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	From:  "Winston Goodbody" <wgoodbody@hotmail.com>
01/28/2001 09:28 PM

To: wgoodbody@hotmail.com
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Subject: Update from First Leg

Hi All,

Here's a preview of a story that should be going up on our site soon.

Win

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Greater Yellowstone Ski Traverse

Update for Leg 1: South Pass to Cora

By Win Goodbody

The weather gods must have been in a good mood.  Maybe they had a good New
Year,s party.  On previous trips to the Wind River Range I had grown
accustomed to spending large blocks of time in the tent, waiting for storm
after storm to subside.  If one of every two days was suitable for venturing
outside, I considered it a bit of luck.  But this time was different.  In
the middle of January we enjoyed an amazing 18 consecutive days of good
weather for our 130 mile ski traverse of the Wind River Range.

The drive south toward Lander, WY revealed an alarming lack of snow, both in
the mountains and lower down where we hoped to start.  This has not been a
good winter so far in the Yellowstone region, and we wondered what
conditions would be like in the Wind Rivers.  Luckily, with the final gain
in elevation as we neared the Continental Divide and South Pass, enough
coverage materialized for us to ski away from the car.  We had day packs and
70 pound sleds.

Starting out with an approach of several days across lowlands was an
interesting way to ease into the trip.  Instead of driving right up to the
base of the mountains, we had to work a little bit to get there.  Even
though we were on open range with scattered trees, this was some of the
trickiest route finding we would encounter anywhere on the route.
Steep-sided drainages and mini-gorges suddenly appeared in the otherwise
mildly rolling terrain, requiring detours and delays.

For a few days we thrashed across the prairie landscape, moving toward
distant peaks that didn,t seem to be getting much closer.  The 10 or 12
inches of snow on the ground were completely rotten, and our movement was
half skiing, half snowshoeing.  Each step sank to the ground, and ski tips
snagged in exposed sage brush.  When we came upon a perfectly groomed but
empty Continental Divide Snowmobile trail, we took advantage of it to
quickly reach the Little Sandy drainage, our entrance to the mountains.

We were by now settling into our routines: relearning winter camping skills,
dividing repetitive tasks, and adjusting to the cold.  With only about 11
hours of daylight, our schedule was remarkably busy.  It was a struggle to
get moving by 10 each morning even though we got up at 7.  Lunchtime arrived
immediately.  Just as quickly the sun dipped behind a peak and it was time
to make camp.  After eating dinner we scurried into our down bags for a 12
hour sleep.  The days flew by, and we focused on putting miles beneath the
sleds while the good weather lasted, not knowing it would last indefinitely.
  We were comfortable, but every waking moment was occupied and there was no
time for relaxing.  We seemed to be always on the move.

The price to be paid for clear sunny days is clear cold nights, and about a
week into the range, when we were up above 10,000 feet nearly all the time,
we had our first taste of real cold.  It was the night we camped in the
Cirque of the Towers, and we were in our floorless cook tent.  We had
excavated a basement a few feet down to the ice of Lonesome Lake.  Except
for the entranceway, all the sides of the tent were flush with the snow
surface, and with both stoves going it was pleasantly warm inside.

After dinner as we sat reading I sensed some sort of change.  Then I knew
what it was.  Searing cold air was draining into the tent and spilling
across the floor like a poisonous gas.  You could feel it cool your face,
try to get inside your clothes, turn your water bottle into a frozen brick.
I imagined my candle snuffing out, refusing to burn at such an obscene
temperature.  I went outside to check my key chain thermometer under a sky
of blazing stars.  The cheap gadget was maxed out.  It was at least )25 F.
The cold was like a deafening air raid siren.  There was no escaping it.

That same cold was to stay with us most nights and mornings for the next 8
or 9 days.  In the evening before going to bed I would check the
thermometer.  All the red fluid was huddled in the ball at the bottom, too
scared to try for a run up toward the numbers.  It was the same each
morning.  The daily temperature swings were tremendous.  We would go from
)25 F (or lower) to 20 F in a matter of hours in the morning.  The warm
midday sun was always a relief, but it didn,t last.  Our joy at being able
to ski along in just a shirt was tempered by the knowledge we would soon be
wearing every layer of clothing we possessed.  In the evenings, as soon as
the sun went down the temperature headed south with merciless speed.

Deep cold is to the sense of touch what the Grand Teton or Old Faithful or a
radiant sunrise are to the sense of sight.  It is truly an amazing natural
phenomenon to be reckoned with.  We marveled at it again and again, this
thing you cannot see or hear or smell.  It is both beautiful and horrifying,
an undeniably authentic experience that leaves an imprint on your memory,
but with luck not on your toes or fingers.  It might be hard to explain why
it is a fascinating spectacle to behold, but there is no denying that it is.
  As the days went by, we became students of this strange, invisible force.
But of course we still got cold every day.

Our good weather continued, and we knocked off high pass after high pass on
our voyage north.  Some days we even crossed two passes and multiple
drainages.  For mid winter, we were really moving fast.  With so little snow
on the ground, at least we were not delayed by having to worry about
avalanches.  Without consciously deciding to do so, we were in fact
traveling harder during the day, stopping later each night, and spending
less time readying a good camp.  More and more we were going flat out all
day and then just collapsing at night to wake the next morning and do it
again.

Our traverse was imperceptibly developing all the classic symptoms of what I
have come to know as a death march.  Though a death march typically occurs
at the end of a tour when the desire to exit is so strong it can make you go
all day or all night without thinking of the consequences, a death march can
also occur at any time during a trip.  For example, if you discover you
haven,t brought enough food you might need to go full bore for days on end.
Or maybe you hear a storm is coming and decide to turn on the after burner
to reach a safe haven.  Probably the defining characteristic of a death
march is that you never intend to get into one to begin with.  But there
comes a point when, like an investigator, you step back for a minute,
examine the evidence of your daily life, and it suddenly dawns on you that a
death march is in full swing and you are powerless to stop it.  The horror!
The horror!

At the outset of the leg, we were putting in good days because we wanted to
get up into the high peaks where the real trip would begin.  Once we were
there, we wanted to put in some good days while the weather lasted, to make
some progress before the inevitable endless blizzard that would surely
descend.  After we had been going about 10 days and did some math based on
the miles we had covered and what still lay ahead, we realized that we would
not have time to exit as we had originally planned.  In fact even after
cutting off some substantial passes and distance, it was still going to be
all we could do to make it out in the time allotted.  So we decided to put
in more good days.   We always had a reason for not resting, for going hard
day after day.  One night while thawing my foot out over the stove, I
realized we were not going to have a single rest day.  We were going for it.
  We had gotten sucked in.  We were on a death march.

The long days alone would have been manageable, but we had a growing problem
that was interfering with our ability to recover and rest each night.  Our
sleeping bags were filling with ice, which impaired their ability to loft
and hence insulate us.  This is a common problem in extreme cold.  As you
sleep, you radiate moisture and heat.  The moisture passes through your
sleeping bag and escapes into the air.

