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Subject: EventAmerica Intro & Offer

Jeffrey...  Hope your transition to your next endeavor is smooth and you get some time to relax and enjoy your past work efforts.
While you are relaxing by the pool, maybe you could read some of the attached documents and consider becoming an advisor to our Company?
I realize that our business model is out of your industry focus but we believe you have the expertise and knowledge of corporate management to help us.
On a side note, our Chairman/CEO, Eliot Barton, spent 10 years in the oil business in Colorado.
Maybe you will also find our project a nice diversion from everything you've been through lately.
I would like to introduce you to EventAmerica, the event entertainment marketplace (to be).
We plan on becoming the dominate brand in "individual" VIP hospitality, the dominate brand for event information on the Web and have a cable network idea to wrap all around our vision.
We also have a great foundation idea that will act as a "sister" corporation and help us "give back" and build our brand even stronger.
We envision a global rollout of our model.
We truly believe we can be a top entertainment company with an expansive global presence.
We want to be the "best" to market, not the fastest, etc.
Hopefully you are a sports enthusiast and may have attended several events whereby you can relate to what we are going to offer our customers.
If you get a chance, please see the website of one of our new advisors, Jeff Cable, at www.prosportmktg.com.
Jeff is going to introduce us to Joe Montana and several other athletes and will take our business plan directly to Harris Barton of www.championventures.com.
Subject: Passages

Jeff,   Congratulations!--on  your amazing successes and your uncanny ability to make good  decisions.
I've always held you in the highest regard for being the  smartest person I ever worked with.
I'm certain it's been a tough few  weeks as you wrestled with your choice.
In a small way I can relate and if  others were willing to speak out you would find that you're far from  alone.
Subject: The Morning Market Call - Tuesday May 1st, 2001.

<<MF May 1st 2001.pdf>> 			Good Tuesday Morning - Comments From The Local Guys!
The National Association of Purchasing Managers report for April this morning was essentially unchanged versus March.
The actual number was 43.2.
Any number below 50 indicates that the manufacturing sector is still contracting.
So, while this contraction is still in effect, it does seem as if the inventory drawdown is continuing apace, which is a positive.
The 30-year US T-Bond yield is 5.72%.
The 10-year yield is 5.28%.
The 5-year is trading at 4.83%.
Spot crude oil is trading at $28.85 p/b.
Natural Gas - Henry Hub -  is trading at $4.70 p/mcf.
AD Time:  New Federal Insider-Trading Rule (Rule 10b5-1) have been adopted by the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This rule greatly enhances an insider's/employee's ability to trade his/her corporate shares during blackout periods.
Previously, without the protection of this new SEC rule, employees and insiders could safely trade only outside of designated blackout windows.
Under this new rule, insiders/employees may have the ability to purchase and sell their corporate shares even during blackout periods if a written plan was established and in force when the insider/employee was not in possession of material, non-public information.
The new rule contains other restrictions and should be reviewed carefully.
Lehman Brothers has established a turn-key plan that take into account the regulatory procedures for establishing such a plan.
Please email us or call us for more information.
Lehman Brothers' Research.
Subject: A few quotes for McKinsey's internal NewsNetwork?

Hello, Jeff,  I know you must be quite busy with calls for interviews following your recent announcement that you were leaving Enron.
However, I'm hoping if you have a moment today, you could provide 2 or 3 quotes about your decision and where you're heading next for McKinsey & Company's internal news Web site, NewsNetwork, which has loyal readership across our Firm.
Our upcoming deadline is tomorrow afternoon in time for our Monday, August 20 edition.
Given that we covered you once before on NN (see article below) we believe this article would make for an important and worthy follow up.
I will take the liberty of calling you today to ensure you received this message.
Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.
Warm Regards,
Subject: Thinking about you

Jeff,  Like everyone else in the world, I was really surprised by your annoucement.
I hope the personal issues that caused you to take this step fall into the category of "manageable" with more time and attention.
Just wanted you to know that I am thinking about you.
Best wishes, Les  +-------------------------------------------------------------+
Subject: Houston Chronicle interview

