Message-ID: <14095907.1075856542440.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:39:00 -0700 (PDT) From: vince.kaminski@enron.com To: vkaminski@aol.com Subject: Ameriflash Newsletter Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: Vince J Kaminski X-To: vkaminski@aol.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Vincent_Kaminski_Jun2001_4\Notes Folders\'sent mail X-Origin: Kaminski-V X-FileName: vkamins.nsf ---------------------- Forwarded by Vince J Kaminski/HOU/ECT on 10/27/2000= =20 04:46 PM --------------------------- Shirley Crenshaw 10/24/2000 10:19 AM To: Vince J Kaminski/HOU/ECT@ECT cc: =20 Subject: Ameriflash Newsletter Michell Vitrella called and wanted to know if the "Research Group" would like to submit an article for the next issue of the ENA Newsletter=20 ("Ameriflash) They need to have the article by tomorrow. Thanks! Shirley ---------------------- Forwarded by Shirley Crenshaw/HOU/ECT on 10/24/2000= =20 10:15 AM --------------------------- =20 =09 =09 =09From: Michelle Vitrella 10/24/2000 09:53 AM =09 To: Shirley Crenshaw/HOU/ECT@ECT cc: =20 Subject: Ameriflash Newsletter ---------------------- Forwarded by Michelle Vitrella/HOU/ECT on 10/24/2000= =20 09:54 PM --------------------------- =20 =09Enron North America Corp. =09 =09From: ENA Public Relations @ ENRON 10/19/2000= =20 08:25 PM =09 Sent by: Enron Announcements@ENRON To: All_ENA_EGM_EIM cc: =20 Subject: Ameriflash Newsletter NOTE FROM MARK FREVERT With the wide and varied activities of our three organizations, we created= =20 this e-mail newsletter to keep everyone better informed about our various= =20 businesses. I hope you find it informative and more importantly, that you= =20 will use this newsletter to help spread the word about the successes in you= r=20 group. To provide content for future e-mails, contact Michelle Vitrella in our=20 Public Relations group via e-mail or call her at ext. 3-9767. Communicatio= n=20 is one of the core Enron values and I believe this is a great way to improv= e=20 communication across our wholesale businesses. Additionally, I would like to again encourage everyone to take a few minute= s=20 to complete =01&The Pulse=018 survey. This annual survey regarding the wor= k=20 experience at Enron and how we can make it better is an important part of t= he=20 two-way communication process at Enron. Please go to the Enron intranet an= d=20 type survey.enron.com. It only takes a few minutes, it=01,s confidential a= nd=20 your comments will help make Enron a better place to work. BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS Natural Gas Middle Marketing=01,s biggest trade of the year so far occurred this month.= The=20 significant transaction was a five year, multimillion dollar restructuring= =20 with a subsidiary of Formosa Plastics, one of the world=01,s largest produc= ers=20 of polyvinyl chloride. Additionally, Continental Airlines, the fifth largest US carrier, has hedge= d=20 a considerable amount (1.2 million barrels/month) of crude oil. Winter=20 Nymex hedges were put in place for the undisputed heavyweight chip champ of= =20 the world, Frito Lay. Pulp & Paper With the acquisition of Garden State Paper and launch of Clickpaper.com,=20 Enron is creating an efficient spot physical market for pulp and paper=20 commodities. Buyers and sellers will benefit from improved price=20 transparency and reliability and access to Enron=01,s online financial mark= ets. Improved price transparency and the ability to imbed financial derivatives= =20 into physical trading flows will facilitate the growth of Enron=01,s tradin= g=20 business. To date, Clickpaper.com has traded over 1 millions tons of pulp= =20 and paper product with a notional value of over $675 million. Upstream Origination Upstream Origination, headed by Julie Gomez and Jean Mrha, focuses on natur= al=20 gas products to optimize commercial value associated with the natural gas= =20 grid on the continent and in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). Through products su= ch=20 as storage, electric compression and producer services & outsourcing, ENA= =20 creates value for its customers and reconfigures the natural gas=20 infrastructure to be more efficient. In addition, Upstream Origination=20 transactions exploit the unique relationship between development of strateg= ic=20 assets through sophisticated financing structures and the utilization of th= e=20 market information created by those assets. =01&THE PULSE=018 SURVEY RESULTS As of Wednesday, October 18, the total responses to =01&The Pulse=018 from= =20 ENA/EGM/EIM are 689. This is approximately 30% of all employees. Since ou= r=20 goal is a 100% response rate, we have a long way to go! Please take a few= =20 minutes to log on and give Enron your thoughts. The Pulse is located at=20 survey.enron.com on the Enron intranet page. If you like competition, here are the results by group: Commercial - Origination 131 Energy Operations 126 Risk Management and Trading 106 Other/None of the Above 91 Bus. Analysis & Rep./Fin. Ops. 90 Legal 46 Gas Assets 37 Human Resources 30 Tax 18 Technology/IT 14 WELCOME Transferred Into ENA/EIM/EGM ENA - Kathleen Neal/HR, Suzanne Kelly/Infocentral, Tobias Monk/Finance Dire= ct EIM - Eric Connor/Industrial Energy Group EGM - Eric Calub/Global Product Mgmt New Hires ENA/EIM/EGM ENA - Lance Cunningham/CTS Research, Anita Dupont/CTS Research, Yvette=20 Hales/Gas Logistics =01) East, Angela Howell/Equity Trading, Farid Mithani/= Power=20 Risk-Credit EGM - Heather Purcell/Enron Global Markets IN THE NEWS =01&No company illustrates the transformative power of innovation more=20 dramatically than Enron. Over the past decade Enron=01,s commitment to the= =20 invention=01*and later domination=01*of new business categories has taken i= t from a=20 $200 million old-economy pipeline operator to a $40 billion new-economy=20 trading powerhouse.=018 From =01&The World=01,s Most Admired Companies,=018 Fortune, Monday, Octobe= r 2 NUGGETS & NOTES =01&What=01,s the message we=01,re trying to get across?=018 =01) Ray Bowen= , COO EIM =01&I=01,m not a micro-manager=018 - John Lavorato, COO ENA =01&Make it so, number one=018 =01) Jeff Shankman, COO EGM CONTEST Enron is =01& The Most Innovative Company=018 based on Fortune Magazine=01,= s Most=20 Admired Survey. ENA Public Relations is ready to put Enron North America,= =20 Industrial Markets and Global Markets to the test. We need your creative= =20 minds to help name the NEW Electronic Newsletter we now call AmeriFlash. P= ut=20 on your thinking caps and submit your ideas for a new name to=20 michelle.vitrella@enron.com. The ENA Public Relations Team will narrow the= =20 list to the TOP TEN and then send it to our official judge, Mark Frevert, t= o=20 make the final decision. The winner will receive a gift certificate to any= =20 Pappas restaurant. GOOD LUCK!