When it is very cold, however, the temperature difference between the air
inside your bag and the air outside is too great for moisture to pass
through the bag,s outer skin.  As moisture goes to move that last millimeter
from the comfortable 70 F temperature inside the bag to the outside air, it
gets walloped with a 100 degree temperature difference (let,s say it,s )30 F
out).  Instead of escaping, the moisture freezes on the inside of the bag,s
outer shell.  This problem seems to be worse with high tech laminate
materials designed to impede the flow of moisture (usually rain) into the
bag from the outside.

This is a cumulative condition and gets worse each day as another night,s
moisture is added to what is already frozen in the bag.  Unless the bag is
thawed out and dried, there is no solution, and you will reach a point where
all insulating qualities have been lost and you are better of just sleeping
on your insulated pad in your clothes.  We had already taken to wearing most
of our clothes inside our sleeping bags, and this just barely worked.
Still, more and more of each night was spent tossing and desperately
huddling into some new contorted position in an attempt to avoid feeling the
hideous cold of yet another clear night.

As light at the end of the tunnel appeared, our daytime efforts reached a
fever pitch.  Day 12, 8.5 miles.  Day 13, 9 miles.  Day 14, 7 miles.  Day
15, 9.5 miles.  And these were by no means easy flat miles.  They were
trailbreaking miles up and down passes, all above 10,000 feet.  Reaching the
entrance to Titcomb Basin, we veered northwest toward the origin of the
Green River at Peak Lake.  Originally we had planned to go north from
Titcomb past Gannett Peak as far as Downs Mountain, the last peak above
13,000 feet in the Winds, before falling off to the west down Roaring Fork,
eventually reaching the Green River drainage.  But because of time, low
snow, and a desire to live we had altered our course to head directly down
the Green.

Going over the top at Cube Rock Pass, we caught a glimpse thousands of feet
down the Green River drainage.  The end was near but we were still looking
at another two days to get to Green River Lakes campground, where we hoped
to solicit a snowmobile ride for the remaining 20 miles to our car in Cora.
The view down the upper Green as it plummets from near Peak Lake is
shocking.  We silently gazed 10 miles down a classic, deeply carved, thickly
forested valley wedged between impassable rocks walls.  Toward their
northern end the Winds turn into a series of high, broad plateaus above
11,000 feet, and the chief difficulty exiting is finding some way down.
Many of the drainages that cut this plateau are gorges, sheer cliffs, or
other features unfriendly to ski tourers with sleds.  As we had changed our
exit route, we had not gone all the way north to the real plateaus.  But
even here getting down was going to take some doing.

Day 16 was the first time we allowed that most cruel of thoughts to enter
our minds: perhaps this was the day we would get out.  Eating pizza in
Jackson tonight?  Sleeping indoors, not encased in an ice tomb?  No more
holding frozen body parts over an open flame?  Perhaps.  We slowly suffered
up Vista Pass, where the summer trail leaves the Green River for about 8
miles and descends a neighboring creek.  I had got into the habit over the
last few days of proclaiming that some feature or other was &really going to
be the last uphill8.  Usually as soon as this sentence hit the air we would
round a corner to glimpse another uphill ahead.  But I was undeterred by
past failed prophecies and once again suggested to Joe that &this is it8.
He said nothing.

Whereas early in the trip I felt strong and had been happy to break trail
for hours at a time, the death march and lack of sleep had taken their toll
and the wheels were coming off.  I had no enthusiasm for leading.  I felt
like the walking dead and just wanted to follow, my eyes locked on a track
in front of me, legs trudging on automatic pilot.  But as I grew weaker, Joe
became unstoppable.  He was increasingly pulling the boat over the final
days, and I was happy to let him. Especially going downhill though tricky,
steep sections he raced far ahead.  Perhaps it was a desire to escape my
singing that drove him forward.  I sang many pop songs, past and present,
but refused to sing Neil Diamond, Joe,s favorite artiste.  As this disputed
issue festered, Joe seemed eager to put more and more distance between the
two of us.

As it turns out, Vista Pass really was the last uphill, and now it was time
to go down.  After a few hours of easy traversing, we lost the trail and
decided to descend a steeply falling stream choked with enormous boulders.
Seemed like a good idea at the time I guess.  Joe was in front, skiing
straight downstream and stopping only for the most absurd drops.  He was
soon out of sight.  Following his track was a bit of an eye opener.  It felt
like the cartoon where you come upon a set of ski tracks that split around a
tree.  In leather boots and telemark bindings with a large sled, Joe was
sticking 4 and 5 foot drops.  I stared in disbelief at the smooth sled track
that went over the top of a boulder, then straight down for a few feet, then
continued on.  I had more solid AT gear, but there was no way I was doing
that.  I was sure I,d break a ski.

Later, Joe confided that the way he,d been able to descend these boulders
was to surf down sloughs of snow.  As he went over the tops of rocks, snow
would slide off and cushion his descent and landing.  But as the second guy
down the course, I enjoyed none of this extra padding.  It was all gone.
Instead of using the Hartney straightline method, I tried side stepping down
from the top of the boulder, turning my skis perpendicular to the fall line
that my sled wanted so desperately to follow at great speed.

It didn,t work too well.  Shorn of most of their snow, the boulders, it
turned out, were covered with glare ice.  Again and again I would be just
about to take the final step down when my skis would slip.  I fell over my
skis downhill, face-planting in the stream bed.  The sled then crashed on
top of me.  I struggled to release skis and waist belts.  Once I had to get
out my shovel and dig to find a pole that went astray in a particularly
juicy fall.  To make matters worse, I was getting wet from these repeated
snow baths.

Some time during this carefree afternoon I looked down and noticed that
where the solid metal tow bars of my sled connected to the plastic hull
there was a grave problem.  The connection points were tearing away from the
body and threatened to come off altogether.  When and if that happened, I
would be reduced to fashioning a rope and stick contraption to bind the sled
to my body.  I shuddered to think what such a caveman era contraption might
do to our progress and tried to face plant less often on the rest of my
stream run.

At last the track I was following left the creek, and I thrashed down into
dense woods where I found Joe looking at the map and having a snack.  It
looked like he,d been there for quite a while.  I waited for some sign from
him that maybe the creek had been kind of tough.  Nothing.  I acted
nonchalant:  &That was fun.8  &Yeah,8 Joe said.  &I broke my sled it looks
like,8 I countered.  &Oh really?8  Finally, I had to ask.  &Did you fall at
all back there?8  &What?8  He was looking at the map.  &Oh, no.  I did have
to slow down at one point though.8  Here I,d spent the last hour egg
beatering down the creek like someone just introduced to skis.  And Joe had
to slow down once.  The poor kid.