Hi Jeff:  I'd love to sit down and talk with you in more detail about your decision to leave Enron.
If at any point you feel comfortable talking about it, how about doing so in the Chronicle?
I'm sure you're aware of the speculation and rumors out there and how that's hurting the stock.
Talking to me would be an opportunity for you to stop the negative chatter.
Aside from that, I think there's a genuine interest in the community in your decision.
I'm sure there are plenty of executives at other companies who would love to read to about it, and wish they had the guts to do what you did.
End of pitch.
Laura
Subject: McKinsey alums/Energy Fund

Dear Jeff:  I learned about your decision to resign from the CEO role at Enron.
As a McKinsey alum who has watched you transform Enron from a pipeline operator to the world's foremost energy/trading company, it is hard for me to imagine Enron without you.
Enron's strategies based on 'options thinking' and investments in growth options inspired my work on 'real options' which turned out to be the winner in McKinsey's worldwide Practice Olympics in 1995 (thought you might like a copy of an offshoot).
I left McKinsey to join Morgan Stanley in 1997 and I am currently running KnowledgeCube, a venture capital firm with a couple of McKinsey alums such as Ali Hanna (Stamford) and some classmates from MIT.
Our Advisors include the Heads of Entrepreneurship at MIT, Stanford, Harvard, CMU and Cornell.
Our investors include Rajat Gupta of McKinsey, the CEO Hughes Networks and MDs from institutions such as AIG and CSFB.
KnowledgeCube has just launched a $150M Energy Fund which would invest in IT companies that seek to enhance the productivity of the energy sector.
We have partnered with some folks with global relationships and knowledge of the space including Lord Cecil Parkinson (Energy Secretary of UK).
I was wondering if I could persuade you to be a part of the KnowledgeCube network as a Lead Partner, Advisor or Investor.
I will arrange to send some more information on KnowledgeCube and the proposed Energy Fund to your home address if that is OK with you.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Regards,
Subject: Invitation--Tom Peters/Sapient Event

Dear Jeff,  In case you do not recall my name, I organized the Conference series for PDVSA that hosted President Bush (41), Lou Noto, Harry Longwell, etc.
in 96, James A Baker III, et.
al.
in 97 and Robert Mosbacher , Jeff Skilling and others in 98.
Anyway, today after reading the Wall Street Journal, it could appear outright impertinent to contact you.
I chose to believe exactly the opposite.
Attached you will find an invitation to an interesting energy/ IT event.
I think you will be able to judge the merits of attending on your own.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all the best in your upcoming professional opportunities.
Best regards,
Subject: Best Wishes

Jeff,  I just wanted to wish you well.
I enjoyed working with you at Enron and gained a lot under your leadership.
If I can be of assistance to you in any way, please feel free to contact me.
Subject: THINKING OF YOU..HOPE YOU'RE WELL

Dear Jeff,      Had a send a note to tell you I'm thinking of you and hope you're well.
Heard the news at work late yesterday (Wednesday).
I don't know the details of this but it was a tough call, I'm sure, and I'm in your corner all the way.
As I've told you, you have made all of us so proud and I love you very much.
I know I'll learn more about all that's transpired but wanted you to know I'm thinking of you.
This has undoubtedly been a period of much thought, soul searching and reflection.
I'm going to get you up to Alaska, yet.
Tried to interest Jeffrey during our January meeting.
The region is just gorgeous!
A Chicago Federal Appeals Court judge, of all people---a gentleman by the name of Frank
Subject: We met @ YPO

Jeff,  We met at moderators training in Dallas.
I saw the announcement that you stepped down for personal reasons.
Please do not forget your forum as they are a great resource at times like these.
If you need an other trusting, confidential ear please do not hesitate to call me or one of the others you met at moderators training.
Just a quick note to say good luck and you are not alone.
Norman
Subject: loss of a leader

