Message-ID: <18495197.1075843854672.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 14:45:00 -0800 (PST) From: jeff.dasovich@enron.com To: sgovenar@govadv.com, mpalmer@enron.com, karen.denne@enron.com, susan.mara@enron.com, mday@gmssr.com, paul.kaufman@enron.com, sandra.mccubbin@enron.com, richard.shapiro@enron.com, james.steffes@enron.com, harry.kingerski@enron.com Subject: Re: Direct Access Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Jeff Dasovich X-To: Scott Govenar , mpalmer@enron.com, Karen Denne, Susan J Mara, MDay@GMSSR.com, Paul Kaufman, Sandra McCubbin, Richard Shapiro, James D Steffes, Harry Kingerski X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Jeff_Dasovich_June2001\Notes Folders\Sent X-Origin: DASOVICH-J X-FileName: jdasovic.nsf Sue: Could you use your contacts with Edelman to get on the phone with Scott, Mark and Karen to jump start this thing? Best, Jeff Scott Govenar 02/21/2001 08:26 AM To: Hedy Govenar , Mike Day , Bev Hansen , Jeff Dasovich , Susan J Mara , Joseph Alamo , Paul Kaufman , Michael McDonald , David Parquet , Rick Johnson , Marcie Milner , Sandra McCubbin , Tim Belden , Rick Shapiro , Jim Steffes , Alan Comnes , Chris Calger , Mary Hain , Joe Hartsoe , Donna Fulton , Steven Kean , Karen Denne , Beverly Aden , Bill Votaw , Carol Moffett , Debora Whitehead , Dennis Benevides , Don Black , Dorothy Youngblood , "dblack@enron.com" , "emelvin@enron.com" , "ehughes2@enron.com" , "gweiss@enron.com" , "gsavage@enron.com" , "Harry.Kingerski@enron.com" , "kgustafs@enron.com" , Mike D Smith , "ryang@enron.com" , "sgahn@enron.com" , "vsharp@enron.com" , "wcurry@enron.com" , "William.S.Bradford@enron.com" cc: Subject: Direct Access The direct access coalition had a conference call today to discuss strategy. The Chamber, Retailers and the Manufacturers met with the Governor's office and Senator Burton to discuss DA. The Retailers and the Manufacturers came away somewhat disenchanted. There was little support for DA, especially from Senator Burton, and the Governor's office was unfocused. The Chamber wasn't as pessimistic as the others because the Governor's office was focused on other things and did not necessarily shoot down DA. As requested, I urged the group to utilize Edelman Public Relations who is under contract to AREM. The group as whole was very supportive. There was some reluctance for fear of upsetting Senator Bowen and Governor Davis. Several members of the coalition, including the Manufacturers, Retailers, Grocers and myself, dismissed those fears and took the tact that the time is now and we have little to lose given recent statements by legislators and the administration. Aaron Thomas with AES agreed to contact AREM and Edelman to develop a strategy but I think a call from Enron directly to AREM would be beneficial to speed the process up. The group is going to meet with DWR and continue their individual lobbying efforts. Their intent is to address the bonding and net short fears raised by finance and DWR. Enron had discussed hiring bond counsel. Has this occurred, and if so, should attend the DWR meeting? The group is also going to meet with TURN to try and address their core/non-core issues, if possible in order to try and get them on board with the coalition proposal.