Needless to say, we didn,t make it out that day.  But we did make it to the
valley floor.  Flat ground at last!  Now I could claim that there would be
no more uphill or downhill.  But all was not yet goodness and light, and we
soon found ourselves wallowing in some of the worst snow imaginable.  Deeper
than the snow we had battled through at South Pass, it exhibited the same
general characteristics.  Deeply rotten and unsupportable, yet dense and
heavy, it was nearly impossible to move through.  We were snowshoeing again,
pulling our ski tips out of the snow at each step and stepping on the
surface, only to sink down a foot.  Pure hell.  Too spice up what promised
to be hours, and possibly days, of fun battling our way out, I decided to
make a quick sight seeing trip to the other side of the Green River.  After
plunging through the ice and almost losing a ski in the swift flowing
current, I reluctantly came back across and started sloshing down the trail
like a good boy.  My skins were now coated with ice which removed any
possibility of sliding on them.  Oh well.  That night we made a fire and fed
it with prehistoric glee, which somewhat warmed our outlook and dried my
boots.  But we still weren,t out.

Day 17.  Joe and I don,t need to verbalize this, but it,s just sort of
understood that there is absolutely no way we are not making it out today.
No chance of not getting out today.  Nope.  I mean zero chance.  We even get
up in the dark for an early start to ensure that no matter what the day may
throw at us (earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, meteors, etc.) we are still
making it out.  As I flee the ice bag, I notice it,s only )10 F down here in
the sultry valley.

Even though he broke trail most of yesterday, Joe is out in front again.
The snow is worse than ever.  Somehow even with a trail to follow I can,t
really keep up.  I occupy myself with bitter, frivolous &Well, at least
we,re not getting attacked by a moose8 kind of thoughts.  I look around for
some small forest creature to curse at.  Anything to divert attention from
the pain in my feet and legs.  Damn pikas.  Bloody chipmunks.  But there,s
nothing about.  Staggering along, I feel almost like a third party to our
plight, like I,m watching it on tv.  Tra la la.  This is pretty fun, I lie
to myself.

But our suffering pays off.  We come upon a lake.  Could this be Green River
Lakes?  We consult the map.  Surely there must be some mistake.  I wait for
Joe to inform me that we,ve made a wrong turn and are actually in northern
British Columbia, hundreds of miles from the nearest road.  But no.  As if a
ramp of light had descended from parted clouds to our feet, the lake lies
there like a highway.  Trumpets are sounding.  Angels are fluttering above
motioning us forward.  Not only will trail breaking be easier, we now have
certifiable proof that we are only 4 miles from Green River Lakes
campground, a snowmobiling mecca.  It,s only about 1 pm and clear and sunny.
  Surely there will be hundreds of people out on a day like this, even if it
is a Tuesday.  We have visions of having to fight back hordes of attractive
female snowmachiners, all clamoring to be the ones who will give us a ride
back to Cora, 20 miles distant.  We,ll probably need flak jackets.

We pick up the pace.  Or rather Joe picks up the pace.  Apparently he thinks
he may still have a good chance of competing in some nordic events in the
2002 Olympics in Salt Lake, because he,s going down the lake like a rocket.
He,s not even going in a straight line.  He,s swerving all over the place,
going like a madman for the finish line.  He doesn,t care because WE ARE
GETTING OUT TODAY!  One thing I do have going for me is that I can plot a
straight course for the point where we will exit the first lake, so I regain
some time.  We cross the first lake.  There are ski tracks in the snow.
Humans!  At the second lake, where the wilderness boundary ends, I am about
as happy as I have ever been to see snowmobile tracks all over the place.
But strangely, ominously, no machines.

At 3 pm we are at the campground.  Snowmobile tracks everywhere.  It,s just
a matter of time, I tell myself.  They,ll be here.  We reach the far end of
the campground where the road heads off for Cora and do some gear
rearranging, readying ourselves for that magic ride.  We scatter things all
over the road, effectively blockading it.  Nobody is getting by here without
picking us up.  The sun is still shining and it,s downright warm.  As a
little joke, I take my sleeping bag out and set it on a tarp to begin the
drying process which, I imagine, will really kick into gear in about three
hours when we,re back in Joe,s living room in Jackson and have turned up the
thermostat to about 85 F.  Just a bit of fun putting the bag out like this.
I mean, it,s not like we,re going to need the thing tonight.

Total silence.  Wonder where they are, these +bilers?  Must be a local
tradition to stop at this time each afternoon for a moment of silence or
something.  We start getting a little upset.  Almost indignant.  Don,t these
people know how to have fun?  Where are they?  A day this beautiful and
noone,s out on their machines?  Where is everyone, off cross country skiing
or something?  Sun,s going down now.  For god,s sake WHERE ARE THEY?!

And then, just as faint as the sound of a mosquito, we hear it.  A little
buzz.  Was that the wind?  No, I still hear it.  Could it be a ( plane?
Buzz.  Buzz.  Buzzzzzzz.  No sound could be more soothing, more friendly,
more welcome at that moment than this: the sound of not one but several two
stroke engines heading our way.

We finally crack.  Screams, high fives, arms raised.  Hysteria, release.  We
knew it!  We knew we,d make it out tonight!  Victory is ours!  We are going
to live!  After a minute or two I realize that maybe if I stop shouting and
set about repacking the crap I,ve strewn all over the road we,ll look a
little more appealing.  A little more like someone these gracious, heroic,
good-natured +bilers will want to pick up.  I lower my arms, wipe the tears
off my face, and start jamming the ice bag back into its stuff sack.

We start cleaning up.  In an instant we are already mentally back in
Jackson.  Back in town.  Back indoors.  As if transported by a futuristic
machine, we are no longer at a remote trailhead 20 miles away from a town of
maybe 200 people in the middle of nowhere in Wyoming.  We are home.  We are
warm.  We are about to have dinner.  Joe,s in the shower.  I,m checking my
email.  Beam me up, Scotty.

For some reason the +bilers (there are 4 of them) have stopped almost a mile
short of our little shanty town and have turned off their machines.  Now
that doesn,t look good.  The sun has just gone behind a peak, and in about
15 minutes the temperature will go into freefall.  We can,t imagine why
anyone would come the 20 miles out here and not go all the way to the lake,
which is on the other side of us.  They,re probably playing a game of
rock-paper-scissors to decide who will be the lucky two to host us on the
ride back, but we are sure not taking any chances.  Maybe they just haven,t
seen us.  Before I can suggest that he,d probably enjoy some brisk skiing
after such a slack 17 days, Joe has stripped off his skins and is skating
down the road toward our motorized friends to make sure all is well with,
uh, you know, the pickup and the ride back and everything.

