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Jeffrey, ATOMS continues to establish itself to be the most effective and reliable predictive dialer in the world!
Previous users of other predictive systems continue to report production improvements of typically 20% with ATOMS.
Please check out several new customer success stories, updates, press releases and feature enhancements at www.noblesys.com Noble Systems is now initiating a new program where our friends like you can receive $1,000.00 plus for each new customer that you refer to me.
These referral commissions are applicable on only new leads going forward.
You must sign up for this program in advance and register the lead.
If you wish to do so, please advise and I'll forward this sign-up information to you.
Also, in part because of the combined calling of Noble Systems users along with the 16,000 agents working for Teleperformance (our $700 million plus parent), we can now also secure for you a 2.5 cent per minute call rate on T1 traffic.
And you need not even be a Noble Systems user to take advantage of this package.
Please advise and I'll get this information to you.
Current hot items on our product side include extending our skills-based routing from inbound to answering outbound predictive traffic.
In addition to now providing fully automated credit card authorizations, our integrated IVR (Interactive Voice Response) can also do just about any application including automated surveys, automated appointment confirmations, etc.
And, most importantly, PerfectScript can now improve both agent productivity and agent retention more than any single innovation in the past several years.
With PerfectScript, agents may pre-record portions of their presentations, rebuttals, mirandas etc.
At their discretion, the appropriate pre-recorded voice segment plays in lieu of the agent responding; totally seamless and without clicks etc.
so that the other party is not aware that the agent is not really speaking.
At any time your agent may stop the recorded play by simply touching the keyboard space bar and continue in his/her own voice.
Another PerfectScript benefit is that the enthusiasm with which they record their rebuttals tends to be maintained throughout every conversation for optimal results.
And yet another very important benefit of PerfectScript is that agents may pre-record their initial call introduction: "Hello, this is Dan.
May I speak with" at which point your agent then speaks the called party's name and continues on.
Jeffrey, have a great week and whenever I can be of any assistance, please do not hesitate to call or email me back.
| Noble Systems Executive Update + Opportunities For You |
Dear Jeff, I & my family are deeply disturbed by the cowardly attack on America.
It has been extremely painful to watch such acts of crime.
This is the gravest tragedy we have come across in our lives.
America is the richest democracy in the world & India the largest.
We enjoy freedom & no amount of terrorist act can shake our foundations.
Terrorism is the biggest danger to humanity & let us bravely fight to end these barbaric acts.
Like America, India has been suffering cross border terrorism for more than 2 decades.
Along with you, we feel & suffer from such brutal pains & sorrows.
Our arms reach out for all the families who were victims of this dastardly attack.
I sincerely hope your family, friends & colleagues are safe & are recovering from their worst nightmare.
In the true spirit of YPOer, we all pray to give you, your family & America strength to bear the loss of fellow citizens.
Today, all of us at home & office stood in silent homage.
With sympathy & warm regards, J.K. Jhaver & Manjulika
| Prayers for America - YPO friend from INDIA |
Dear Mentors: The Houston Technology Center would like to invite you to attend the Mentor Network Breakfast during which we will introduce a selection of our newest companies.
After the introductions, the Mentors and the companies will be allowed time to network and to find appropriate "mentor connections."
The Mentor breakfast has been rescheduled and will be held on Tuesday, September 25, 2001, at the Briar Club, 2603 Timmons from 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
The cost of the event is $15, no cash will be accepted at the door.
Please register online at: Http://www.houstontech.org/calendar/caldetail.asp?ID=149&DATE=9/25/2001 AGENDA 7:00-7:30 Registration 7:30-8:30 Breakfast/Introduction to Candidate Companies 8:30-9:00 Wrap-up/Networking I look forward to a great turnout!
Sincerely,
| Mentor Network Breakfast meeting - Tuesday, 09.25.01 |
=20 The Power Marketing Association and PowerMarketers.com Present: =20 Power Markets 2002 October 16-17, 2001 Washington, D.C.=20 =20 Special!
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In fact, the industry is doing that and more!
But powerplant= construction is never simple, and always affected with public policy.
= This year's edition of Power Markets 2002 in Washington, D.C. will provide= the information you need to benefit from opportunities created by the boo= m in powerplant construction: * Lynn Church, President of the Electric P= ower Supply Association, will introduce the topic with a discussion of tod= ay's unique opportunities for merchant power.
* Joe Colvin, President a= nd CEO of the Nuclear Energy Institute will discuss the continuing, and gr= owing role of nuclear power.
The nuclear fleet has never delivered more = energy to the national grid, and the future hasn't looked this good for nu= clear construction in decades.
* John O'Brien, Skipping Stone, will dis= cuss recent experiences in the construction of coal-fired plants.
Coal = is still by far the dominant fuel for power generation in the U.S., and sh= ows no signs of giving up that status.
* PG&E National Energy Group will= provide a presentation on gas-fired generation.
By far the dominant cat= egory of powerplant currently under construction, gas-fired plants are fas= t becoming the incremental resource.
* Buck Buckner, Director of Marke= ting, Stewart & Stevenson, will address distributed generation opportuniti= es spawned by shortfalls in transmission and distribution investment.
B= ut the Conference is not just about powerplants.
It will also cover: * re= tail markets * telecom and energy convergence * transmission policy * cred= it risk * commodity exchanges * career trends and more!
And don't miss o= ur pre-conference seminar: FUNDAMENTALS OF POWER MARKETING on October 15, = 2001.
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| POWER MARKETS 2002 |
We have combined everyone's input and here is where we are thus far.
We are targeting Friday, 9/21 for mail out of the invitations.
The initial invitation will not have the steering committee members listed, due to timing of the mail out.
A second mail out is scheduled for two weeks prior to the event.
The second mail out will include the steering committee members.
please forward your comments to my attention as soon as possible.
Thank you for your input,
| Draft of October Event Invitation |
Robert, As I suggested yesterday, I believe the Symposium title should include the words: Leadership... Technology...Energy.
I am in the process of attempting to recruit a couple of key Steering committee members.
re" * CEO, CFO, COO, President and CTO's of top 100 companies, "excluding" CEO's of top Energy companies.
(Did you mean "including"?)
I will try to join the telecon tomorrow but prior commitments may make that difficult.
Thanks for all your work on this project.
Michael D. Burke MDB Capital Ventures 210/269-7962 829 College Blvd.
San Antonio, TX 78209 210/269-7962 fax /826-0449 mdburkesa@aol.com 5252 Westchester Suite 250 Houston, TX 77005 713/662-1982 fax /666-5227 mburke@entrix.com
| HTC Energy Symposium |
Wow!
Enron employees and other Houstonians are showing such generosity!
The response to the blood drive has been outstanding.
Employees from Continental Airlines and other surrounding corporations have come to our blood donation site to give.
Blood Center personnel have informed us that because of the overwhelming response donations are now being taken on a first-come, first-served basis.
The Blood Center is attempting to keep appointments on schedule.
However, we ask for your patience and understanding if there is a delay.
It is indeed gratifying to witness your continued generosity to the community and beyond.
| Blood Drive Update |
Dear Jeffrey, David Kobierowski, your Forrester Account Manager, has asked me to extend you an invitation to our TechRankings Conference call on Enterprise Portal Servers.
Listed below are more details about the call including agenda, time and date.
We realize you dont currently have access to this TechRankings program, but we wanted you to have the opportunity to participate.
If you would like to register for this call, simply respond to this email and I'll get you signed up.
About 2 days before the call, you will receive slides and a dial in number from our Marketing Department.
Otherwise, my primary role is to help support the technology needs of our clients so please feel free to contact me at any time.
I hope to hear from you soon!
Best Regards,
| Pls RSVP: Invite to Forrester's Analyst Call on Portal Servers 9/18 |
Attached is a summary compiling separate discussions between myself and Jeff Skilling, Cris / Lee (McKinsey), Mike Burke, Lloyd Bentsen and Paul Frison.
As indicated in the attachment it has been determined the October 22 event will stand with slight modifications regarding the invitations.
In addition, HTC will attempt to organize a second event that will afford participants the opportunity to hear and hold discussions regarding current concerns among their colleagues.
A conference call has been scheduled for tomorrow, Friday from 10:00-10:30 with Cris and Lee to further discuss a title and 1-3 paragraph write-up for the invitations.
Please forward to my attention suggestions, recommendations and comments.
Regards,
| Summary of October Symposium Discussions |
Dear Schwab Client: As of Thursday September 13, 2001, SchwabFunds(R) Money Funds will be open for Shareholder transactions and will continue to be open for business each day that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (the "Fed") is open.
This change to the Schwab Money Funds' business days is designed to provide shareholders the ability to access their cash investment while the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") remains closed.
Typically, the Schwab Money Funds are open for business only on days that both the Fed and the NYSE are open.
| SchwabFunds Enables Shareholder Money Funds Transactions |
Enron Cycling Club Meeting Tuesday, September 18, 11:30 a.m. EB23C1 We will be discussing upcoming rides and will also have guest speakers to talk about the Alamo Challenge and Novemberfest.
Please RSVP to me by 9:00 a.m. Monday morning so that I'll know how much food to order.
Steph : )
| Enron Cycling Club Meeting - September |
Dear Questia Series B Preferred Shareholder, The Board of Directors has adopted resolutions extending the Series C offering in order to attempt to secure additional investors.
This is notice that the proxy holder of your shares intends to vote in favor of the resolutions, and of your right to revoke your proxy with respect to this vote.
(See attached file: Notice of Voting Event (Sept. 2001).DOC)(See attached file: Shareholders Resolution (Notice) September __, 2001.DOC)
| Questia - Notice of Voting Event |
THE FORUM MEETING IS BACK ON!!!
