debbie kahn is the person who started the work, and i'm going to turn it over to here.and take it away. >> thank you, peter. i am debbie kahn, and along with the work that i've been doing with the museum and tida, my original background is in library and archives, but i'm equally now, if not more, involved with the museum side. so i've been with them during seven years, and much of that time, i've been involved in writing policies and procedures. in addition, i've written sections of the department's ever evolving cataloging ma'am manual, so i've had some experience documenting policies and procedures prior to this work. when i was hired to create the c.m.p., the scope of work included three main tasks. creating the c.m.p., which is comprised of the nine parts that are in the document that was distributed to you, a set of procedures involved in cataloging and preparing the collection, and software with recommendations. i am focusing on the c.m.p. and its associated documents today. so elaborate you further on what peter said on the c.m.p., it's to elaborate on the parti