I get out my telephoto lens to watch and maybe document this historic
meeting.  I,m sure that as soon as he gets the aok I,ll be hearing a lot of
noise from Joe.  I imagine the bilers, responses:  &You skied 130 miles from
where?  Good lord, son, you get on the back of this machine and we,re going
back to my place for a full blown steak dinner right now.  Here, I,ll just
call ahead and get that in the works.8  &Now wait just a minute there, Bill.
  Who said we,re going to your place?  We,re having it at my house.8
&Jimmy, over my dead body.  We,re going to my house and we,re having a
dinner and dance, and then we,re taking them to Vegas for a week.  And if
anyone else tries to contribute one penny to the expense, there,s going to
be a fight.  It,s all on me.8  &Sorry, Bobby, but it,s just not going to be
like that at all.  We,re going to my place, we,re eating for two days, and
then I,m taking them to meet the Governor before we head to Acapulco for a
week.  And I,ll be damned if my two daughters aren,t coming with us.8  I
start to get a warm fuzzy feeling.  These are my people!  I,m determined to
try snowmobiling as soon as possible.  Maybe even convert.  Screw this
skiing stuff.  I want horsepower!  I start singing as I pack up my sled.

The first sign of trouble is when the four riders start their machines and
set off headed toward me.  But Joe remains standing in place like a fence
post.  He,s not moving at all.  I figure he,s just so bowled over by all the
outlandish offers of hospitality we,ve received that he,s wondering how
we,re going to be able to make it out of Cora in less than a week.  What
with all the parades, barbecues, snowmobiling with the mayor, square dances,
and motivational talks at the high school, we may have to push back the next
leg of our Yellowstone traverse by at least a few days.  Here come the
+bilers.  Joe is still doing his frozen in place routine.  This does not
look good.

I reluctantly clear a path to let the four riders through our barricade.
Well, they may be getting to the lake, I think, but they can,t get out.  The
most worrisome thing is that they do not stop to talk to me, and only one
even waves.  No eye contact at all.  That,s alright, I think.  Out of
consideration for us they,re hurrying as fast as they can to get a glimpse
of the lake and then they,re going to zip back and get us.  We,ll talk back
at their place.  They just don,t want us to spend a single additional minute
outside.  How kind of them.  That,s why they didn,t stop.

Then it hits me.  The music stops, the needle goes screeching across the
record.  We,re in trouble here.  Something is terribly, terribly wrong.
This is just not how people who are about to bring us home to feast with
their extended family should be acting.  Joe is moving now at least.  He has
taken his skis off and is walking back toward me at a very slow speed.  I
shout to him, &Well?8  No response.  &Joe?8  &JOE!8  I repeatedly shout at
him as he approaches within 100 yards.  He,s not answering.  God this looks
bad!  I instantly readjust my internal fun meter from being back in Jackson
watching tv to Defcon 5.  I,ve been yanked out of the shower and I,m at the
North Pole having just been given the news that the pickup flight is not
coming and we have to make the 1400 mile trek home by dogsled.  And we don,t
have any sled dogs so we,ll be using marmots instead.  It,s pretty clear we
are not getting a ride back with the boys.

Joe confirms this with very few words when he arrives.  The party consisted
of a Wyoming guide and three clients from Michigan.  The guide mumbled some
bologna about how he could lose his license if anyone saw him giving us a
ride.  Joe kind of tried to laugh this one off at first but then realized
the guy was serious.  He did not want to help us, who knows why.  This
outcome was so unexpected and so incomprehensible to us that we just sat
there at first.  It was like a truck coming across someone in the Sahara
Desert.  &Sorry, I,d love to pick you up, but you might put your feet on the
dash and smudge the leather.8  Would any skier coming across a broken down
snowmobiler 20 miles from the road refuse to help, refuse to lend a hand in
any way?  We couldn,t fathom this.  Where was the back country fellowship,
the shared camaraderie of a couple of hearty souls out in Wyoming,s
wildness?  Sorry.  It wasn,t there this time.  We were crushed.

The previously valiant ambassadors of world peace and brotherhood, now
hateful, bubble-headed practitioners of an idiotic, environmentally damaging
sport, came roaring back from the lake on their gas pigs.  I stared at them
menacingly.  They did not stop.  Good thing for them.  We spent 20 minutes
on tirades and diatribes best not recalled in print, and then we got out our
pathetic list of options.  We had already gone about 10 miles that day.  I
don,t know about Joe, but after 17 straight days of going for it, I was a
mess.  It was 4:00 pm.  Another 20 miles separated us from the car and
salvation.  We could either camp and continue in the morning, or keep going
a little further until dark.  Or, of course, we could commit to the grand
finale death march.

We decided on the death march.  We would eat dinner, pack it up, and go
until we got to the car.  Just another 20 miles.  It wouldn,t be so bad.  A
rational person might have pointed out that we were looking at a 30 mile day
(and night), but our thinking was not exactly sharp as a laser.  From step
1, I knew it was a mistake for me, but Joe definitely had the fire for
getting out.  We set off at nearly full speed with evening coming on and
rich alpenglow coating all peaks in sight.  Every step hurt.  Every minute I
wanted to stop.  I lasted about an hour before seriously considering
stopping for the night.  Another key characteristic of the death march is
that one person wants to do it and the other really doesn,t but just goes
along with it.  It was clear who was in which role.  This was sort of a new
experience for me, for I usually played the guy trying to get the other to
keep going.  Not this time.  I knew Joe was not going to be happy when he
heard I wanted to stop.

For a seeming eternity I heard myself mouthing the words, &I think we should
stop.8  But I held on.  Just another step.  Take another step and see how it
felt.  It felt bad.  My feet were on fire.  My legs were slightly numb down
the sides.  I was hobbling.  I felt about as comfortable on skis as Woody
Allen.  But the worst thing was that we had no way to measure our progress.
We did not recognize the route, could not assess how much farther, had no
landmarks.  It could be another hour or another 10.  I had myself convinced
we could ski four miles an hour.  By that math, we should be able to reach
Cora in time for last call.  Or at least in time to round up an angry mob of
torch-bearing villagers to go hunt down the four +bilers who were guilty of
crimes against humanity and must pay!

Darkness.  Temperature down to a cheery )10 F.  Real heat wave here in the
shadow of the Wind River Range.  It,s another clear, windless night on the
range as we slowly, painfully make our way out of the mountains.  The ice
hard road crunches under our skis.  Dead silence otherwise.  At last, the
pyschological brutality of simply not knowing how much longer breaks me, and
2
 hours into the death march, even though I have convinced myself we must
be half way, I mouth the words.  I,m not asking, I,m telling.  As selfish as
that may be, I can,t go on.  I know Joe is severely displeased, but he
agrees silently, and we stop to set up the tent.  In 10 minutes we are
huddling in the ice bags, praying for warmth.

Looking back, I am amazed we survived as long as we did on the trip with our
sleeping bags considering the state they were in.  Usually the bag is a safe
house, a place to go when all else goes wrong, a place to retreat to.  But
in our case it was the opposite.  Because the weather was so perfect, the
days were our sanctuary, the place we could recover from our torment in the
bags and get warm again.  Had it not been for the perfect weather, we could
not have lasted.  But we managed to just barely hang on and tolerate our
sleeping bags as they became of less and less use each day.

