the latest ( last ? ) . . sorry . . . i found something else :
p . 1 , footnote : the newspaper is the " houston chronicle " ( purchased the
' post ' several years ago ) . . : - )
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christie patrick
02 / 07 / 2001 05 : 27 pm
to : mark palmer / corp / enron @ enron
cc : vince j kaminski / hou / ect @ ect , j _ martin @ baylor . edu
subject : the latest ( last ? )
. . as columbo would say . . " . . just one more thing "
p . 20 last bullet : enron focusing on recruiting and retaining talent
thanks again ! christie .
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christie patrick
02 / 07 / 2001 05 : 23 pm
to : mark palmer / corp / enron @ enron
cc : vince j kaminski / hou / ect @ ect , j _ martin @ baylor . edu
subject : the latest ( last ? )
mark !
please review the attached article and forward your comments / authorization
for its use to john martin at baylor , copying me and vince .
john and vince ,
i have a few simple comments :
1 . please use " enron corp . " [ rather than " enron corporation " ]
2 . page 3 : as of yesterday , fortune magazine named enron " most innovative "
for the sixth year in a row
3 . page 5 : 2 nd paragraph : regarding the " gas bank " concept - - i believe when
jeff first introduced it , it fell flat . i think john pick ' s that up ( and
enron ' s subsequent recovery of a version of the concept on p . 6 ) , but it ' s
probably accurate to mention that at first , it didn ' t go over .
4 . page 13 : re : cindy olson ' s comment on a possible 5 x difference between
a " satisfactory " and " superior " vp - - the difference referred to is probably
the " bonus " rather than " compensation " ( which , to me , is generally means
base salary ) ; also , it varies for each review period , as comparative
performance might vary ; further , we might want to run that quote by cindy
just to make sure she ' s ok with it ' s publication ( she might have no problem
with it whatsoever , but i know for other articles , she ' s been more reluctant
to provide that kind of statistic ) .
5 . page 17 ( after annual report quote ) : i suggest changing " enron ' s
wholesale business . . . provides " to " . . . businesses . . provide " ; also , rather
than " enron wholesale " we might want to define this by the term enron uses :
" enron wholesale services "
6 . page 18 : 2 nd paragraph : the tense switching from past to present is
technically correct if read carefully , but seems awkward when reading it
7 . page 19 : effective february , jeff skilling is " ceo " .
. . . that ' s my 2 - cents worth ! ! i think the article is great . . . even
interesting ( ha ! ) . . . even to non - mba ' s like me ! !
thanks !
- - christie .
- - - - - forwarded by christie patrick / hou / ect on 02 / 07 / 2001 04 : 41 pm - - - - -
vince j kaminski
02 / 02 / 2001 08 : 45 am
to : mark s palmer / na / enron @ enron
cc : vince j kaminski / hou / ect @ ect , christie patrick / hou / ect @ ect
subject : the latest ( last ? )
mark ,
i am sending you the final ( ? ) draft of the paper by john martin
on enron ' s transformation . john martin is a prof from baylor who visited us
a few weeks ago .
can you take a look at the paper and bless it . i haven ' t read this last
version
of the paper yet and i will go through it on weekend .
vince
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08 : 44 am - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
" john d . martin " on 02 / 01 / 2001 04 : 15 : 36 pm
to : vkamins @ enron . com
cc :
subject : the latest ( last ? )
vince ,
attached is my latest attempt to wrap everything together . our timetable
is very short as we need an " approved by enron " version of the paper to don
by next wednesday . don has already made editorial changes for us and may
make some additional " writing style " changes but he doesn ' t change the
content .
i ' ll give you a call later today to alert you to the e - mail .
take care ,
john
p . s . i had a nice conversation with steve . sounds like he ' s landed a
pretty good contract with wiley .
- enron _ paper _ 2 _ 1 _ 01 . doc
john d . martin
carr p . collins chair in finance
finance department
baylor university
po box 98004
waco , tx 76798
254 - 710 - 4473 ( office )
254 - 710 - 1092 ( fax )
j _ martin @ baylor . edu
web : http : / / hsb . baylor . edu / html / martinj / home . html