no. b-000119-c melinda matthews, individually ) in the district court ...

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1 survey.
2 Q Have you ever done that?
3 A I don't have any reason to.
4 Q Why not?
5 A Why should I?
6 Q Why should you test your method for
7 determining whether something is core or noncore?
8 A When you are in the consulting business, your
9 expertise is tested every day by your clients, whether
10 or not it makes sense to them; and if you stay in
11 business 20 years and have 850, then you begin to sense
12 that you have a good process by which to help another
13 party, the franchisor, determine what they want to have
14 as core.
15 It is not what I do. We don't determine
16 things for our clients. We help them go through the
17 process of their determining what they want as core. We
18 don't do that for them.
19 Q Is that process written out anywhere?
20 A Is it written out anywhere?
21 Q Is there a book I can open up to determine
22 that?
23 A No.
24 Q Is it usually based -- You said it was based
25 on your expertise and you kind of counseling people. Is