Please mark your calendars for October 15th for the regular monthly meeting.
An e-mail will come out a week before for RSVP.
| FORUM II MEETING - OCTOBER 15TH |
DUE TO THE RECENT TRAGEDY AND DAMAGE IN NEW YORK WE ARE EXPERIENCING SOME LOCAL INTERNET CONNECTION PROBLEMS.
WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE.
KUDLOW'S TAKE By Lawrence Kudlow THE PRICE WE MUST PAY We are at war.
And war changes everything.
After today's heinous crimes committed by terrorists against the U.S. and the rest of civilized humanity, there must be a sea change in American policies if we are to effectively play the rough hand that God has dealt us.
We are at war.
And war changes everything, including policies.
We must now embrace war policies.
Among the carnage and massive human suffering there is an important wake-up call that must be heeded by Democrats and Republicans alike: We live in a dangerous world, and we must never forget how utterly important it is to maintain our defenses in order to preserve freedom and democracy and our way of life.
The terrorist invasion of the U.S. mainland underscores the urgent need to rebuild the defense and national security structure that has slowly but steadily eroded in recent years.
Barbaric terrorists have revealed significant flaws in our intelligence systems and in our security arrangements at home.
This will all have to be changed.
The threat of terrorist use of nuclear or other weapons of massive destruction hammers home the urgent need for strategic defense measures and a general technological rebuilding of our defense posture.
In financial terms, this will cost hundreds of billions of dollars.
So be it.
It's a drop in the bucket for the defense of freedom.
We will sell bonds to finance military security.
Bonds will finance investment in freedom.
In economic policy terms, today's terrorist invasion similarly changes everything.
To backstop national security recovery we must take aggressive actions to stimulate economic recovery.
It was Reagan who argued 20 years ago that U.S. economic decline in the 1970s stimulated Soviet adventurism and expansionism.
Reagan knew that economic recovery at home would insure international recovery abroad.
In an interesting book by Professor Gary Dean Best, entitled Pride, Prejudice, and Politics, a similar point was made about the linkage between domestic economic policy and international security policy.
Prof. Best noted that the failure of the U.S. to recover from the Depression - where even as late as 1940 the unemployment rate was 14.6% - created an image that the economically-plagued U.S. would be a weak player on the world political scene.
Quite simply, Best argued that economic weakness at home encouraged Hitler and Japan abroad.
In today's terms, one cannot help but wonder whether Mideast-based terrorist groups do not think that their energy-producing state government sponsors can simply turn the dial, tighten oil production, and thereby weaken the American economy even more.
Is it entirely a coincidence that the terrorist actions aimed at closing down Wall Street, closing down the Pentagon, and even closing down the U.S. government, have occurred in the immediate aftermath of worsening economic news and slumping stock market performance?
No matter what the cost, the U.S. must be prepared to restore its economy.
Phony lockboxes must be thrown out the window.
Unnecessary obsessions over debt retirement must be driven away.
Now is the time for aggressive fiscal and monetary stimulus to promote growth and finance freedom.
Substantial tax cuts on individuals, businesses, capital investment, and equipment depreciation should be immediately put into place.
Lower tax rates across the board will aid recovery by reducing production and investment costs while stimulating an entrepreneurial economic return.
The Federal Reserve Board must substantially increase the volume of bank reserves to reliquefy the financial system and the economy.
Steps to promote energy production must be taken aggressively.
Here in New York, with the destruction of the World Trade Center, those of us in the financial community will grieve over the sad and tragic loss of husbands and wives who worked Downtown.
So many of us involved in politics and government will know people who lost their lives in the plane hijackings.
While we grieve sadly, our anger will demand immediate U.S. retaliation to clean out the terrorist criminals and the states that sponsor them.
We know who they are.
We know where they are.
And we will hope and pray that president Bush takes immediate and effective actions.
But amidst the grieving and the anger, none of us should lose sight of the long-term goal of preserving our freedom and democracy.
This is a national security goal, and it is also an economic security goal.
What happened today changes everything.
Lord give us the strength to learn from it and take the right actions to preserve it.
| KUDLOW'S TAKE -- National Review Online - September 11, 2001 |
Specs: K2 Disco Monkey (2000 model) Free Ride Mountain Bike.
It's a part of the Zero Gravity Series by K2.
- Easton Frame - Noleen Mega Air Fork and Mono Shock - Formula Hubs - Brand New Avid Mechanical Disc Brakes - Avid Speed Dial 1.9L Brake Levers - Shimano LX Shifters - Shimano LX Front Derailer - Shimano XT Rear Derailer - Vuelta "Anti-Snake Bite" Rims - New GEAX "Sturdy" tires (2.25) - Truvativ "Firex" Cranks - Richey SDP Clippless Pedals I bought this bike Spring of 2000 for $2,300.00.
Will sell it for $1,000.00 (no less) Thanks.
| Mountain Bike for Sale |
The Williams 10th Annual 100K bike ride from Sam Houston Race Park to Kemah will be on Saturday, May 19.
$60 in donations is required at packet pickup.
If you use the attached Matching Gift form, you will only need to turn in $30.
If you are interested in participating in this ride, please get your entry form and matching gift form with pledges to me before Monday, May 14.
I'm located at EB2414.
Steph : )
| Williams 10th Annual 100K Bike Ride |
September 13, 2001 Dear Jeff: I know with your departure from Enron tomorrow and with the loss of friends and business associates on Tuesday you have much on your mind.
For those reasons, I hesitate to contact you now, but realize from my personal experiences that this may be the very time at which you wish to consider opportunities.
I have briefly outlined below my present venture.
I am asking energy industry acquaintances for assistance in identifying prospective investors.
In your case, you may wish to consider an investment and, if you desire further involvement, the company will offer you one of its five Board seats.
I wish you well in your future personal and professional endeavors.
I am CEO of Genscape, Inc., a two-year old, $3 million annualized revenue, energy information provider, serving Fortune 500 companies.
Genscape has delivered and deployed proprietary technology making it the exclusive provider of real-time online power generating and transmission operating information.
Energy traders have shown great interest in Genscape's information with five of the nation's largest energy traders subscribing to the service at annual prices of $500,000 or more.
With only $200,000 in equity investment to date, Genscape has developed its proprietary technology, organized a 27 person staff, completed one third of its monitor deployment and generated strong customer demand.
It's a great start upon which to base expansion.
Genscape and Vectren Energy Solutions, have reached an agreement as to the terms for issuance of $3 million of Series A Preferred Stock of which Vectren will buy half.
A copy of the term sheet signed is attached.
Vectren was the principal investor in EnTrade Corporation, of which I was a founder, and realized a significant return in EnTrade's strategic sale to Tenneco Energy.
Genscape has also received strong interest from a financial investor for $500,000.
Due diligence and closing documents are substantially complete and this transaction is ready to close by late September.
Genscape is seeking the remaining $1 million of investment capital required and will accept $100,000 minimum investments.
I need your assistance during the next few days to identify individuals or businesses that may wish to make such an investment.
I will contact them personally, once you provide me their contact information.
I plan to be in Houston on Friday, September 14, and at least one day during the week of September 17 and can meet with prospective investors personally, if they desire.
David A.
Doctor Chief Executive Officer Genscape, Inc. 105 Daventry Lane, Suite 300 Louisville, Kentucky 40223 - Genscape-091101 Vectren Term Sheet Final.doc
| David Doctor & Genscape, Inc. |
In the wake of Tuesday's tragic events, from which we are all still reeling, we are temporarily suspending our Eyeforenergy subscriber services.
We would like to take this opportunity to convey our deepest condolences to all of our friends in the energy community who have lost friends, colleagues or loved ones as a result of this terrible disaster, and our thoughts are with you.
The Eyeforenergy team.
| t,h: Eyeforenergy Special Notice |
Attn:Jeffrey RE:INVITATION TO TRANSACT A BUSINESS I feel the less compunction in intruding to your kind heartedness; I have been noted about your reputable existence and I consequently reposed in you the most esteemed confidence, it is with trust and uncompromising faith that I humbly herein to disclose this personal confidential issue to you.
I am a management consultants based in the Republic of the Gambia representing businessmen in the western coast of Africa with extensive clientele.
Note,the current president of the Gambia, (President Yaya .A.Jammeh) is a close friend of mine.
Due to the on-going presidential election in the country and focus on the strong pressure given to him by his opposition, he requested that I should assist in sourcing for a reliable individual/company anywhere in the world in order to transact the sum of ($19.6Million USDollars) which is in his possession.
He has of course decided to make good use of the fund because he don't know if he will win the election or not.Please kindly help us out of this impasse, and I sincerely hope you will not deny us this wish.
Note,there is practically no risk involved in this issue, healthy arrangment have been made before I contacted you.
I f you need any question,do not hesitate to ask.
I will be very grateful to hear from you as urgently as you can.
Yours Sincerely
| SUPPORT |
Jeff, Walter Sea, of Marine Max, can be reached at (O) 561-220-0707 or (C) 561-285-0990.
This industry is known for crooks and thieves.
Walter has a reputation as an honest broker.
If you need any help, just let me know.
Blake
| Yacht Broker |
In order to ensure our Network resources are available for critical business purposes, IPTV will be unavailable until further notice.
We will be sending out another email when IPTV becomes available.
Thank you for your support and understanding.
| IPTV |
The HBS Club of Houston would like to invite ACG to attend a luncheon on September 19.
See the New Houston METRO Train!
Please join the HBS Club for a luncheon with Robert Miller, the Chairman of METRO on Wednesday, September 19th.