Jeff,   Enron just lost one of the best  thinkers, innovators, doers, and people I've ever worked with.
It is a great  loss for a company you've worked so hard to build up and I'm not sure they can  recover or prosper.
I've still got a note to call  you and see if we can get together for dinner when I'm in Houston.
I want to see  this house you've built and catch up.
Let me know the best way to reach you  now.
Regards,
Subject: Best Wishes

Jeff - - -    Let me add to my best wishes for you and Rebecca that I conveyed the other night at Vallone's, my sincere hopes that the next post Enron-CEO phase of your life brings you personal happiness, fulfillment, fun and contentment.
Although we often had different perspectives, my one-on-one sessions trying to get deals past you, while few in number, were some of the most stimulating and challenging I experienced here.
I regret we never worked closely together - - you're the only really smart guy I've been unable to convince of/ demonstrate my value to in my working life.
I think Ken Rice owes me for pissing you off and getting deselected to head the new US electricity efforts in '93!
On a more somber note, I admired you for going over to Teeside last week to face the families.
I can still remember vividly the faces, the destruction, the emotions in the hours after the San Juan Gas explosion in 1996.
It was hard for awhile to get motivated to press ahead with the power/LNG project in the face of that tragedy and the distant thought that, gee, I'll be responsible for bringing the new facility to this island.
Am I sure it won't kill people?
If there was a catalyst or "straw" that tipped you across the line in asking how hard you're willing to fight just to keep doing the CEO job, instead of every other direction you could take your life, it wouldn't surprise me if the experience at Teeside was it.
One changes, even if only subtly, after that kind of experience.
Thanks for treating me civilly even when you were the most angry with the rest of EI.
Good luck with your new marriage and the next phase of your life.
Subject: Thank you!

Dear Jeff,  I was saddened to hear that you have decided to leave Enron.
I couldn't help but reflect back to this past April when I had the opportunity to travel with you for two consecutive days to Harvard and NYU and remember the pearls of wisdom that you imparted about business on our flight.
I will remember them always!
I would like to wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors and thank you for a great two years that I have had with the A/A program here at Enron.
I will find it a great honor if you feel that I can be of any assistance in the future.
Thank you.
Subject: Thanks for the memories

Jeff, you will be missed by many, many people here at Enron.
I know that I and the rest of the internal communications team (Sarah and Courtney) will miss working with you and will miss your engaging management style.
You helped us raise employee communications to a fresh new level, and you'll be a hard act to follow at floor meetings, breakfasts, videos, etc.
I wish you the best in everything you do going forward.
Have fun, take care and God bless.
Subject: Causal Chatting....

So I guess getting together for that beer is out?
<smile>  Good luck to you and I hope you continue to have great success.
Maybe I'll catch up with you on the next MS150!
Subject: Baxter Press Release

Attached is a draft press release announcing Cliff's resignation.
This is scheduled to be issued tomorrow, following the distribution of the internal memo.
Please let me know if you have any comments or changes.
Thank you.
Subject: Now that it's public...congratulations

Dear Jeff,  I just wanted to let you know that you will be greatly missed here.
Enron won't seem the same without you.
There have been a few tears shed today, and I'll admit, a couple of them were mine.
I've personally had a blast getting to know you over the past couple of years.
I'll have an extra gin and tonic tonight in your honor.
I wish you the very best in in all your new ventures.
Just don't forget us little people!
Hugs and cheers, Sarah.
P.S.
The least you could do is come down to the 47th floor to hug the Internal Communications girls goodbye and maybe sign a poster or two before you leave!
:-)
Subject: Best of Luck

Good Afternoon, Mr. Skilling.
I just heard of your resignation.
I wanted to personally "Thank You" for being such a positive influence for ALL the employees of Enron.
You have always carried yourself as "Enron" and have helped placing a positive knowledge to the community of what Enron and its employee's truly are.
I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors and in life in general.
I am deeply saddened by this news that you are leaving, but can not help but feel happy for you.
(as this was your decision)  May God Bless you.
Best Regards,
Subject: Evoke Data Analysis & mapping

