Message-ID: <23662677.1075852742974.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 23:44:56 -0700 (PDT) From: andrew.edison@enron.com To: t..hodge@enron.com, dan.lyons@enron.com Subject: FW: follow up Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Edison, Andrew X-To: Hodge, Jeffrey T. , Lyons, Dan X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \JHODGE (Non-Privileged)\Hodge, Jeffrey T.\Inbox X-Origin: Hodge-J X-FileName: JHODGE (Non-Privileged).pst Take a look at this. A good friend of mine runs the pro bono C-Bar service. She was recently named by the Texas Lawyer as one of the 40 best lawyers in the state under the age of 40. More details below. Read the e-mail. Know anyone at Enron who would be interested? Andy -----Original Message----- From: "Heather Way" @ENRON Sent: Mon 10/22/2001 4:54 PM To: Edison, Andrew Cc: Subject: RE: follow up Hi Andy. Thank you for the very nice message. All is very well in Austin. How's Houston and the horse? Hope we can get down to Houston soon. Have you gotten to meet Ella yet? By the way, I finally got to make a C-BAR presentation to Bracewell in Houston, which Marcy organizated, and the firm is now actively involved. I really like Marcy--she is very cool. Your message reminded me of ENRON and how I have sent a couple of unanswered messages to Jim Derrick at the recommendation of Scott Atlas to see if we can get get Enron attorneys involved and/or to get an Enron attorney to serve on our Houston advisory board. I believe Scott said he had talked to Jim about 2 years ago about getting Enron to partner with V&E attorneys on transactional pro bono matters. Scott said Jim sounded interested and suggested I contact him as well. What is the current status of pro bono there? We work very closely with V&E and are still very interested in the partnership model. Attached is additional info for corporate counsel and the role they can play in C-BAR. On the advisory board front, we are currently looking for transactional attorneys to serve on a new Houston advisory board for C-BAR as well as a newly restructured statewide operating board. Would love to have an Enron attorney serve on one of the boards. The quick and easy low down is that the advisory board is a very minimal commitment with 1-2 meetings a year in Houston, and the operating board will serve as a more traditional operating board, with 4 meetings a year. More info is below. Any recommendations of Enron attorneys?? Here's more background on C-BAR and the boards: Texas Community Building with Attorney Resources ("Texas C-BAR") is a statewide pro bono initiative for corporate counsel and other business law/transactional attorneys. The mission of our organization is two-fold: (1) Empower low income people and strengthen low income neighborhoods in Texas by providing pro bono legal services to community-based nonprofits in Texas that serve low income individuals and communities, with an emphasis on affordable housing development activities; and (2) Provide attorneys who have specialized transactional skills with increased opportunities to apply these skills to benefit low income communities. Since Texas C-BAR was founded in 2000, Legal Aid of Central Texas has been our sponsoring organization, but Texas C-BAR is a statewide project and operates with an independent advisory board. Now that Texas C-BAR has gotten off the ground, we are working on building 3 regional advisory boards as well as a new statewide operating board to help us build on our first-year successes and explore ways to expand our pro bono opportunities for transactional lawyers. Serving on the board of C-BAR offers attorneys the opportunity to be part of an exciting, innovative project. As the only statewide business law project in Texas, attorneys who serve on our boards will be able to play an influential role in the future of business law pro bono and have a long-term, positive impact on low income neighborhoods throughout the state. Information about the duties of these boards follows: Operating Board A. Expectations: 1. 3-year staggered terms; maximum of 2 terms 2. Serve on at least one committee (executive committee, development, nominations, outreach) 3. Attend board meetings (quarterly meetings) 4. Participate in special events for C-BAR 5. Public Relations: be an advocate for the organization in the community 6. Fundraising**** a. actively participate in C-BAR fundraising activities b. personally support C-BAR (cash and in-kind) c. identify and cultivate potential donors 7. Assume leadership roles in board activities including fundraising 8. Guide the development of C-BAR policies/strategic planning B. Legal Duties: none at this time (since C-BAR is a project of Legal Aid of Central Texas, which has its own operating board) Regional Advisory Boards: A. Three regions: Houston, Dallas-FW, Central Texas (Austin-SA) B. Expectations: 1. 3-year staggered terms 2. Attend 1-2 advisory board meetings a year in the region 3. Public Relations: be an advocate for the organization in the community 4. Fundraising: assist with the fundraising activities of the operating board, as requested 5. Assist with outreach to attorneys/nonprofits 6. Advise operating board and staff on development of programming and policy direction -----Original Message----- From: Edison, Andrew [] Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 10:12 AM To: Heather Way Subject: Heather - I just heard that the Texas Lawyer listed you as one of the top 40 lawyers in the state under the age of 40. Although I have not seen or read the article, that is a terrific accomplishment. Congratulations. The work you do provides an incredible service to the community and you deserve all the accolades. Hope all is well in Austin. Please give my best to Bill. Andy ********************************************************************** This e-mail is the property of Enron Corp. and/or its relevant affiliate and may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient (s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive for the recipient), please contact the sender or reply to Enron Corp. at enron.messaging.administration@enron.com and delete all copies of the message. This e-mail (and any attachments hereto) are not intended to be an offer (or an acceptance) and do not create or evidence a binding and enforceable contract between Enron Corp. 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