Other employee initiatives were oriented more toward a functional area, and some came from the bottom of the hierarchy. In the spring of 1986, a few of the division’s secretaries, feeling empowered by the new culture, developed a secretaries network. This association established subcommittees on training, on rewards and recognition, and on the “secretary of the future.” Echoing the sentiments of many of her peers, one paper products secretary said: “I don’t see why we, too, can’t contribute to the division’s new direction.”