METRO was created in 1978 and currently has over 3600 employees.
METRO plays a major role in construction projects throughout Houston and is involved in the $250 million Downtown/Midtown Transit Street project.
Robert Miller will be discussing the long-term plan for METRO and highlighting the new light rail system.
There will be a short video on the project followed by a presentation by Robert Miller.
SPEAKER: Robert Miller, Chairman METRO
| HBS September 19th Luncheon with Robert Miller, Chairman METRO |
All: It appears the first week of October will work best.
Please let me know if there are any days that week that won't work for you.
After today, please respond to my home e:mail address - ddalton34@aol.com or phone 281-370-5948.
Thanks!
| Dinner/Going Away Get Together |
Hi Jeff, I am a consultant working with Conoco (Downstream North America and Europe) - helping them reinvent their business through innovation.
My clients are Jim Nokes, EVP and Rick Hamm in Europe.
I would like to discuss with you the possibility of you speaking to a group of senior executives at Conoco UK, telling the Enron 'story' and how you've reinvented your business.
Your presence would be a very inspiring to them and telling the story 'live' would help them develop the mindset they need to innovate new products, services and get into new markets.
I will give you a call tomorrow (Tuesday) to follow up on your level of interest or I can be reached on my mobile at +1.617.306.0599 Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
| Request |
OUTLOOK EMAIL NOTIFICATION Your Date of Migration is: May 2nd YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO SEND E-MAIL unless you take the following action: Please go through your Notes email and clean out as many old/un-needed email items as possible BEFORE your date of migration.
After you are migrated to Outlook you will only be allocated 100MB of total Mailbox space.
If more than this amount of data is migrated to Outlook YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEND E-MAIL until it is below the 100MB limit.
Cleaning up your Notes email now will prevent this from happening to YOU.
Enron's messaging platform is migrating from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Outlook 2000 worldwide.
You will be accessing Outlook for all of your email functions.
WHY IS ENRON MIGRATING TO OUTLOOK 2000?
Many factors contributed to the decision to migrate from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange/Outlook.
The most prominent factors were: ?
Significant advantages to moving to a product that is more integrated with current Enron apps (Windows 2000, Office and Internet Explorer) ?
More efficient Shared PC and Roaming User features ?
Improved support and integration for Palm/CE devices ?
Instant Messaging capabilities WHAT IS BEING MIGRATED TO OUTLOOK 2000?
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Email Messages.
From the date of your scheduled migration, the last (30) thirty days of your Email will be converted for use in Outlook.
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All your folders in Notes you use to store email messages in.
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To Do Items ?
Journal Items ?
Calendar Entries dating from (1) one year in the past to (10) ten years in the future will be converted.
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Address Books, but NOT your Distribution Lists that you created.
You will need to re-create these in Outlook.
Thank you,
| 1-URGENT - Outlook Email Notification (new) |
Brothers, Linda Grumbles just informed me that John is not recovering the way the Drs.
want him to and that the same artery may be blocked again, or even closed.
In other words, the first catheter treatment didn't pan out.
He goes back in for another one, this time probably installing a stint in the artery to keep it open, next week on Sept. 14.
His email address has changed and it's now jgrumbles76@hotmail.com.
I'm certain he and Linda would appreciate your keeping them in your prayers.
Yours in -kai-,
| [smu-betas] Grumbles |
<<MF September 7th 2001.pdf>> Good Friday Afternoon - Comments From The Local Guys!
Today's employment number was not a good one - however, it should prompt the Fed to be more aggressive.
The unemployment rate was the worst part of the report, jumping to 4.9%.
The market had been looking for 4.7% unemployment.
The jump in the unemployment rate was bad, but we have to remember two things.
First, the unemployment rate is a lagging indicator of economic conditions.
Second, with revisions, the payroll number was only slightly worse than consensus.
That said, the drop in aggregate hours of -0.4% and
| The Morning Market Call - Friday September 7th, 2001. |
Current Notes User: To ensure that you experience a successful migration from Notes to Outlook, it is necessary to gather individual user information prior to your date of migration.
Please take a few minutes to completely fill out the following survey.
When you finish, simply click on the 'Reply' button then hit 'Send' Your survey will automatically be sent to the Outlook 2000 Migration Mailbox.
Thank you.
| 2- SURVEY/INFORMATION EMAIL |
Community Relations brought the Matching Gift and Volunteer Incentive Programs into the 21st Century - the programs are now on-line!
Congratulations to the following individuals, who won the Enron Matching Gift Program Contest!
Each of them was able to designate $1,000 to up to two charities of their choice.
Michelle Cash chose The Post Oak School.
Rita Homan chose Juvenile Diabetes Foundation of Omaha and The St. Pius/St.
Leo Educational Trust Fund.
Harald Jensen chose Tejas Home for Youth and The United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast.
Heather Johnson chose Urban Business Initiative.
Rebecca Skupin chose Stages Repertory Theatre.
If you would like to make a donation to an eligible non-profit organization and have Enron match it dollar-for-dollar, please log onto cr.enron.com and then click on Matching Gift and VIP.
| Enron Matching Gift Program Winners |
Critical Migration Information: 1.
Your scheduled Outlook Migration Date is THE EVENING OF : May 2nd 2.
You need to press the "Save My Data" button (only once) to send us your pre-migration information.
3.
You must be connected to the network before you press the button.
4.
If a POP-UP BOX appears, prompting you to "ABORT, CANCEL OR TRUST SIGNER" please select TRUST SIGNER.
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Any information you Add to your Personal Address Book, Journal or calendar after you click on the button will need to be manually re-added into Outlook after you have been migrated.
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Clicking this button does not complete your migration to Outlook.
Your migration will be completed the evening of your migration date.
Failure to click on the button means you WILL NOT get your Calendar, Contacts, Journal and ToDo information imported into Outlook the day of your migration and could result in up to a 2 week delay to restore this information.
If you encounter any errors please contact the resolution center @ 713-853-1411
| 3 - URGENT - TO PREVENT LOSS OF INFORMATION |
<<MF September 6th 2001.pdf>> Good Thursday Morning - Comments From The Local Guys!
This morning, the non-manufacturing National Association of Purchasing Managers (NAPM) unexpectedly fell to 45.5 in August from 48.9 in July.
New Orders fell to 45.9 from 48.6 (note that this component is not seasonally adjusted).
The services that reported the most negative environment, according to this survey, were: communications, real estate and construction.
Blending these data with the manufacturing NAPM, the total economy NAPM dropped to 46.0 from 47.8 in July.
Tomorrow the Labor Department releases the employment data for August.
Lehman Brothers expects a payroll gain of 28,000 new jobs in the non-farm sector.
The 30 -year bond yield is 5.40%.
| The Morning Market Call - Thursday September 6th, 2001. |
Please forward this information to any one you know who might benefit from a better understanding of energy derivatives, gas-to-electricity arbitrage or electric power trading.
The time is rapidly approaching for PGS Energy Training's October seminars in downtown Philadelphia and Houston.
These are quality seminars that explain some pretty complicated subjects in plain English.
(See seminar list below)
| Energy Derivatives/Power Trading Seminars |
Dear Jeff Skilling, At Izhuta we firmly believe that technology implementation cannot be either effective or productive unless it is backed by real domain knowledge-an understanding of the customer's line of business.
And this is what the Izhuta provides -- deep industry knowledge combined with a solid technological competence base.
Our client list includes Software product companies, Service providers,National Energy companies,etc.,
| IZHUTA a Leading Solution Provider |
The deadline for reservations for the September ACG luncheon is fast approaching.
If you have not made your reservations, do so today.
**************************************************** TOPIC: The New Reality of Private Equity SPEAKER: Jack Furst, Partner - Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst DATE/TIME: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 at 11:30 a.m.
LOCATION: Houston Club, 811 Rusk (New Location) RSVP: By 5:00 p.m., Friday, September 7, 2001 (see info below) COSTS: Members with a reservation by the deadline: $25 Guest accompanying a member: $30 Walk-ins and guests without reservations: $40 Credit card required for reservations; no shows will be billed.
Buyout and investment firm Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst of Dallas, which declared last November that it would make no new venture investments, has also decided it will not provide follow-on financings to any of the dozen startups it has already backed.
It's part of the New Reality of Private Equity that Jack Furst will discuss at the September 11 lunch.
| ACG September Luncheon - REMINDER |
(Please accept our apologies if you've already completed the Energy Industry Survey.
Send a reply with "Did it" in the subject line to avoid future reminder messages.)
Dear Energy Industry Executive, YOUR INPUT IS VERY VALUABLE.
Over the past week or so, you've been invited to participate in a very important survey that will significantly improve the information products available to you in the power and energy industry.
Because we haven't heard from you yet, we're adding more prizes to encourage participation.
There are now 12 prizes you could win; we've added 4 more inducements to the original 8 prizes.
YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING IS HUGE.
We're hoping to draw a total of 200 respondents from this sector of the industry.
When we receive your fully completed questionnaire, your e-mail address will one among 30 in a drawing that could bring you one of the 12 prizes.
Those odds aren't bad at all!
The prizes include:
| Last Chance - - Energy Industry Survey Due in By Friday! |
Enron Energy Services has one single entry point for all customer leads and service issues - The EES Business Center.
Your assistance is requested in routing all retail customer calls to this center.
The Business Center can manage general customer service requests or provide information on EES product offerings.
The number for the EES Business Center is 800-337-7837 (800-EES-SVCS) or internally, calls can be transferred to x59390.
E-Mail address is: EESBusinessCenter@enron.com Thank you for taking the time to route these calls appropriately.
