Message-ID: <29646168.1075846384550.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 14:09:00 -0700 (PDT) From: steven.kean@enron.com To: christie.patrick@enron.com Subject: Re: ENRON UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS Cc: mark.palmer@enron.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Bcc: mark.palmer@enron.com X-From: Steven J Kean X-To: Christie Patrick X-cc: Mark Palmer X-bcc: X-Folder: \Steven_Kean_Dec2000_1\Notes Folders\Sent X-Origin: KEAN-S X-FileName: skean.nsf This could become a very deep pit. I don't want to distract you from the= =20 primary mission, but there may be a solution which gets them what they need= =20 and doesn't pull you away from the North American effort -- you could=20 "deputize" Jane Wilson to help out on this. Jane, as usual, has embedded= =20 herself deeply in the Enron India organization as VP of Gov't Affairs and c= an=20 be a sound source of information for you as well as an agent for you in=20 India. Think about contacting her and getting her help. Also, we have never explicitly talked about whether your focus is North=20 American or world wide. My view is that it is worldwide, but that has to b= e=20 heavily modified by the fact that most Enron employees (current and probabl= y=20 future) are here; while the US has many deficiencies in its education syste= m,=20 graduate education here is the best in the world; and we need to show rapid= =20 early success (and that's best accomplished by sticking close to home at=20 least initially). =09Christie Patrick@ECT =0910/16/2000 05:18 PM =09=09=20 =09=09 To: Steven J Kean/NA/Enron@Enron, Mark Palmer/Corp/Enron@ENRON =09=09 cc:=20 =09=09 Subject: Re: ENRON UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS Mark, Steve, I'd be happy to get us involved with this, but I'm not sure how we're=20 handling non-North American University affairs. Please let me know and I'll follow up with Rajesh. Thanks! --Christie. ---------------------- Forwarded by Christie Patrick/HOU/ECT on 10/16/2000= =20 05:16 PM --------------------------- From: Rajesh Chandra@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT on 10/11/2000 04:49 PM ZE5B To: Mark Palmer@ENRON cc: Christie Patrick@ECT=20 Subject: Re: ENRON UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS =20 Mark -=20 We at Enron India are working on a project to lay Fiber on the state=20 utility's Transmission & Distribution lines and provide bandwidth. We are= =20 talking to the Education Department of the Govt. of Maharashtra, to provide= =20 connectivity to some 2000 colleges and universities in the state of=20 Maharashtra. This is a big commercial opportunity for Enron. Is there so= me=20 help that we can get from your resources in understanding University affair= s. Mark A Palmer, Vice President Corporate Communications From: Mark A Palmer@ENRON on 10/06/2000 07:02 PM CDT Sent by: Enron Announcements@ENRON To: All Enron Worldwide cc: =20 Subject: ENRON UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS Enron Public Affairs has launched a new initiative: ENRON UNIVERSITY=20 AFFAIRS. The overall mission of Enron University Affairs is to broaden the= =20 depth and scope of our relationships with targeted universities through=20 building Enron brand recognition on campuses, leveraging research exchanges= =20 between Enron and the Academic community, and identifying commercial=20 opportunities for Enron. This initiative should also further Enron=01,s ef= forts=20 to hire and retain the world=01,s most innovative employees. Leading this initiative are Christie Patrick, Vice President, Mike Rosen,= =20 Director and Cindy Derecskey, in conjunction with her position as Public=20 Affairs Coordinator will also work with the University Affairs team. Please join me in congratulating Christie, Mike and Cindy on their new=20 responsibilities.