Message-ID: <24679930.1075863431551.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 06:16:27 -0700 (PDT) From: j.kaminski@enron.com To: paul.quilkey@enron.com Subject: RE: Christian Cc: a..roberts@enron.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bcc: a..roberts@enron.com X-From: Kaminski, Vince J X-To: Quilkey, Paul X-cc: Roberts, Mike A. X-bcc: X-Folder: \VKAMINS (Non-Privileged)\Kaminski, Vince J\Sent Items X-Origin: Kaminski-V X-FileName: VKAMINS (Non-Privileged).pst Paul, I am glad you sent me this message. It will help to clarify a few issues. 1. I was contacted by Christian (this means I did not start this phase of the process) last Friday, as far as I can remember. Christian expressed interest in joining the Research Group. I told him two things: a. We would be delighted to have him here. b. Our mutual relationship and good practices require that he receives your blessing before we can move ahead. We agreed to have a conference call Wed morning, your time, with you, Christian and Mike Roberts. 2. Wednesday call was subsequently cancelled by Christian. Mike and I decided to call you anyway Thu morning your time, directly, to discuss the matter. I was in a PRC all afternoon and asked Mike to call you in case I could not sneak out to join him. Mike called and was told you were out sick. 3. I am leaving in a few hours for California. I shall be driving back to Houston for the next 3 days. Please, feel free to call Mike an discuss this matter with him in my absence. 4. I think Christian has a strong preference to be in the Research Group, assuming he moves to Houston. I think he came to this conclusion after visiting Houston in early July. I did not bring up the issue of transfer with him at all when he was here. I can understand his motivation and think we should take his preferences into account. But the first issue is if he can leave Sydney at all. I hope it helps. Cheers. Vince -----Original Message----- From: Quilkey, Paul Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 4:08 AM To: Kaminski, Vince J Subject: Christian Vince I have spoken to Christian and explained to him that he is critical to our local operations and should provide 100% focus on his role here. As a small office it would be devestating for us should Christian be lured away. I would appreciate you calling me rather than working through Christian on this matter. Rgds Paul