Until they were of no use whatsoever.  Inside the tent, we are both
thrashing around in our bags fully clothed.  I put on my down jacket inside
the bag for the first time.  Luckily we both have down pants which we have
been wearing to sleep for more than a week.  The bags are doing more harm
than good at this point, but we don,t really get that.  The thought doesn,t
occur to us to try sleeping without the bags.  It,s obvious that neither one
of us is asleep or headed anywhere remotely near sleep.  For the first time
on the trip I am not satisfactorily warm at night.  I can survive, but it is
not going to be comfortable.  Maybe we,d be better off going for the car.  I
can,t face that unknown quantity.  Another 2
 hours?  More?  I realize we
are looking at a sleepless night: 9 hours of waiting for the sun to come
back around.

After an hour Joe announces he can,t sleep and wants to keep going.  He,s
wet and cold and getting worse in the ice bag.  We talk about it and decide
he will go for the car and I will stay the night, continuing at first light.
  The thought of getting out of the bag, cold as it is, putting on frozen
boots, hitching up the sled and continuing almost makes me want to get
physically ill, but Joe still has something left.  He departs at 9 pm, back
out into the cold, clear Wyoming night.

I drift in and out of sleep.  I actually do attain some warmth, but somehow
I am also getting wet.  Must have slipped off my pad.  Don,t care.  I am
cramped and crippled, a few limbs need blood, but rolling over acts like a
huge vacuum that takes away any heat I have, so I lie still.  My watch says
3 am when I check it.  Only another few hours and I'll be on my way.  I even
consider getting up right then and continuing but don,t.  I think of Joe and
the brutal death march he must have faced, or might still be facing.  Hope
he makes it.  I drift off again.

4:30 am.  I hear a noise.  Sounds like an engine.  It,s not a snowmobile.
Not high-pitched enough.  Sounds like( a car!  In the space of one minute I
go from sleeping to wide awake and out of the ice bag.  I know exactly
what,s happened, and I am ecstatic.  It,s Joe!  He has driven the car back
down the snowmobile trail to get me!  Bugles are sounding and the cavalry is
thundering over the hill, flags all around.  No time is spent wondering
exactly how Joe got the car here.  Before he has it turned around I am out
of the tent and furiously packing my sled.

We have the tent down and my gear in the car in under five minutes.  I slip
under skis and sled poles into the passenger seat and want to cry when I
feel the heat blast from inside.  Joe,s had the heater on high for hours.
We head off with music playing and Joe hands me a glazed donut.  The
contrast is too stark.  It can,t be real.  I keep waiting to wake up in
northern Iceland with the tent blown to shreds and our bags frozen hard as
coffins.  But I am awake, and we are homeward bound at last.

Joe happily relates his tale like he,s telling me who won the Super Bowl,
and I look for a bullet to bite down on to stop my screams.  He left the
tent to resume the death march at 9 pm.  We figured we were half way, so he
was looking at another two or three hours at most.  More than five hours
after leaving the tent, close to 2:30 am, Joe reached the car.  It started.
Just the thought of going that long, not knowing whether it might have been
another five hours, is too much for me to consider.  Suddenly all my past
death march experiences were transformed into happy jaunts in the country
with birds chirping in comparison with Joe,s saga.

After starting the car, Joe made for a local convenience store and stocking
up on junk food and coffee, then returned to the trailhead.  At Green River
Lakes we had joked how the snowmobile trail was hard enough to drive on.
Noticing there was no gate between the parking lot and trail, Joe eased his
Ford Escort up onto the trail.  The car didn,t sink in at all.  He kept
going and was soon whizzing down the trail.  &So how far was it from the
tent to the car?  Did you measure?8 I asked.  &12 miles.8

With the heater on full and early morning of our 18th day starting to show
itself in the rosy eastern sky, we point the car toward a breakfast of eggs,
bacon, and pancakes.  We had gotten away with murder and we knew it.  Never
in our wildest dreams could we have hoped for such good weather.  We had
done nothing to deserve it.  But with this unprecedented window thrown open
to us, we had breached the Wind River Range,s defenses and squeaked through.
  In January.

Joe pops in a Neil Diamond tape and starts singing along.  I,ve got some
things to learn from this guy.
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FYI.  This was a significant event while you were gone.  I got tasked with
putting together a letter to Dunn's committee from Steve.  Here's the final.
You should look it over so you know what's out there.  Would be interesting
to contrast with our recent FERC filing.

Best,
Jeff
----- Forwarded by Jeff Dasovich/NA/Enron on 07/23/2001 03:35 PM -----

	Steven J Kean
	Sent by: Maureen McVicker
	07/11/2001 10:17 AM

		 To: Jeff Dasovich/NA/Enron@Enron
		 cc: skean@enron.com, Richard Shapiro/NA/Enron@Enron, Susan J
Mara/NA/Enron@ENRON, James D Steffes/NA/Enron@Enron, Karen
Denne/Enron@EnronXGate, Richard B Sanders/Enron@EnronXGate,
mpalmer@enron.com, gfergus@brobeck.com, mlk@pkns.com, Scott Govenar
<sgovenar@govadv.com>, hgovenar@govadv.com
		 Subject: FINAL

Attached is the final letter.  Please note - there was a small change at the
top of page 2.


Ms. Bannes -

A copy of the AMR non-disclosure agreement was forwarded to my attention to
review in anticipation of a meeting to take place tomorrow between our
companies.  I have reviewed the form provided and have numerous comments
related to bringing the agreement into the form generally acceptable to
Enron.  Instead of revising your form, I have provided Enron's standard form
to you for review.  The general concepts are the same, however, you will note:

1.  the attached contained provisions relating to arbitration as the means of
settling disputes between the parties
2.  the laws of New York are applicable (neutral site to both parties), and
3.  there is no requirement of marking information as confidential as this
places an undue burden on Enron to police this practice.

Please review the attached at your earliest convenience and let me know your
thoughts.

Thanks in advance for your cooperation with this matter.

Mark
Senior Counsel, EWS
Phone:     713-345-8897
Facsimile: 713-646-3490
E-Mail:      Mark.Greenberg@enron.com


We have received the executed Confidentiality Agreement between the
referenced Counterparty and ENA dated April 27, 2000.  The copy will be
forwarded to Dave Samuels.

It is my intention that Dave Samuels maintain a complete file of all the
Confidentiality Agreements for EnronOnline.  If there is some otherr person
than Dave who sould maintain the central file repository for EnronOnline
Confidentiality Agreements please this let me know.


I'm having a little online brain drain today...am I correct in my thinking
that all these "spreads" are financial...?


Rosalee/Maureen,

We are going to do our best to pull materials together for Ken's briefing
book by Friday cob so that Ken will have them to review and provide us
feedback.  I'll keep you posted on how we're doing.

