Keep it brief and to the point……

　　Look at a clearer specification of what the MD really wanted.

　　From： The Managing Director

　　To： Personnel Manager Division A

　　Date： 27 April 19——

　　Subject： Installation of coffee machines

　　for： ACTION COMMENT INFORMATION DISCUSSION

　　please： DISPLAY FILE RETURN PASS TO：

　　The Board is thinking of installing automatic coffee machines in the offices of each division. Before we do this we need to know：

　　1. how much use our staff will make of them

　　2. how many we would need

　　3. whether time now used for making coffee would be saved

　　Can you provide us with your views on

　　- how the staff will react to the idea and

　　- how we can deal with the union on the matter

　　If possible， I would like to receive your report before the next Board Meeting on 1 June.