Your assistance is critical to Enron's customer acquisition success and to ensure our customers' satisfaction.
| Routing of Calls to EES Business Center |
Interested in learning more about the fun and convenience of on-line stock trading?
Join EFCU for our On-Line Stock Trading Brown Bag.
WHO: Joel Spry of Star Financial Network will discuss the basics of on-line trading and EFCU's trading program.
WHEN: Friday, September 14, 2001 11:30 - 12:30 WHERE: EB 5C2 RSVP: joy.wagman@enron.com Refreshments will be provided.
| On-Line Stock Trading Brown Bag |
All: Ken Rice has suggested that we schedule an evening to get together in the near future.
Sherri and I have determined that earliest date would be the first week of October.
Please let me know your availability the first two weeks of October and I'll get this scheduled.
The attendees would be: Jeff Skilling/Sherri Sera Ken Rice/Dorothy Dalton Kevin Hannon/Carol Brown Cliff Baxter/Susan Skarness Please note: this e:mail address will only work through next Monday (9/10/01) after that date, please reply to ddalton34@aol.com.
Thanks!
| Get Together |
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| Northern Light and World Markets Energy Training |
<<MF September 4th 2001.pdf>> Good Tuesday Morning - Comments From The Local Guys!
Last week, the markets got so oversold, that the ARMS Index (a technical market measure that, broadly speaking, indicates how oversold the market is), closed above 2.00 on two consecutive days for the first time since Oct. 16 and 19, 1987!!
It is, apparently, one of the rarest occurrences in the world of technical analysis.
As we said, it has been 14 years since the the markets generated such a reading.
The NYSE is currently rallying however, tech is still struggling.
Lets hope today's strength translates broadly across all sectors.
The 30 -year bond yield is 5.49%.
| The Morning Market Call - Tuesday September 4th, 2001. |
Gentlemen: We have had to slightly change the forum retreat meeting with Bill Evans to the following: Wednesday 10/24 Start meeting at 12 PM (noon) through 5:00 pm Thursday 10/25 Start meeting at 8:00 AM through 5:00 pm Friday 10/26 Start meeting at 8:00 AM and end at 12:00 pm (noon) We had originally scheduled to meet all day Wednesday and all Thursday.
Paul Murphy has a board meeting on Wednesday morning and could not make it until after lunch.
We decided to start the meeting on Wednesday at noon (with lunch) and end on Friday at noon.
We have booked hotel rooms at The Houstonian for 2 nights (Wednesday and Thursday).
Please advise by email if this will work with your schedules.
Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
| Forum II - Retreat (The Houstonian) |
Michael had a mild stroke Wednesday am.
He is at St Luke's and is recovering well.
Probably not a good idea to contact Susan now.
More to follow.
| Michael Jihn |
Dear HBS Alumni: See the New Houston METRO Train!
Please join the HBS Club for a luncheon with Robert Miller, the Chairman of METRO on Wednesday, September 19th.
METRO was created in 1978 and currently has over 3600 employees.
METRO plays a major role in construction projects throughout Houston and is involved in the $250 million Downtown/Midtown Transit Street project.
Robert Miller will be discussing the long-term plan for METRO and highlighting the new light rail system.
There will be a short video on the project followed by a presentation by Robert Miller.
SPEAKER: Robert Miller, Chairman METRO
| HBS September 19th Luncheon with Robert Miller, Chairman METRO |
Hi Jeff, Today's most challenging business and technical problems require and generate mountains of data.
Managing this data explosion has become an incredibly complex task.
New implementations always require moving data from the legacy system into the new application.
Products, components, customers, vendors and employee data - everything must be moved.
And it doesn't always come from just one place.
Sometimes data from multiple systems must be moved to one big 'integrated solution'.
The issues involved in data cleansing, formatting, converting and preparing for upload are so time consuming and so exacting that it makes sense to outsource select components of the project to an established firm with extensive experience in data migration!
How do you meet this challenge?
Live TechSolutions Whether your need is for continuous sharing of information between single or multiple source and target entities, networks, applications or systems, or a one-time data conversion from your legacy system, our team has the experience and software utilities to convert and migrate data with incredible speed, precision and security.
Strategy > Analyze > Design > Test > Implement > Maintain Live TechSolutions team minimizes the time, your valuable staff needs, to devote to solve application integration issues or to transfer critical data from existing software applications to new applications.
Our disciplined approach and demonstrated success in meeting deadlines with sensitive data is reflected in our refined methodologies and "best of breed" tools.
Our solutions seamlessly interface legacy systems to maintain "mission critical" functionality while integrating necessary information sharing.
Live TechSolutions is an industry leader in data migration and transformation services.
We have helped hundreds of companies transition from a legacy software system to a variety of ERP, HR, and Payroll systems.
Jeff, Please let me know of a convenient time to contact you and schedule a more in depth conversation about our Data Migration Services.
Regards
| Migrate to a more Scalable Database |
Dear Sir, As you know Lehman Brothers is one of the most prestigious investment banks on Wall Street.
On a regular basis Lehman brings new companies public in many industries.
One area that has received great interest lately is Master Limited Partnerships.
These vehicles generally have high yields (in the 10% range) with tax advantages.
In today's environment of low interest rates that is extremely attractive.
If you would like to learn more the next time we offer one by prospectus please e-mail or call.
All the best!
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| Master Limited Partnerships |
Jeff, I will be heading out to Macerich's offices to meet Macerich's management team.
At that meeting, we will be discussing the outsource and the future relationship between the companies.
He would also like me to speak to his direct reports about change management and other cultural characteristics of Enron.
However, he would really like you to provide a presentation on the same general topics to the Macerich Company Conference in June.
He has heard you speak and believes your approach and perspective can benefit the conference.
Obviously, these guys are an important relationship and reference for our commercial and real estate business.
Let me know your interest.
Regards
| Macerich Conferences |
Mr. Skilling, In view of the market and economy today, the fact that my firm is taking aggressive steps to enable our clients might be of interest to you.
Please take a moment to view amscsearch.com and look at the 'In the News' section.
Perhaps this will entice you to invite us to become a contributing part of the Enron team.
Most sincerely, Kelly Crescenti Vice President AMS Crescenti, Inc. amscsearch.com kelly@amscsearch.com <mailto:kelly@amscsearch.com>
| News Release |
Harvard University Club of Houston - Harvard Forum "Pathways to Success: What it Takes to Move from Dorm Room to Board Room in Two Easy Decades" Dinner and Discussion Club Following upon the rousing success of the Club's first Harvard Forum "Raising Children of Character in A World of Affluence," the Harvard Club of Houston is conducting another Harvard Forum.
We plan to have three during the current academic year.
For those of you unfortunate enough to have missed the first Forum, the format works like this: we'll have dinner, and then a panel of Harvard grads will give brief introductions to the evening's topic from their perspective, and then we will all engage the topic for ourselves in a moderated discussion.
The panel members will be knowledgeable, but not so expert that anyone will be intimidated.
They will, however, be provocative to assure that the subsequent conversation is lively.
You will come away knowing your fellow Club members better than ever - maybe better than you ever wanted.
We hope that the topic we've picked for the second Forum will be captivating to recent and older alumni alike.
Our panelists will cover the spectrum of vocational experience, not all business people; and you might argue whether some even have a vocation.
Some will identify the critical factors in achieving success, while others will argue that all personal planning is an exercise in self-delusion.
We are confident that the discussion will be informative and lively.
Because of the format, only the first 40 people can be accepted.
We had to turn away people last time, so please respond promptly, as indicated below.
When: Saturday, September 22, 7:30 p.m. Where: Briar Club, 2603 Timmons (East Briar Room) Cost: $35.00 per person Reservations: Email dottie@kerr-solutions.com or call 281/424-3084 (Payment must be made at time of reservation by credit card or mailing check to 3413 Cobblestone Lane, Baytown, TX 77521-1956.)
For further information, contact David Grizzle (david_grizzle@yahoo.com or 713-324-2966) or Danguole Spakevicius (danguole@fempartners.com or 713-665-4218).
=================== Dottie Kerr (harvardclub@kerr-solutions.com) Administrator for Harvard Club of Houstonwww.harvardclubofhouston.org
| Harvard Forum - September 22, 2001 |
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Jeff, Just got off the phone with Chuck.
He gave me this corporate e-mail for you.
From the press releases I've read, it sounds as if you will be consulting with Enron for some time to come.
As you might remember, I run a professional alliance within Smith Barney that designs and coordinates financial strategies for people like yourself.
Our team appeals to clients who want an independent source of financial advise, but need the vast resources of a Citigroup.
Our experience in working with highly successful executives and entreprenuers, has been that periods of transition often provide a great opportunity to assess one's position and direction.
Your financial goals are of course , an intregal part of any such review.
We are uniqely qualified, experienced and committed to serving the highly affluent private client.
I dropped the ball after our conversation last year but would love to have the opportunity to hear your plans for the future and whether or not we could be of service to you.
Should I call Sherri Sera at he office to set an appointment?
Just let me know what you would recommend.
Hope all is well.
Mark Paul
| Planning a meeting |
Jeff: I heard about your departure from Enron two weeks ago.
I was very surprised.
It must have been a very difficult decision for you as I know how much of your heart and soul your poured into transforming Enron into the preeminent company that it is now.
I hope that you are very proud of what you accomplished over the past 12+ years.
I have never come across a management team that even approaches the quality of you, John Esslinger, Ken Lay and Rich Kinder.
I have also never come across a business visionary anywhere near you and I expect that I, and everybody else, will see you accomplish great things again.
But whatever you do, I hope that this message finds you feeling well and happy.