Jeff,  I hope the information below will be of benefit you your efforts.
Please review and pass to the appropriate people.
The risks associated with data-intensive information technology projects are overwhelming.
The business and IT people responsible for working with corporate data often discover that it is poorly documented, unreliable, and spread out among different computing environments.
Data-specific projects like e-business, merger & acquisition-related business systems consolidation, data warehousing, customer relationship management, supply chain management, business intelligence, etc often fall short of the benefits they were designed to provide.
In addition:  "The amount of data that most organizations have created and the inconsistencies that exist in that data make it more of a liability than an asset."
The Gartner Group  "Only 17% of corporate projects that require integration, migration or consolidation of data succeed.
83% of these initiatives either over run or fail.
The key reason being a lack of understanding of the source data."
The Standish Group  Evoke Software's AXIO product suite enables companies to accelerate and enhance their business initiatives and deployments of new applications.
AXIO automates the analysis of corporate data residing in disparate systems across the enterprise.
It discovers data relationships and dependencies and identifies data quality issues, inconsistencies between different systems housing similar information, and incompatibilities between data sources and target systems.
The results of this process-accurate metadata about existing systems-are stored in the Evoke Repository and are used to develop accurate maps and transformation specifications that drive subsequent extract, transform and load or application integration processes.
AXIO sometimes gets confused with data cleansing and ETL Tools.
Evoke's products do not move or cleanse your data.
We provide the ground-zero analysis of data from any source to ensure the success of your data-specific projects and avoid costly re-work of data issues.
The attached document explains the business reasons why companies like IBM, AT&T, Agilent and Kraft utilize our technology to reduce risk and increase time to market of their enterprise projects.
Please review the document at your leisure.
If you should have any questions please call me at (972) 383-1220.
<<Accelerating Data Conversion Projects 06-12-01.doc>>  Sincerely,
Subject: Hello - From India -[Please Read]

Respected Sirs:  This is Xafira Mendonsa, one of the nominees to your round table held on November 14, 2000.
Just felt like writing these few lines telling you that - It was great being with you in Houston.
Thanks so much for giving us the chance to work for your Company in India.
It is really very depressing to see things going bad, but I love and treasure Enron very much and along with Enron you will always be remembered by each one of us.
I have worked for this Company for 7 long years and it has been a home for me and for my family as my husband and son also work in the same project.
How I wish this project would go on and on and I could retire in the same company.
Unfortunately things are not rosy here anymore.
However, I am opted to accept new challenges and jobs across the Enron Corp. world-wide - if given an opportunity.
Here in Mumbai, I have been recently promoted from an Executibe Secretary to an Administration Officer.
I request you to keep me in mind and give me a chance to serve the Company anywere outside India.
Once again, I thank Enron for treating its employees so well and making us all feel important and wanted.
I am proud to be associated with Enron and it is for that reason that I want to work for you till I retire.
Subject: [smu-betas] Fwd: Beta at SMU

Boys,     Brother Skilling is at it yet again.
This time from the heartland at old 3058 Yale.
As you can see, our chapter has decided to overlook Rocky's many, many trips to the roof in the early 70's and bestow a Distinguished Beta Award on his ass.
I would think that any compromising pictures one might have of Brother Skilling would be extremely appropo for this occasion.
I, for one, will be unable to attend due to the Redhead's and my 30th H.S.
reunion in Corpus on that day, but if you have anything young Adrew M Carty could use, I'm certain he would appreciate.
He's also obviously the contact arrange your presence there, should you be so inclined.
Yours in -kai-,
Subject: Closing Remarks