Separately, Steve mentioned scheduling a pre-briefing before Ken leaves
Houston.  This meeting would primarily include: Ken, Steve and Jeff
Dasovich.  If you haven't already, will the two of you set some time aside
for the guys to go over the briefing book and details of the schedule next
week? Tuesday, if possible,  would be best (in case we need Monday to finish
up briefing book materials).

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On March 8, we notified you that the ISO had received a direct payment of
about $171 million from PG&E ($177 million less GMC obligation) with
direction from PG&E that these funds were in payment for transactions on the
ISO Controlled Grid in December 2000, scheduled by the California Power
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Elizabeth,
Has contract expired? Unable to get deal to come across to Unify
Settlements.
Thanks!
Tess

                    "Farmer, Daren
                    J."                     To:     <tnray@aep.com>
                    <Daren.J.Farmer@        cc:
                    enron.com>              Subject:     FW: FW: 05/01 ENA Gas Sales on HPL, to D & H Gas
                                            Company
                    06/15/01 11:07
                    AM

>  -----Original Message-----
> From:   Hernandez, Elizabeth L.
> Sent:   Friday, June 15, 2001 11:05 AM
> To:     Farmer, Daren J.
> Subject:     FW: FW: 05/01 ENA Gas Sales on HPL, to D & H Gas Company
>
> Deal 70120 has been extended through May 31, 2001.
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:   Hernandez, Elizabeth L.
> Sent:   Friday, June 15, 2001 9:14 AM
> To:     Richardson, Stacey
> Subject:     FW: FW: 05/01 ENA Gas Sales on HPL, to D & H Gas Company
>
> Can you help me out with this.
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:   Lambert, Karen
> Sent:   Friday, June 15, 2001 9:11 AM
> To:     Hernandez, Elizabeth L.
> Subject:     FW: FW: 05/01 ENA Gas Sales on HPL, to D & H Gas Company
>
> FYI
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:   Dudley, Cheryl
> Sent:   Friday, June 15, 2001 7:20 AM
> To:     Lambert, Karen
> Cc:     Bryan, Linda S.; Huthmacher, Tammie; aalland@aep.com
> Subject:     Re: FW: 05/01 ENA Gas Sales on HPL, to D & H Gas Company
>
> The contract (96007529) should have expired under ENA, but because of
> the timing of the expiration, it got "assigned" to AEP/HPL (96060798).
> Therefore, for informational/historical purposes, I extended the term
> under 96060798 thru 5/31/01.
>
> Someone from Linda's group will have to extend the term under the
> original contract in order for the deal to be attached.
>
>
>
>
> From:   Karen Lambert/ENRON@enronXgate on 06/14/2001 04:34 PM
> To:     Linda S Bryan/ENRON@enronXgate, Cheryl Dudley/HOU/ECT@ECT
> cc:     Tammie Huthmacher/ENRON@enronXgate
>
> Subject:     FW: 05/01 ENA Gas Sales on HPL, to D & H Gas Company
>
> FYI
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:   Hernandez, Elizabeth L.
> Sent:   Thursday, June 14, 2001 1:44 PM
> To:     Lambert, Karen
> Cc:     Farmer, Daren J.
> Subject:     FW: 05/01 ENA Gas Sales on HPL, to D & H Gas Company
> Importance:  High
>
> Unable to add May production as contract needs to be exteneded.
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:   Farmer, Daren J.
> Sent:   Thursday, June 14, 2001 1:33 PM
> To:     Hernandez, Elizabeth L.
> Subject:     FW: 05/01 ENA Gas Sales on HPL, to D & H Gas Company
> Importance:  High
>
> Elizabeth,
>
> Can you extend the contract with D&H under deal 70120 for 1 month to
> cover this volume?
>
> D
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:   tnray@aep.com@ENRON
> [mailto:IMCEANOTES-tnray+40aep+2Ecom+40ENRON@ENRON.com]
> Sent:   Thursday, June 14, 2001 11:44 AM
> To:     dfarmer@enron.com
> Subject:     Re: 05/01 ENA Gas Sales on HPL, to D & H Gas Company
> Importance:  High
>
> Daren,
> Per my e-mail to Julie and her reply (see below), Can you help me with
> this?
>
> Thanks!
> Tess
> ----- Forwarded by Tessie N Ray/AEPIN on 06/14/01 11:44 AM -----
>
>                     Julie L Meyers
>                                          To:     Tessie N
> Ray/AEPIN@AEPIN
>                     06/14/01 10:58       cc:
>                     AM                   Subject:     Re: 05/01 ENA
> Gas Sales on HPL, to D & H Gas Company
>                                          (Document link: Tessie N Ray)
>
>
>
>
> I did a search and found no deals for May for this counterparty.  Call
> Daren Farmer at 713-853-6905, and he could probably put the deal in
> for
> you.
>
>
>
>
> (Embedded image moved to file: pic16827.pcx)   Tessie N Ray
> 06/13/2001 03:44 PM
>
>
> To:   Julie L Meyers/HO1/AEPIN@AEPIN
> cc:   Elizabeth.Hernandez@enron.com
>
> Subject:  05/01 ENA Gas Sales on HPL, to D & H Gas Company
>
>  (Embedded
>  image moved   (Embedded image moved to file: pic00491.pcx)
>  to file:
>  pic09961.pcx)
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Julie -
> Need your help again....
> D&H gas Company, faxed their 05/01 volume support for HPL Meter 428
> (980428), whihc reflects ENA gas sales to D&H for 5/11/01, 143 mmbtu
> and
> 5/31/01 for 286 mmbtu for a total of 429 mmbtu for 05/01. he deal last
> month (04/01), was SA-70120. I don't have see a  sales draft  under
> ENA or
> HPL for 05/01 sales to D&H, nor do I see any 05/01 sales deal under
> SA-70120.
>
> Can you assist me in finding out if there was a sale to D&H in 05/01,
> and
> if so, what is the deal number and where is sales draft?
>
> Thanks!
> Tess
>
>
>
>
>
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>  - pic09961.pcx <<pic09961.pcx>>
>  - pic00491.pcx <<pic00491.pcx>>
>
>
>
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---------------------- Forwarded by Carla Hoffman/PDX/ECT on 12/13/2000 12:19
PM ---------------------------

	Enron Capital & Trade Resources Corp.