Regards,
| Joe Pokalsky calling |
Jeff: This is just a quick "head's up" to advise you that I am no longer retired and am CEO of an energy information start-up, Genscape, Inc., based in Louisvllle.
Two founders (32 year olds) left power trading positions to pursue the development of technology able to measure the electric and magnetic fields emanating from high-voltage lines connected to power plants.
They were successful and can now translate those measurements into highly accurate estimates of transmission line load and direction and from that make a highly accurate estimate of a power plant's generating status.
The information is delivered to customers via Internet on a real-time basis.
Genscape will by year end have built a monitoring network capable of monitoring 250+ plants or startegic transmission points in the Continental U.S. Genscape's initial customers are energy trading companies and subsequent customers will be power generators, transmission and distribution operators, insurers, fuel suppliers and transporters, regulators and wholesale power consumers.
The reason for the "head's up" at this time is that I'll be meeting with Scott Tholan of your staff on Tuesday, May 1, to review Genscape's product.
| David Doctor/Genscape, Inc. |
Dear Brothers, It was good to see everyone make the trek to central Oklahoma to launch Dent's book.
The Daily Oklahoman published a brief story that suggested Dent had made up a bunch of lies about Saint Bud Wilkinson steppin out on the old lady.
Around here, that's like saying the Pope likes it up the ass.
Needless to say, the Sooner faithful were slightly chapped and the university canceled their offer to host the signing party at our new museum.
Fuck 'em.
Who wants to drink beer in a dusty old museum anyway?
Del, sorry I couldn't make the party but I did get to see Cdie, Grumbles , Strange, Woody, Benson, PP, and Space for dinner.
My favorite part was the full-volume discussion of who had the biggest penis (next to Benson, of course).
Typical urology shit.
The family next to us failed to recognize a medical discussion amongst professionals.
Speaking of Benson, he was worried that his erections might crater all of a sudden just like his near vision has recently done.
I assured him that this was extremely unlikely but, in his case, he'd better hope that his cardiac output remains high or else he's liable to pass out every time he gets a hard on.
B. Miller
| [smu-betas] Dent pisses on Bud Wilkinson's grave |
As you perhaps will have read in today's "Houston Chronicle," Texas Children's Health Plan has sent the Texas Health and Human Services Commission a notice of termination of our participation as a contractor in the Children's Health Insurance Program known as CHIP.
The decision to send the notice of termination was made after we were informed by the HHSC of a new individual member premium rate that would cause the already substantial losses we have incurred from the CHIP program to grow even more rapidly.
To date, the CHIP program in Texas Children's Health Plan has recorded a $9.7 million loss.
The new rate is predicted to cause an additional $16 million loss over the next year.
Texas Children's Wants to Continue in The CHIP Program Even though we sent the HHSC a notice of termination, we continue to negotiate with them in good faith.
We began these negotiations nine months ago, in December, 2000.
That was when we realized the program, only six months old at that time, had been designed without appropriate provisions to cover the medical costs of caring for children with catastrophic and chronically devastating conditions and illnesses.
One of the main reasons more than 48,000 CHIP families have chosen Texas Children's Health Plan as their CHIP provider is that we are able to care for the sickest children.
In fact, we are the only provider in the state who has the medical, surgical, nursing and other allied health services to care for scores of serious pediatric conditions and diseases.
This is not bragging; it is fact.
What it means is that Texas Children's is experiencing significantly higher costs in its CHIP program as we respond to the medical needs of many very sick children in the CHIP program.
It is very important for all of us to know that Texas Children's Health Plan specifically and the Texas Children's Hospital Integrated Delivery System very sincerely want to remain in the CHIP program.
We were totally supportive of its creation by the Texas legislature and continue to believe the program fills a crucial void in providing health care to children who otherwise would not receive it.
Texas Children's Is Not Alone in This Dilemma It is also important to tell you that all the other CHIP contractors in the state are experiencing losses from their participation in the CHIP program.
In fact, the Health and Human Services Commission itself has confirmed that cumulative losses in all the CHIP programs in the state from May, 2000 when the program began, to June, 2001 total $38 million.
We are relatively confident that both our past loss, which is 25 percent of the total, statewide CHIP loss, as well as our projected losses are larger than those of any other program.
Again, this is because of the large number of very seriously ill patients Texas Children's has in its CHIP membership.
We Pledge Our Best Efforts to Find a Solution I want you to know that Texas Children's Health Plan and the Texas Children's Hospital Integrated Delivery System will continue to do everything possible to find a solution to this situation.
In fact, Texas Children's Health Plan has retained two independent, third-party actuaries who are working to validate both Texas Children's Health Plan CHIP data as well as data developed by the Health and Human Services Commission.
We recognize the CHIP program is still a young program whose complexities have yet to be completely understood.
We know it can be improved in many aspects and will dedicate ourselves to helping identify those improvements.
Texas Children's Hospital Will Continue to Care for CHIP Children Once again, let me repeat that Texas Children's Health Plan is negotiating with the Health and Human Services Commission in good faith to remain a provider in the CHIP program.
However, if the Texas Children's Health Plan is unable to reach an economically viable settlement on appropriate premiums to cover the care of our very sick CHIP members, Texas Children's Hospital will still care for them if they require treatment or hospitalization.
Because above all, we remain steadfast to our mission of providing the finest possible pediatric patient care to any child who needs us.
Thank you very much for your continued support.
Mark Mark A. Wallace President and Chief Executive Officer Texas Children's Hospital
| Texas Children's Hopes to Remain in The CHIP Program |
Mr. Skilling, I am sending information to the printer this afternoon for our new brochure and picture book for The Business Council.
I was wondering if we should just list you as a Graduate member and list you as Former President & CEO of Enron Corp. and keep the same business address and phone numbers.
Please let me know asap.
Thanks.
| Business Council brochure and picture directory |
Hello, Jeff, I just wanted to let you know that I'll be at a mandatory Values meeting (you remember those, right?)
from 2:00 to 4:00 pm.
EST and will be back in the office by 5:00 p.m. Hope this doesn't mean we miss one another.
If there's a problem, please e-mail or call me with a number you can be reached at today/tonight and I'm happy to contact you at a time of your convenience.
Warm Regards,
| McKinsey NewsNetwork interview |
Jeff, If what I hear is true about your retirement, let me be one of the first to offer heartfelt congratulations.
I've never quite understood people that basically work right up to the grave.
It always seemed to me (and now I'm finding out its true) that there are just way too many things to do, books to read, people to meet, places to go, etc., etc., to work 80 hour weeks for 50 years.
When I first read about it, I thought that maybe you and Rebecca had flipped a coin and she lost.
(She had told me that if the two of you got engaged, one of you would have to quit.)
If you really are planning to retire, let me offer some advice.
On my odyssey I've noticed a couple of humps I had to get over.
The first one hit me at about ten days.
All of a sudden I had the stupid impression that I should find something constructive to do.
After a couple of days, the feeling went away.
However it did come back at about the 4 week mark.
Once again, I was able to come to my senses.
I think I may have permanently suppressed the feeling at this point.
Unfortunately, now that I really do have to go back to work, I can't seem to get too motivated.
Oh well, maybe, if nothing else, I have learned not to work 80 hour weeks ever again.
Best of luck and tell my sister hi.
Steve P.S.
I have sketched you a raised timber platform, with a small cabin in the center (for those that think they need indoor plumbing, etc.)
If you find a place to put it, I want to build it.
P.P.S.
I just finished the first two volumes of Caro's L.B.J.
biography.
Extremely interesting if you're looking for reading mat'l.
| Congrats!!! |
I can't imagine the volume of fan mail on your exit, so I'll be brief.
Just returned from an unplugged vacation to read the surprising/intriguing news.
3 comments: 1.
The Times tells me you're engaged.
A thousand blessings on your heads.
(I always wished I were Jewish but couldn't qualify on taste or IQ).
2.
I've told people that you are my business hero for several years now.
It seems a little unfair that you would now vie for the "personal life" hero as well, so I'll hold that title in abeyance for the moment.
It goes without saying that if there were ever any way to work together, the firm (not that firm) and I would be honored.
3.
On the trip back, I've been reading Katharine Graham's autobiography.
Apparently, she slept a lot with Adlai Stevenson, another wicked smart guy.
His most widely used quote at "retirement": "I'd just like to lie under a tree with a glass of wine and watch people dance."
They say he was too smart to be President.
All the best.
| well.... |
Hi Sue and Mark!
We followed your flight until it was 4 hours from Istanbul on the computer.
It was about 11 PM when I finally stopped.
I checked the flight four times.
the first time you were 877miles ENE of Portland, Maine doing 460 knots at 29,00o feet.
You were a little late leaving Kennedy as takeoff was 6:11PM NY time.
I wasn't up for Istanbul arrival but figured you should be close to schedule on landing.
Hope the flight was a smooth one and I hope you got some sleep.
Say hello to Sukran for us and tell her we love her.
Mother and I are saying prayers for all of you and Our thoughts will be with you all weekend.
LOTS of LOVE and KISSES MOTHER and DAD PS to SUE: Thank you for making the trip.
| Welcome to Turkey |
Meet Orlando Sanchez at the HBS Breakfast Club!
Dear HBS Alumni: Join the Harvard Business School Club of Houston Breakfast Club at its fall kickoff meeting on Thursday, September 6, 2001 at 7:00 am at the River Oaks Country Club.
Orlando Sanchez, Houston City Council member and November mayoral candidate will be the guest speaker.
The HBS Breakfast Club started last November and was a tremendous success.
It provides alumni the opportunity to network, establish friendships and discuss topics in an informal setting.
