Message-ID: <27828431.1075855919432.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 06:29:00 -0700 (PDT) From: sally.beck@enron.com To: brent.price@enron.com Subject: Re: Todd Hall Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Sally Beck X-To: Brent A Price X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Sally_Beck_Dec2000\Notes Folders\'sent mail X-Origin: Beck-S X-FileName: sbeck.nsf I got your voice mail message and I understand your concerns around Todd's time. I think we have it backwards for James to dictate how and when Todd's help would be needed. I think that we can review the "to do" list from James and get back with him on how much of that we can help with, who would do it, what the timing would be, how we might suggest organizing and prioritizing the work, etc. As I said originally, I knew that Todd would not be interested (nor available) for a month's worth of work. Todd's tendency (remember this with weather, too) is to think that he has to do all of the work himself. He has had enough experience that his organization, guidance and leadership can be very valuable without his doing all of the work himself. If James' list looks long and involved, how could Todd lead these efforts, what kind of team might he ask James to provide, what additional short-term resources might we be able to tap into in Houston, etc. We have to think a little out of the box to offer a potential solution to James. If you are willing, I would be glad to explore this with Todd and challenge him to think about how he could provide leadership to the effort, but not do all of the work. I want him to think like a consultant on these projects, not as the contracted hired help! Let me know what you think. --Sally Brent A Price 08/17/2000 03:55 AM To: Sally Beck/HOU/ECT@ECT cc: Subject: Re: Todd Hall I don't see any huge problems with Todd helping out Continental Power. He needs to spend some time in Oslo anyways reviewing the weather business there. I agree that one month might be unreasonable and would look to Todd to determine the proper timeframe. I will talk to Todd and Mike Jordan regarding the best way to proceed with this. Enron North America Corp. From: Sally Beck 08/16/2000 05:35 PM To: Brent A Price/HOU/ECT@ECT cc: Subject: Todd Hall As we said before, I would like to be able to utilize Todd Hall for special projects from time to time. I had mentioned to Mike Jordan that once Todd completed his CommodityLogic role that I thought that we could take some of his time to follow up on Continental Power issues, which could fit nicely with some work he could do on Weather in Europe. I don't know about the one month timeframe. I would prefer that Todd review the initiatives and determine the best way to proceed. It might mean a couple of weeks over there for starters, and then a follow up, shorter trip a few weeks later. I don't think that Todd is keen on any elongated stays in Europe, particularly without the family. Can we still use Todd ? ---------------------- Forwarded by Sally Beck/HOU/ECT on 08/16/2000 05:29 PM --------------------------- James New 08/16/2000 07:54 AM To: Sally Beck/HOU/ECT@ECT cc: Mike Jordan/LON/ECT@ECT, Brent A Price/HOU/ECT@ECT Subject: Todd Hall Sally, As you are probably aware the Continental Power book split project went well but there were a number of areas which were not completed for one reason or another but essentially IT did not deliver according to the agreed timetable. Todd was instrumental in helping me to drive this forward and was responsible for much of what we achieved. As you may also be aware we had some personnel issues and there have been significant changes in the Continental Risk Management team. We have now recruited a strong manager in Coralie Evans from CSFB and she starts on the 29th of August. We have also added Michelle Waldhauser from the Houston Gas Risk Management team who arrived on the 7th of August. There are a number of issues and developments which would greatly benefit from having Todd here in London for around a month (I say around a month as I am guessing within this period he would want to spend some time in Oslo pushing the weather Risk Management area forward). Attached is a page I put together that cover our immediate needs and why Todd is ideally placed to potentially add an enormous amount of value to the Continental Power business. Could we please get together with Brent Price and Mike Jordan and discuss whether Todd would be available come over. Thanks and regards James