coleman's leadership, Continental of Minnesota will have three experienced and <br /> qualified local managers: Kevin Griffin, Meredith systems; Jim Commers, previous King <br /> Videocable systems; and Fran Zeuli, General Manager of St. Paul and Northern Dakota County. <br /> It is highly improbable that all four gentlemen will remain in leadership capacities for a long <br /> period of time as the systems consolidate and develop. However, no plans for change were <br />