Topics are determined at the first meeting of each session and speakers are invited to one or two breakfasts during the session.
The Club meets the first and third Thursday each month from 7:00 to 8:30 am at the River Oaks Country Club.
This year the Breakfast Club will be expanded to have fall, spring and summer sessions.
The cost for the fall and spring sessions is $150 each and the cost for the summer session is $60.
Non-Breakfast Club members and guests can attend for $23.
If you are not already a Breakfast Club member come and see for yourself why this is such a great program.
The Breakfast Club is an ideal way to meet and get to know fellow HBS alumni.
SPEAKER: Orlando Sanchez, Houston Mayoral Candidate
| HBS Breakfast Club and Sept. 6 Meeting with Orlando Sanchez |
Jeff, Now that the dust has started to settled (only slightly), I just want to write this note to wish you well.
There are times when looking out for #1 is of paramount importance.
While we are not in touch with one another to any great extent, I do empathize with you on the strains that you must have encountered over the last few years!
Actually, I probably have no conception of the strain and pressure!
Nonetheless, I hope we can remain in touch.
To the extent that can help in any way (and I don't mean to be presumptuous), I would be delighted to do so.
Best regards,
| Wishing You Well! |
Dear Mr. Skilling: Just a quick little note.
I would very much like to talk to you when you get a chance.
My guess is that you will probably be taking some time off for awhile.
When you do have some time, please give me a call.
I specialize in the finance(VC and Investment Banks) arena and would love to present someone of your caliber to them.
That is of course, if you are interested in possibly going into that arena.
Sincerely
| future plans |
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Through YPO International, we got a membership inquiry from Rick Barsky, CEO of Agennix(don't know what company does).
He apparently used to work at Enron.
Bio says he was involved in start up of Enron Renewable Energy Corp. and Enron Solar.
Any input you can give us on this guy?
| Membership question |
Dear Jeff: I read in the newspaper that you have decided to leave Enron.
I'm sure you are receiving thousands of letters like mine from many admirers everywhere.
As I said to you on other occasions, I truly enjoyed serving on your committee to select the new fire chief.
Your talents and natural gifts are so great that not having you at Enron will clearly be a huge loss for that company and the rest of us in the Houston community.
Best of luck and Godspeed in your next endeavor.
As I said to you the last time we spoke, I still would like to find some way to be on your team in the future.
- Roel
| Farewell |
Jeff, Just wanted to let you know that you did a great job as CEO.
I don't think Enron would be in position to have a goal of being the world's leading company without you and all you have done for Enron.
I read you recently became engaged.
Congradulations!
That's exciting news.
Maybe that played a role in your decision.
It will be great to have more time to spend with her.
I also read that the Teeside incident was the last straw.
That is good to know that we had such a sensitive and caring leader.
That will be missed.
Best wishes for you and your finance'.
I'll be praying for you.
Greg Rye
| You did a great job as CEO |
Jeff, Can you connect me with the right person at Enron?
We (Novient) are a software company that provides Service Process Optimization (SPO) soluitons.
Our products allow you to search your organization for the right individuals with the appropriate skills, proficiencies and availability to staff positions on projects and engagements.
We additionally provide a real-time web based collaboration and project management application to assist companies succesfully managing projects, tasks and engagements.
Novient provides a powerful vendor management solution with our partner CascadeWorks.
Our clients include Chevron, Cisco, SAP, NASA, Hewlett-Packard, Accenture, Computer Sciences Corporation, Nortel Networks, and Manugistics.
Is there someone at Enron you think I should be talking to?
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
By the way, feel free to visit our web site at www.novient.com.
regards ,
| mgmt question |
I have wanted to write you a note for several days, but you don't know me.
However, I do know how much you care about others and thought you would receive this in the context it is given.
I am Mark Palmer's assistant and have had the fortune of seeing you "in action," if only for a short time.
I wanted you to know how well-respected and admired you are "among the troops" and after having worked on the trading floor, your reputation is unmatched.
You are the kind of "general" who gets in the trenches with his troops and one that many will follow into war - without hesitation.
When you came down to personally wish Mark a happy 40th birthday, it sent a message to everyone - you were one of us and you truly cared about us.
Enron would not be Enron today without your decade of leadership.
You've chosen the path countless others wish they had the opportunity to do - to be with your family when it matters.
It is your family who will make the chicken soup and be with you Christmas morning.
Best wishes for a happy and healthy life.
Jody Underwood
| Best Wishes |
Jeffrey... Hope your transition to your next endeavor is smooth and you get some time to relax and enjoy your past work efforts.
While you are relaxing by the pool, maybe you could read some of the attached documents and consider becoming an advisor to our Company?
I realize that our business model is out of your industry focus but we believe you have the expertise and knowledge of corporate management to help us.
On a side note, our Chairman/CEO, Eliot Barton, spent 10 years in the oil business in Colorado.
Maybe you will also find our project a nice diversion from everything you've been through lately.
I would like to introduce you to EventAmerica, the event entertainment marketplace (to be).
We plan on becoming the dominate brand in "individual" VIP hospitality, the dominate brand for event information on the Web and have a cable network idea to wrap all around our vision.
We also have a great foundation idea that will act as a "sister" corporation and help us "give back" and build our brand even stronger.
We envision a global rollout of our model.
We truly believe we can be a top entertainment company with an expansive global presence.
We want to be the "best" to market, not the fastest, etc.
Hopefully you are a sports enthusiast and may have attended several events whereby you can relate to what we are going to offer our customers.
If you get a chance, please see the website of one of our new advisors, Jeff Cable, at www.prosportmktg.com.
Jeff is going to introduce us to Joe Montana and several other athletes and will take our business plan directly to Harris Barton of www.championventures.com.
| EventAmerica Intro & Offer |
Jeff, Congratulations!--on your amazing successes and your uncanny ability to make good decisions.
I've always held you in the highest regard for being the smartest person I ever worked with.
I'm certain it's been a tough few weeks as you wrestled with your choice.
In a small way I can relate and if others were willing to speak out you would find that you're far from alone.
| Passages |
<<MF May 1st 2001.pdf>> Good Tuesday Morning - Comments From The Local Guys!
The National Association of Purchasing Managers report for April this morning was essentially unchanged versus March.
The actual number was 43.2.
Any number below 50 indicates that the manufacturing sector is still contracting.
So, while this contraction is still in effect, it does seem as if the inventory drawdown is continuing apace, which is a positive.
The 30-year US T-Bond yield is 5.72%.
The 10-year yield is 5.28%.
The 5-year is trading at 4.83%.
Spot crude oil is trading at $28.85 p/b.
Natural Gas - Henry Hub - is trading at $4.70 p/mcf.
AD Time: New Federal Insider-Trading Rule (Rule 10b5-1) have been adopted by the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This rule greatly enhances an insider's/employee's ability to trade his/her corporate shares during blackout periods.
Previously, without the protection of this new SEC rule, employees and insiders could safely trade only outside of designated blackout windows.
Under this new rule, insiders/employees may have the ability to purchase and sell their corporate shares even during blackout periods if a written plan was established and in force when the insider/employee was not in possession of material, non-public information.
The new rule contains other restrictions and should be reviewed carefully.
Lehman Brothers has established a turn-key plan that take into account the regulatory procedures for establishing such a plan.
Please email us or call us for more information.
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| The Morning Market Call - Tuesday May 1st, 2001. |
Hello, Jeff, I know you must be quite busy with calls for interviews following your recent announcement that you were leaving Enron.
However, I'm hoping if you have a moment today, you could provide 2 or 3 quotes about your decision and where you're heading next for McKinsey & Company's internal news Web site, NewsNetwork, which has loyal readership across our Firm.
Our upcoming deadline is tomorrow afternoon in time for our Monday, August 20 edition.
Given that we covered you once before on NN (see article below) we believe this article would make for an important and worthy follow up.
I will take the liberty of calling you today to ensure you received this message.
Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.
Warm Regards,
| A few quotes for McKinsey's internal NewsNetwork? |
Jeff, Like everyone else in the world, I was really surprised by your annoucement.
I hope the personal issues that caused you to take this step fall into the category of "manageable" with more time and attention.
Just wanted you to know that I am thinking about you.
Best wishes, Les +-------------------------------------------------------------+
| Thinking about you |
Hi Jeff: I'd love to sit down and talk with you in more detail about your decision to leave Enron.
If at any point you feel comfortable talking about it, how about doing so in the Chronicle?
I'm sure you're aware of the speculation and rumors out there and how that's hurting the stock.
Talking to me would be an opportunity for you to stop the negative chatter.
Aside from that, I think there's a genuine interest in the community in your decision.
I'm sure there are plenty of executives at other companies who would love to read to about it, and wish they had the guts to do what you did.
End of pitch.
Laura
| Houston Chronicle interview |
Dear Jeff: I learned about your decision to resign from the CEO role at Enron.
As a McKinsey alum who has watched you transform Enron from a pipeline operator to the world's foremost energy/trading company, it is hard for me to imagine Enron without you.
Enron's strategies based on 'options thinking' and investments in growth options inspired my work on 'real options' which turned out to be the winner in McKinsey's worldwide Practice Olympics in 1995 (thought you might like a copy of an offshoot).
I left McKinsey to join Morgan Stanley in 1997 and I am currently running KnowledgeCube, a venture capital firm with a couple of McKinsey alums such as Ali Hanna (Stamford) and some classmates from MIT.
Our Advisors include the Heads of Entrepreneurship at MIT, Stanford, Harvard, CMU and Cornell.
Our investors include Rajat Gupta of McKinsey, the CEO Hughes Networks and MDs from institutions such as AIG and CSFB.