	From:  "Pergher, Gunther" <Gunther.Pergher@dowjones.com>
     12/13/2000 11:10 AM

To: undisclosed-recipients:;
cc:
Subject: DJ PG&E: Will Keep Borrowing Until Lenders Say 'No More'

19:04 GMT 13 December 2000 =DJ PG&E: Will Keep Borrowing Until Lenders Say
'No More'

   By Mark Golden
   Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--How long can PG&E Corp. (PCG) continue to buy power at
$500 a megawatt-hour and sell it at $54? As long as banks continue to say it
can, according to the spokesman for PG&E's regulated utility Pacific Gas &
Electric Co.
"That decision belongs to the lending institutions. They have to make the
decision if lending us money is a prudent investment for them," utility
spokesman Ron Low said in an interview late Tuesday.
From May through November, the utility spent $4.6 billion more to buy
electricity in skyrocketing bulk power markets than it can charge its
customers, who have frozen rates.
And December purchases so far have been more expensive than those of any
previous month. Since the California Independent System operator lifted its
$250/MWh price cap over the weekend, the northern California wholesale power
market has traded between $450-$1,000/MWh. Such prices are expected to be
common this winter.
About two-thirds of the $4.6 billion difference was paid by PG&E to outside
electricity suppliers. PG&E had to borrow this amount from the credit
markets.
About one-third of the $4.6 billion was paid into an account for income from
power plants that PG&E still owns, funds which the company controls. The
California Public Utilities Commission indicated Tuesday that it will
authorize the state's utilities to use power plant profits to pay off some
of their debts.
That CPUC move will be totally inadequate, according to the PG&E and Edison
International's (EIX) Southern California Edison. Their request for a
customer rate increase was rejected by the CPUC last week.
On Tuesday, the PUC proposed an order rejecting the utilities' overall
approach to fixing California's power market. The PUC will take a final vote
on Dec. 21 on that order, which promises to "continue to monitor the impact
on the utilities."
For now, PG&E is left to borrow about $750 million a month to fund the
electricity losses.
"We need the state to begin immediately addressing the issue. There is time
to avoid a very serious problem which would affect all of California, but
inaction will rapidly result in a collapse of the entire energy system and
with it the economy," Low said.
Presumably, that means the collapse of Pacific Gas & Electric as well.
"That's up to the institutions that are lending us money. The company has a
strong financial history, which allows us to go out and borrow money and buy
power for our customers. It can't go on forever," said Low.
Almost all of the utility's debt is recourse debt of the parent company,
PG&E Corp. The corporation spokesman, Greg Pruett, said that for now the
parent company is actively engaged in helping the utility fund the power
purchases.
'"We review this on a daily basis, but it can't go on forever. The
two-minute warning has sounded and there are seconds remaining in the game,"
Pruett said.
"This debt - $4.6 billion - is more than half of the market capitalization
of PG&E Corp. That's huge and it's got to stop," Pruett said.
When asked if California Governor Gray Davis is willing to let the state's
utilities go bankrupt, Davis' spokesman said Wednesday that "the governor
doesn't want to comment until he finds out more about the situation."
Enron Corp. (ENE), as one of the big beneficiaries of the higher prices for
bulk power supplies, has some concern about the credit strain, "but I can't
imagine the state letting the utilities go into bankruptcy," Enron Chairman
Kenneth Lay said Wednesday.
"The utilities will have a difficult time raising the funds unless state
gives a guarantee," Lay said.
-By Mark Golden, Dow Jones Newswires; 201-938-4604; mark.golden@dowjones.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires 13-12-00
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Need to know the scoop on City of Roseville and Puget Sound...
----- Forwarded by Tana Jones/HOU/ECT on 09/13/2000 11:01 AM -----

	Shari Stack
	09/11/2000 11:32 AM

		 To: Tana Jones/HOU/ECT@ECT
		 cc:
		 Subject: Re: EOL Credit Responses 09/06/00

Leslie said that she will call you re: City of Roseville (and Puget Sound as
well).

----- Forwarded by Shari Stack/HOU/ECT on 09/11/2000 11:31 AM -----

	Shari Stack
	09/11/2000 09:27 AM

		 To: Tana Jones/HOU/ECT@ECT
		 cc: Rhonda L Denton/HOU/ECT@ECT, Leslie Hansen/HOU/ECT@ECT
		 Subject: Re: EOL Credit Responses 09/06/00

Tana:

The following CP's are not authorized to trade US Power Products:

Willowbridge Associates: Declined by Credit
City of Roseville: Need to speak with Elizabeth/Leslie  - will get back to
you on them today.
Coastal Field Services Restricted by Credit
Mississippi Chemical Corporation - Restricted by Credit

Thanks,

Shari


---------------------- Forwarded by Matthew Lenhart/HOU/ECT on 10/16/2000
10:14 AM ---------------------------

val.generes@ac.com on 10/16/2000 07:05:37 AM
To: brian.r.vassigh@ac.com
cc:

Subject: Mac and Rosco

Andersen Consulting
Customer Relationship Management
William J. Benitez, Houston, (713) 83 / 73160
10/12/2000 10:29 AM CDT

To:   Jeffrey T. Miers, C. Clark Varner, garland r. hill
cc:   brian a. myers, karim kafray, bleitsch@siebel.com, Val Generes
Subject:  Mac and Rosco

This is pretty sweet...what a resemblance.

-BB

(See attached file: Mack N Rosco.jpg)

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Carol St. Clair
EB 3892
713-853-3989 (Phone)
713-646-3393 (Fax)
carol.st.clair@enron.com
----- Forwarded by Carol St Clair/HOU/ECT on 08/29/00 08:11 AM -----

	"Curry, Alicia" <acurry@velaw.com>
	08/28/00 01:59 PM

		 To: "Kopper, Michael (Enron)" <michael.kopper@enron.com>, "Tiller, AnnMarie
(Enron)" <annmarie.tiller@enron.com>, "Schnapper, Barry (Enron)"
<barry.schnapper@enron.com>, "St. Clair, Carol (Enron)"
<carol.st.clair@enron.com>, "Sefton, Scott (Enron)" <scott.sefton@enron.com>,
"'kenton@rlf.com'" <kenton@rlf.com>, "'dj@lordspv.com'" <dj@lordspv.com>,
"'aw@lordspv.com'" <aw@lordspv.com>, "'aroberts@wilmingtontrust.com'"
<aroberts@wilmingtontrust.com>, "'martha_stuart@kirkland.com'"
<martha_stuart@kirkland.com>, "Chandler, Trina" <tchandler@velaw.com>,
"'kevin.d.jordan@enron.com'" <kevin.d.jordan@enron.com>, "Astin, Ronald T."
<RAstin@velaw.com>, "Spradling, Mark" <MSpradling@velaw.com>, "Osterberg,
Edward" <eosterberg@velaw.com>, "'Anne Yaeger'" <Anne.Yaeger@enron.com>,
"'Ian Schachter'" <ian.schachter@us.pwcglobal.com>, "'Michael Edsall'"
<michael_edsall@kirkland.com>, "'Brent Vasconcellos'" <bvascon@enron.com>,
"'Trushar Patel'" <trushar.patel@enron.com>, "'rsiurek@enron.com'"
<rsiurek@enron.com>, "'patty.grutzmacher@enron.com'"
<patty.grutzmacher@enron.com>, "'jennifer.stevenson@enron.com'"
<jennifer.stevenson@enron.com>, "'simpson@rlf.com'" <simpson@rlf.com>
		 cc: "Halbert, Elaine" <ehalbert@velaw.com>
		 Subject: Project Raptor III (2 of 2 emails)

 Attached please find drafts of the following:

1. Security Agreement

2. UCC-1 Financing Statements

3. Stock Transfer Restriction Letter Agreement

4. Roadrunner LLC Agreement

5. Bobcat LLC Agreement

6. Enron Management Services Agreement

7. LJM Management Services Agreement

8. Tax Indemnification Agreement

9. Certificate of Incumbency of BSCS XXIII, Inc.

10. Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.

