Laura, I spoke to Tom about his retail proposals, I told him that you would coordinate a meeting between Mark Muller/Lou Pai and himself. I only want Lou going up if Tom is involved. However, Mark Muller is up to go and I have spoken to him with regard to the opportunity today. He is expecting your call. On a related note, I volunteered Wes Colwell (our controller and former Anderson person) to speak to Peoples accounting/ risk people and Anderson auditors on how to manage the issues surrounding marking the hub values inside Peoples. I would appreciate you coordinating that meeting. If Wes goes to Chicago, we want to ensure Leubbers, the Anderson folks and the appropriate Peoples accounting folks are available so Wes can spend the least amount of time on this issue. Jeff, where are we on the PECO/PSEG retail play that you spoke to Mark Muller about a couple weeks back? Mark, I forgot to mention that FPL is interested in potentially investing in the New Power Company - Tony Altman (President of FPL wholesale) would like to discuss. If interested please call him at 561-625-7777. If you don't think you will have any interest let me know and I will call him to let him know. I probably need to get back to him either way shortly. Thanks. Regards
Answer: Tom Patrick
Hold the Date: November 28, 2001 Place: Institute for International Economics 1750 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC Speakers: Under Secretary of State Alan Larson Under Secretary of Commerce Grant Aldonas IIE Director Fred Bergsten TI Chairman Peter Eigen Transparency International USA is pleased to invite you to a Private Sector Luncheon Briefing on November 28, 2001, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Washington, DC. Our speakers from the Administration will be Under Secretary of State Alan Larson and Under Secretary of Commerce Grant Aldonas. IIE Director Fred Bergsten has generously offered to host this event and will share his views on the continuing importance of the fight against corruption. TI Chairman Peter Eigen will bring participants up to date on the growth of the TI global network. TI is playing a key role in the monitoring process designed to assure enforcement of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. With the economic downturn, effective enforcement is now even more critical to dissuade those who would use bribes to secure business. With US attention turned to mounting a global coalition to address the terrorist attacks of September 11, we must redouble our efforts to ensure that the Administration and the Hill provide adequate political and financial resources for the anti-corruption agenda. The private sector must continue to play a central role in this effort. This timely and important meeting will provide a forum for the private sector to share its views with policy makers. We will also devote time to a frank and informal discussion of TI-USA priorities and how to meet the challenges ahead. Please let us know if you plan to join us.
Answer: TI-USA Private Sector Luncheon Briefing
Knowledge Management (KM) Systems Changing with the Demands of Oil & Gas Industry; Houston Workshop Examines New Paradigm Houston, Texas (November 7, 2001) A more practical KM model is emerging for the oil and gas industry that catalogs and networks a company's experience rather than documenting its practices. Under this model, a firm's collective experience and its members' specialized knowledge and credentials are cataloged to allow users to quickly and efficiently leverage the extended organization. This approach helps with two macro trends in oil and gas: (1) the trend towards core competency development, and (2) the creation of an extended workforce as a large proportion of management reach retirement. Management are able to create a dynamic network of experts and resources that spread across many partnering organizations as well as semi-retired employees. Entitled "Creating Successful Knowledge Management (KM) Systems: Communicating Experience Rather than Documenting Practices," a workshop on December 4, 2001 at Houston's George R. Brown Convention Center will present this new KM approach in advance of the Interactive Energy conference and exhibition. www.interactiveenergy.com/2001/workshopfour.asp "What we've found is that linking people is the most important element in knowledge management," said Richard Fletcher, a senior KM consultant in the energy practice at Deloitte Consulting. "The second most important element is capturing learning rather that abstract procedures or static information."
Answer: Knowledge Management Workshop to Examine New Paradigm
Sorry to have to respond via e-mail but I've got laryngitis (although I should be in most of the day today). The actual opening of the agreement is simple because we have a good broker relationship and the agreement is acceptable to us. BUT, the broker WILL NOT open the agreement until we can submit the underlying authority which includes: authorizing resolutions (or unanimous consent) from the account party trading authorization number of signatures for transacting Marie previously sent "samples" of the the underlying documentation to Robert George. We have not received anything to date. When we receive the information, we can fax EVERYTHING to the broker and the account can be opened immediately and then followed up by original hard copies. Let me know if you have any further questions. Sara
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