KnowledgeCube has just launched a $150M Energy Fund which would invest in IT companies that seek to enhance the productivity of the energy sector.
We have partnered with some folks with global relationships and knowledge of the space including Lord Cecil Parkinson (Energy Secretary of UK).
I was wondering if I could persuade you to be a part of the KnowledgeCube network as a Lead Partner, Advisor or Investor.
I will arrange to send some more information on KnowledgeCube and the proposed Energy Fund to your home address if that is OK with you.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Regards,
| McKinsey alums/Energy Fund |
Dear Jeff, In case you do not recall my name, I organized the Conference series for PDVSA that hosted President Bush (41), Lou Noto, Harry Longwell, etc.
in 96, James A Baker III, et.
al.
in 97 and Robert Mosbacher , Jeff Skilling and others in 98.
Anyway, today after reading the Wall Street Journal, it could appear outright impertinent to contact you.
I chose to believe exactly the opposite.
Attached you will find an invitation to an interesting energy/ IT event.
I think you will be able to judge the merits of attending on your own.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all the best in your upcoming professional opportunities.
Best regards,
| Invitation--Tom Peters/Sapient Event |
Jeff, I just wanted to wish you well.
I enjoyed working with you at Enron and gained a lot under your leadership.
If I can be of assistance to you in any way, please feel free to contact me.
| Best Wishes |
Dear Jeff, Had a send a note to tell you I'm thinking of you and hope you're well.
Heard the news at work late yesterday (Wednesday).
I don't know the details of this but it was a tough call, I'm sure, and I'm in your corner all the way.
As I've told you, you have made all of us so proud and I love you very much.
I know I'll learn more about all that's transpired but wanted you to know I'm thinking of you.
This has undoubtedly been a period of much thought, soul searching and reflection.
I'm going to get you up to Alaska, yet.
Tried to interest Jeffrey during our January meeting.
The region is just gorgeous!
A Chicago Federal Appeals Court judge, of all people---a gentleman by the name of Frank
| THINKING OF YOU..HOPE YOU'RE WELL |
Jeff, We met at moderators training in Dallas.
I saw the announcement that you stepped down for personal reasons.
Please do not forget your forum as they are a great resource at times like these.
If you need an other trusting, confidential ear please do not hesitate to call me or one of the others you met at moderators training.
Just a quick note to say good luck and you are not alone.
Norman
| We met @ YPO |
Jeff, Enron just lost one of the best thinkers, innovators, doers, and people I've ever worked with.
It is a great loss for a company you've worked so hard to build up and I'm not sure they can recover or prosper.
I've still got a note to call you and see if we can get together for dinner when I'm in Houston.
I want to see this house you've built and catch up.
Let me know the best way to reach you now.
Regards,
| loss of a leader |
Jeff - - - Let me add to my best wishes for you and Rebecca that I conveyed the other night at Vallone's, my sincere hopes that the next post Enron-CEO phase of your life brings you personal happiness, fulfillment, fun and contentment.
Although we often had different perspectives, my one-on-one sessions trying to get deals past you, while few in number, were some of the most stimulating and challenging I experienced here.
I regret we never worked closely together - - you're the only really smart guy I've been unable to convince of/ demonstrate my value to in my working life.
I think Ken Rice owes me for pissing you off and getting deselected to head the new US electricity efforts in '93!
On a more somber note, I admired you for going over to Teeside last week to face the families.
I can still remember vividly the faces, the destruction, the emotions in the hours after the San Juan Gas explosion in 1996.
It was hard for awhile to get motivated to press ahead with the power/LNG project in the face of that tragedy and the distant thought that, gee, I'll be responsible for bringing the new facility to this island.
Am I sure it won't kill people?
If there was a catalyst or "straw" that tipped you across the line in asking how hard you're willing to fight just to keep doing the CEO job, instead of every other direction you could take your life, it wouldn't surprise me if the experience at Teeside was it.
One changes, even if only subtly, after that kind of experience.
Thanks for treating me civilly even when you were the most angry with the rest of EI.
Good luck with your new marriage and the next phase of your life.
| Best Wishes |
Dear Jeff, I was saddened to hear that you have decided to leave Enron.
I couldn't help but reflect back to this past April when I had the opportunity to travel with you for two consecutive days to Harvard and NYU and remember the pearls of wisdom that you imparted about business on our flight.
I will remember them always!
I would like to wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors and thank you for a great two years that I have had with the A/A program here at Enron.
I will find it a great honor if you feel that I can be of any assistance in the future.
Thank you.
| Thank you! |
Jeff, you will be missed by many, many people here at Enron.
I know that I and the rest of the internal communications team (Sarah and Courtney) will miss working with you and will miss your engaging management style.
You helped us raise employee communications to a fresh new level, and you'll be a hard act to follow at floor meetings, breakfasts, videos, etc.
I wish you the best in everything you do going forward.
Have fun, take care and God bless.
| Thanks for the memories |
So I guess getting together for that beer is out?
<smile> Good luck to you and I hope you continue to have great success.
Maybe I'll catch up with you on the next MS150!
| Causal Chatting.... |
Attached is a draft press release announcing Cliff's resignation.
This is scheduled to be issued tomorrow, following the distribution of the internal memo.
Please let me know if you have any comments or changes.
Thank you.
| Baxter Press Release |
Dear Jeff, I just wanted to let you know that you will be greatly missed here.
Enron won't seem the same without you.
There have been a few tears shed today, and I'll admit, a couple of them were mine.
I've personally had a blast getting to know you over the past couple of years.
I'll have an extra gin and tonic tonight in your honor.
I wish you the very best in in all your new ventures.
Just don't forget us little people!
Hugs and cheers, Sarah.
P.S.
The least you could do is come down to the 47th floor to hug the Internal Communications girls goodbye and maybe sign a poster or two before you leave!
:-)
| Now that it's public...congratulations |
Good Afternoon, Mr. Skilling.
I just heard of your resignation.
I wanted to personally "Thank You" for being such a positive influence for ALL the employees of Enron.
You have always carried yourself as "Enron" and have helped placing a positive knowledge to the community of what Enron and its employee's truly are.
I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors and in life in general.
I am deeply saddened by this news that you are leaving, but can not help but feel happy for you.
(as this was your decision) May God Bless you.
Best Regards,
| Best of Luck |
It is with regret that I have to announce that Jeff Skilling is leaving Enron.
Today, the Board of Directors accepted his resignation as President and CEO of Enron.
Jeff is resigning for personal reasons and his decision is voluntary.
I regret his decision, but I accept and understand it.
I have worked closely with Jeff for more than 15 years, including 11 here at Enron, and have had few, if any, professional relationships that I value more.
I am pleased to say that he has agreed to enter into a consulting arrangement with the company to advise me and the Board of Directors.
Now it's time to look forward.
With Jeff leaving, the Board has asked me to resume the responsibilities of President and CEO in addition to my role as Chairman of the Board.
I have agreed.
I want to assure you that I have never felt better about the prospects for the company.
All of you know that our stock price has suffered substantially over the last few months.
One of my top priorities will be to restore a significant amount of the stock value we have lost as soon as possible.
Our performance has never been stronger; our business model has never been more robust; our growth has never been more certain; and most importantly, we have never had a better nor deeper pool of talent throughout the company.
We have the finest organization in American business today.
Together, we will make Enron the world's leading company.
On Thursday at 10:00 a.m. Houston time, we will hold an all employee meeting at the Hyatt.
We will broadcast the meeting to our employees around the world where technically available, and I look forward to seeing many of you there.
| Organizational Announcement |
Jeff, I hope the information below will be of benefit you your efforts.
Please review and pass to the appropriate people.
The risks associated with data-intensive information technology projects are overwhelming.
The business and IT people responsible for working with corporate data often discover that it is poorly documented, unreliable, and spread out among different computing environments.
Data-specific projects like e-business, merger & acquisition-related business systems consolidation, data warehousing, customer relationship management, supply chain management, business intelligence, etc often fall short of the benefits they were designed to provide.
In addition: "The amount of data that most organizations have created and the inconsistencies that exist in that data make it more of a liability than an asset."
The Gartner Group "Only 17% of corporate projects that require integration, migration or consolidation of data succeed.
83% of these initiatives either over run or fail.
The key reason being a lack of understanding of the source data."
The Standish Group Evoke Software's AXIO product suite enables companies to accelerate and enhance their business initiatives and deployments of new applications.
AXIO automates the analysis of corporate data residing in disparate systems across the enterprise.
It discovers data relationships and dependencies and identifies data quality issues, inconsistencies between different systems housing similar information, and incompatibilities between data sources and target systems.
The results of this process-accurate metadata about existing systems-are stored in the Evoke Repository and are used to develop accurate maps and transformation specifications that drive subsequent extract, transform and load or application integration processes.
AXIO sometimes gets confused with data cleansing and ETL Tools.
Evoke's products do not move or cleanse your data.
We provide the ground-zero analysis of data from any source to ensure the success of your data-specific projects and avoid costly re-work of data issues.
The attached document explains the business reasons why companies like IBM, AT&T, Agilent and Kraft utilize our technology to reduce risk and increase time to market of their enterprise projects.
Please review the document at your leisure.
If you should have any questions please call me at (972) 383-1220.
<<Accelerating Data Conversion Projects 06-12-01.doc>> Sincerely,
| Evoke Data Analysis & mapping |
Respected Sirs: This is Xafira Mendonsa, one of the nominees to your round table held on November 14, 2000.
Just felt like writing these few lines telling you that - It was great being with you in Houston.
Thanks so much for giving us the chance to work for your Company in India.
