steve cooper voicemail 03 01 2002 friday steve cooper left following voicemail employees since employees access voicemail providing following transcript message also access message past messages http home enron com updates voicemail steve cooper date friday march 1 2002 hi everybody steve cooper friday afternoon march 1 hope everybody great week want update everybody number things gone week fully loop week started rough tumble fashion went town meeting monday night meet number ex colleagues disappointment upset anger understandable along entire management team committed going try whatever fashion reasonable resolution various issues order make sure truly need something fall back asked court later week got judge approve emergency 5 million fund going fish around independent administrator evaluate needs disperse dollars former employees wanted aware really appreciate understand everybody upset last friday february 22 presented creditors committee formal proposal retention severance program expected push back committee issues data requests additional data clarification creditors committee formed subcommittee provided data jeff mcmahon met wednesday february 27 met thursday february 28 scheduled meet monday tuesday resolve open issues get full support endorsement creditors committee program indicated subcommittee getting plan place jeff highest priority right fair anyone state ongoing uncertainty future future compensation financial safety net going move light speed told creditors subcommittee asked tell full committee want position week march 11 motion court keep posted progress comfortable committee wants put place retention severance program working bugs hopefully time employee meeting walk composition program detail powers management conjunction human resources group working merit increases promotions hopefully details program finalized next week process typically business unit managers begin calculate salary increases works way review approval communication process hopefully resolved next week two everyone know stand respect promotions merit increases reached accord astros week repatriate enron 2 1 million release rights naming contract shame position support naming field probably best interest estate got great suggestion one colleagues auctioning enron field signs contributing net proceeds ex employees fund like input thought great idea generous moving forward plans employee meeting later month hopefully able meet many tried get around say hello would encourage questions concerns issues give email buzz sometimes takes days get back making concerted effort answer everybody inquiries lot report continue hammer committee retention program hopefully next friday able report substantial progress area want thank everybody efforts hard work focus moving things forward one thing bank meeting thursday afternoon described banks believe reorganizable entity sharing employee meeting told bank group echoed management believe reorganizable viable entity enron future bring fully speed employee meeting anyway saying thanks much hard work efforts dedication hope great weekend chat next week