My friends,  It is with some regret that I must tell you that I am leaving EBS & Enron as of Aug. 15th.
I have learned a lot during my long tenure at EBS.
Admittedly, some of what I've learned is how not to start a business; but I've also learned numerous positives around teamwork, management, setting goals, and defining new product markets.
All in all, I have definitely come out of the experience enriched.
What I regret the most is having to leave all of you.
I believe very strongly in the role of good people in achieving greatness.
And I have worked with some very brilliant, creative people while at EBS.
All of you have, in one way or another, enriched my life and work.
I really appreciate that.
If I had a single wish before I left, I would like for Enron to better understand that to achieve greatness as a company, it is not sufficient to "will" it to occur.
At a minimum, it requires the right people, with the right skills, and the right knowledge, in the right area, and at the right time.
The key emphasis here is people.
People can't guarantee success; but they are a necessary prerequisite.
I will continue to be available till the 15th to transition any projects, knowledge, or whatever people need.
And after the 15th, I will be around from time-to-time on a consulting basis with various Enron groups.
My current plan is to stay in the Houston area for the foreseeable future, primarily consulting and working with various organizations to support entrepreneurship in the area.
Please feel free to contact me at any time to talk on any topic.
I'll leave you with one of my favorite quotes:  	"We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails"  Thank you.
Subject: Inknowvator Inc. & Revolutionaries Ball

Jeff,  I am a cofounder of Inknowvator Inc.
I live in Houston, actually Gene Humphrey is my next door neighbor.
Our new Idea Manager solution was recently selected by  Xcelerator to identify, develop and select new ventures.
This was put on hold following the recent management change.
Oddly enough, the Knowledge Management group, then housed in EES, also thought  we were the "best thing since sliced bread" and wanted to bring us in as an Enron corporate offering.
As you know, that group was disbanded.
I was interested in your participation in the Revolutionaries Ball.
We are in discussions with Gary Hamel's company, Strategos.
It turned out that we have very similar clients and our software solution can be a natural enabler for Strategos's approach to innovation (Halliburton is our latest corporate innovation client).
Also, we can  target our solution at venture management (Xcelerator), M&A (Chevron-Texaco) and new service development (Schlumberger).
I believe that we are an ideal solution for Enron to identify and develop new business ventures, to enhance current products and services,  and to share ideas and learnings across the company.
I would like to meet with you to discuss our solution   I look forward to hearing from you.
Regards,
Subject: MS Society Opportunity

Jeff,   On Saturday, September 29th, I am being honored with the National Multiple Sclerosis  Society's Hope  Award during their  annual Maxine Mesinger Dinner of  Champions event.
This award is beinggiven to me due to the hard work and  dedication that BMC Software  employees have shown this great cause through the years.
I understand that you were the recipient of this award last year, so you know  that the key to a successful event is the selection of the dinner  committee, which is then used to  build the invitation list and to build excitement for attending the event from  local leaders.
Of course, the  key to successfully developing the dinner committee is the selection of the  Chairman of the committee.
I would be honored  if you would agree to serve as the Chairman of the dinner committee.
You were  the first name that came to mind and the best person I could hope for to assure  a successful event.
I am told that your personal time commitment would be  very minimal.
It would require your attendance at the dinner event on  September 29th in downtown Houston.
The dinner is typically from 7:00pm until 10:00pm,but the actual ceremony is less  than 30 minutes long with some brief comments by you and then an acceptance  speech given by yours truly.
The primary obligation beyond attending the  event would be to allow us to use your name and signature in sending out the  invitations to the dinner committee members.
I would provide you with a  recommended invitation list.
The MS team would make sure that  your time and image would be well respected.
Thank you Jeff,
Subject: ...

A married couple is driving down the interstate doing 55 mph.
The husband is behind the wheel.
His wife looks over at him.
"Honey, I know we've been married for 15 years, but, I want a divorce."
The husband says nothing but slowly increases speed to 60 mph.
"I don't want you to try to talk me out of it, because I've been having an affair with your best friend, and he's a better lover than you."
Again the husband stays quiet and just speeds up as his anger increases.
"I want the house also."
Again the husband speeds up, and now is doing 75 mph.
"I want the kids too."
The husband just keeps driving faster and faster, now he's up to 85 mph.
"And I want the car, the checking account, and all the credit cards."
The husband slowly starts to veer toward a bridge overpass piling as the speedometer reaches 90 mph.
"You're taking this incredibly calmly," the wife says.
"Isn't there anything that you want?"
"No, I have everything I need."
"What's that?"
"The airbag."