It is really very depressing to see things going bad, but I love and treasure Enron very much and along with Enron you will always be remembered by each one of us.
I have worked for this Company for 7 long years and it has been a home for me and for my family as my husband and son also work in the same project.
How I wish this project would go on and on and I could retire in the same company.
Unfortunately things are not rosy here anymore.
However, I am opted to accept new challenges and jobs across the Enron Corp. world-wide - if given an opportunity.
Here in Mumbai, I have been recently promoted from an Executibe Secretary to an Administration Officer.
I request you to keep me in mind and give me a chance to serve the Company anywere outside India.
Once again, I thank Enron for treating its employees so well and making us all feel important and wanted.
I am proud to be associated with Enron and it is for that reason that I want to work for you till I retire.
| Hello - From India -[Please Read] |
Boys, Brother Skilling is at it yet again.
This time from the heartland at old 3058 Yale.
As you can see, our chapter has decided to overlook Rocky's many, many trips to the roof in the early 70's and bestow a Distinguished Beta Award on his ass.
I would think that any compromising pictures one might have of Brother Skilling would be extremely appropo for this occasion.
I, for one, will be unable to attend due to the Redhead's and my 30th H.S.
reunion in Corpus on that day, but if you have anything young Adrew M Carty could use, I'm certain he would appreciate.
He's also obviously the contact arrange your presence there, should you be so inclined.
Yours in -kai-,
| [smu-betas] Fwd: Beta at SMU |
My friends, It is with some regret that I must tell you that I am leaving EBS & Enron as of Aug. 15th.
I have learned a lot during my long tenure at EBS.
Admittedly, some of what I've learned is how not to start a business; but I've also learned numerous positives around teamwork, management, setting goals, and defining new product markets.
All in all, I have definitely come out of the experience enriched.
What I regret the most is having to leave all of you.
I believe very strongly in the role of good people in achieving greatness.
And I have worked with some very brilliant, creative people while at EBS.
All of you have, in one way or another, enriched my life and work.
I really appreciate that.
If I had a single wish before I left, I would like for Enron to better understand that to achieve greatness as a company, it is not sufficient to "will" it to occur.
At a minimum, it requires the right people, with the right skills, and the right knowledge, in the right area, and at the right time.
The key emphasis here is people.
People can't guarantee success; but they are a necessary prerequisite.
I will continue to be available till the 15th to transition any projects, knowledge, or whatever people need.
And after the 15th, I will be around from time-to-time on a consulting basis with various Enron groups.
My current plan is to stay in the Houston area for the foreseeable future, primarily consulting and working with various organizations to support entrepreneurship in the area.
Please feel free to contact me at any time to talk on any topic.
I'll leave you with one of my favorite quotes: "We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails" Thank you.
| Closing Remarks |
Jeff, I am a cofounder of Inknowvator Inc.
I live in Houston, actually Gene Humphrey is my next door neighbor.
Our new Idea Manager solution was recently selected by Xcelerator to identify, develop and select new ventures.
This was put on hold following the recent management change.
Oddly enough, the Knowledge Management group, then housed in EES, also thought we were the "best thing since sliced bread" and wanted to bring us in as an Enron corporate offering.
As you know, that group was disbanded.
I was interested in your participation in the Revolutionaries Ball.
We are in discussions with Gary Hamel's company, Strategos.
It turned out that we have very similar clients and our software solution can be a natural enabler for Strategos's approach to innovation (Halliburton is our latest corporate innovation client).
Also, we can target our solution at venture management (Xcelerator), M&A (Chevron-Texaco) and new service development (Schlumberger).
I believe that we are an ideal solution for Enron to identify and develop new business ventures, to enhance current products and services, and to share ideas and learnings across the company.
I would like to meet with you to discuss our solution I look forward to hearing from you.
Regards,
| Inknowvator Inc. & Revolutionaries Ball |
Jeff, On Saturday, September 29th, I am being honored with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society's Hope Award during their annual Maxine Mesinger Dinner of Champions event.
This award is beinggiven to me due to the hard work and dedication that BMC Software employees have shown this great cause through the years.
I understand that you were the recipient of this award last year, so you know that the key to a successful event is the selection of the dinner committee, which is then used to build the invitation list and to build excitement for attending the event from local leaders.
Of course, the key to successfully developing the dinner committee is the selection of the Chairman of the committee.
I would be honored if you would agree to serve as the Chairman of the dinner committee.
You were the first name that came to mind and the best person I could hope for to assure a successful event.
I am told that your personal time commitment would be very minimal.
It would require your attendance at the dinner event on September 29th in downtown Houston.
The dinner is typically from 7:00pm until 10:00pm,but the actual ceremony is less than 30 minutes long with some brief comments by you and then an acceptance speech given by yours truly.
The primary obligation beyond attending the event would be to allow us to use your name and signature in sending out the invitations to the dinner committee members.
I would provide you with a recommended invitation list.
The MS team would make sure that your time and image would be well respected.
Thank you Jeff,
| MS Society Opportunity |
A married couple is driving down the interstate doing 55 mph.
The husband is behind the wheel.
His wife looks over at him.
"Honey, I know we've been married for 15 years, but, I want a divorce."
The husband says nothing but slowly increases speed to 60 mph.
"I don't want you to try to talk me out of it, because I've been having an affair with your best friend, and he's a better lover than you."
Again the husband stays quiet and just speeds up as his anger increases.
"I want the house also."
Again the husband speeds up, and now is doing 75 mph.
"I want the kids too."
The husband just keeps driving faster and faster, now he's up to 85 mph.
"And I want the car, the checking account, and all the credit cards."
The husband slowly starts to veer toward a bridge overpass piling as the speedometer reaches 90 mph.
"You're taking this incredibly calmly," the wife says.
"Isn't there anything that you want?"
"No, I have everything I need."
"What's that?"
"The airbag."
| ... |
Dear Mr. Skilling, Thank you very much for taking the time to meet with me today.
Joannie told me how extremely busy your schedule is, and I feel honored that you were willing to spare some of your time to get to know one of your interns; it really says a lot.
Best of wishes to you and your brother, and I hope that we get a chance to meet again...next year!
Sincerely,
| Thank You |
Mr. Skilling, I realize this message may seem quite unexpected, but I could not resist.
It's been a long time since I knew you at FoxFire Cabins.
Since then I have completed my undergraduate degree at Trinity University and recently my MBA at the University of Texas San Antonio.
In my current job search for a marketing career, I found a marketing position open at Enron and applied for it.
As I researched the company, one that I have watched in the past because of your connection, I saw that you are now President and CEO.
Your success is quite remarkable.
I just wanted to re-introduce myself to you as an adult and recent graduate and hope that somewhere in the future there may be an opportunity to work at Enron.
Also, as a very successful MBA yourself, I welcome any advice you may provide a newcomer to the business world.
Hope you are doing well with all your endeavors.
Sincerely,
| From FoxFire, To an MBA -- I've Come A Long Way |
Mr. Skilling, Hopefully you are aware of some of the changes that have occurred here.
On a corporate level, your people are in touch with our people and the services we provide Enron continue with no disruption.
In fact, our technology people and some of our senior level executives are in town today from New York visiting with your people on how we can not only continue but improve and enhance the corporate services we provide Enron.
You are a very important client and I'm confident you will be happy with everything we can do going forward.
On your personal account, I have put contact information below on the team handling your personal account (s).
Your brother Mark has been in contact with the team and has indicated he will be helping you on some of your personal assets going forward.
For your protection, we won't disclose anything to anybody without your written permission.
UBS/PaineWebber looks forward to working with Enron in the future.
If there is anything else we can do on a corporate level we are available.
Joe Grano, the chairman of UBS/PaineWebber has expressed a personal interest in meeting with you at your convenience as have several other top executives.
Let me know if you have a need, desire , or interest in such a meeting, no agenda on our side except for what we can do for you.
I also want to express my confidence in the team I have assisting you on any personal funds.
They are my best.
| Corporate and Personal relationship |
Good morning Mr. Skilling.
When I arrive at work today the only e-mail I had was the EES Distribution, and my first though was great my day is going to go well.
When I open and realised it was an opportunity to ask you a question, I though long and hard about it.
The reasons being is that most of the little people in a company of this size never really get their voices heard on any issue, and being a contractor make it even harder so why would this be any different.
Another concern was, will a person like yourself really have time in your busy schedule to read and answer every e-mail, phone call all or written correspondence he receives from an employee.
But Mr Skilling I am taking the chance that you yourself can hear this voice .
My question to you this morning is very important to me and I am quite sure to many others like myself.
I would like to know why is it that Enron spend so much money, training and time on contractors like myself, only to turn around and hire someone else to do the same job that the contractors are doing already.
Wouldn't it be easier and cheaper to offer the job to the contractor, or just give them the opportunity to accept or decline the offer.?
Mr. Skilling I think that Enron is a great company to work for because of all the information, that I have learned in my eight months of employment.
But like most company their is always room for improvements.
Also Mr. Skilling this is not a pitch for employment, it just a question of concern.
Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you.
I wish that your day will be a great and less busy one.
Have a great day.
Hope to hear from you soon.
| My Concerns |
Jeff, We are very excited to have you join us as a keynote speaker and just wanted to re-confirm your speaking times at our conference in September.
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Friday, September 21 - Keynote "Enron and the New Integration Model" 9:15 - 10:30 a.m. Friday, September 21 - Breakout Session "Questions & Answers" Should you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call or email us.
Thanks and we look forward to seeing you in September.
Cindy Kunze Executive Assistant to William Haack cindy.kunze@haack.com 414/259-8802
| YPO Regional Conference in Aspen - September 20 - 23, 2001 |
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