11. Enron Corp. Demand Note

12. Confidentiality Agreement

13. Peregrine Letter Agreement

14. List of Documents

> Alicia L. Curry
> Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
> 2300 First City Tower
> 1001 Fannin Street
> Houston, Texas 77002-6760
> Phone:  713-758-4428
> Fax:  713-615-5688
> (Licensed in New York only)
>
>
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>
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 - Eighteen.DOC
 - Nineteen.DOC
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the c1 guy's note is just more e-commerce blather...I don't know whether he would add any value or not, but would definitely add buzzwords.


Ken:

It is my understanding that we must get approval from the Office of the
Chairman to utilize the company aircraft for personal use.

My family is holding a Holiday Reunion in Atlanta December 18-23.  Debbie and
I would like to fly to Atlanta and back on Friday, December 22, with our
children.  The twins, Jason and Jessica, are a little bit too young yet to
try the commercial airlines, which is why I am requesting to use a company
aircraft.

Of course, we would only secure a plane if it is NOT needed for business
purposes that particular day and would be subject to company policy on all
charges.

No problem if this doesn't work!

Stan


Sounds good to me.

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Shackleton, Sara
Sent:	Tuesday, September 25, 2001 8:58 AM
To:	Taylor, Mark E (Legal)
Subject:	PLI Securities Laws Seminar

Mark:

The PLI has a 2-day seminar in Houston on Nov. 5 and 6 which I would like to attend (mega-refresher course for me).  The cost is $1295.  Although I have been looking for a seminar about equity derivatives, this seminar will be helpful in the context of ENE forwards and other affiliated equity deals from the securities vantage point.  Sara

Let me know if you would like to see the brochure.

Sara

Sara Shackleton
Enron Wholesale Services
1400 Smith Street, EB3801a
Houston, TX  77002
Ph:  (713) 853-5620
Fax: (713) 646-3490


Howdy,
Neil Stuchbury from the Toronto office will be in Saturday to observe your
Real Time trading expertise.
Murray has been a consultant for the Enron Toronto office and has offered
Neil a chance to "audit class."

Thanks,

JMF


Please find attached a slightly revised (by Joe Carrico) draft of the
ISDA/GMRA Insolvency Bridge, which takes the approach, if a Bankruptcy Event
of Default occurs, of deeming relevant repo transactions to be Transactions
under the ISDA Master Agreement.  While we wish to focus our discussion
tomorrow on the draft "Cross-Agreement Bridge", we would be happy to hear
some further discussion on this type of approach.

 <<GMRA insolvency bridge-20March01.doc>>

John Berry
International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.
One New Change, London, EC4M 9QQ
Tel: +44 20 7330 3550
Fax: +44 20 7330 3555
e-mail: jberry@isda-eur.org
http://www.isda.org

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Cynthia Richards [mailto:CRICHARDS@isda.org]
  Sent: 19 March, 2001 20:28
  To: Angela Papesch; beat.gabathuler@zkb.ch;
charles.ross-stewart@ib.bankgesellschaft.de; David Benton; David Wysoki;
ernst.decker@bhf-bank.com; fcaputo@bci.it; gabriel.benincasa@msdw.com;
harvey@sbcm.com; John Berry; Kimberly Summe; lewis_david@jpmorgan.com; Mark
Taylor; Richard Tredgett; Robert Pickel; svenokur@lehman.com
  Subject: Master Agreement Structural Issues Working
Group Meeting, Wednesd ay, March 21 at 9:00 a.m. (NY time)  2:00 p.m.
(London time)

  In reference to the above mentioned subject, for those who
cannot attend
  this meeting in person please note the call in information:

  International call  865 544 0268

  Domestic call    800 680 2473

  Participation Code  409 685

  Host Code  311 114

 - GMRA insolvency bridge-20March01.doc


---------------------- Forwarded by Vince J Kaminski/HOU/ECT on 12/15/2000
05:03 PM ---------------------------

Jim Garven <James_Garven@baylor.edu> on 12/14/2000 03:33:52 PM
To: Vince.J.Kaminski@enron.com
cc:
Subject: Re: Greetings from Baylor University

Dear Vince,

Thanks for writing back.?? I am glad to hear that Shane Green is working
there and doing so well.? Please give him my regards.?

Let's plan on having you speak for our Gamma Iota Sigma dinner on the evening
of 2/23.? It is my understanding that you are going to be in town anyway for
John Martin's "new economy" seminar.? Will you be needing a hotel
accommodation for that evening?? If so, please let me know and I will have my
secretary arrange accommodations for you.

Concerning class presentations, I am curious when whether we can try to
arrange a date.? I am teaching two undergraduate sections of a business risk
management course from 11-12:20 and 12:30-1:50 on Tuesdays and Thursdays this
spring.?? I also am teaching a graduate version of the same course from
3:30-4:50 on Tuesdays and Thursdays, but when you come I will probably have
you speak to the undergraduate classes and have my graduate students attend
either of those sessions.? The spring semester starts January 9 and ends May
1, and the following dates are already taken for other speakers, exams, or
spring break:

Thursday, February 15 - Midterm exam 1
Tuesday, March 6 and Thursday, March 8 - no class (spring break)
Thursday, March 15 - presentation on risk adjusted discount rate
methodologies by Dr. Richard Derrig, Automobile Insurers Bureau of
Massachusetts
Tuesday, April 3 - Midterm exam 2

Please let me know at your earliest convenience when you would like to
schedule a presentation.? Considering the fact that the presentation would be
scheduled for around the middle of the day, it would probably be technically
possible for you to make your visit into a day trip (back and forth from
Houston) in case if you are pressed for time.? Continental flies here from
Houston, but unfortunately the morning flight doesn't come in until 10:45
a.m., which would be too late for a presentation to the 11 a.m. class.

Thanks again,

Jim

At 01:57 PM 12/12/2000 -0600, Vince.J.Kaminski@enron.com wrote:

Jim,

Sorry for the delay in responding to your message. I was traveling
extensively
and was overwhelmed with many different projects.

I shall be glad to speak at the Gamma Iota Sigma dinner. Unfortunately,
cannot make
a presentation to your class (it would require leaving the office for two
days in a row).

I can, however, promise to come on another day and speak to your students.

I hope everything is going well for you. By the way, your former student,
Shane Green, has joined us
for 12 month and is doing exceptionally well.

Vince

Jim Garven <James_Garven@baylor.edu> on 11/28/2000 05:10:55  PM

To:?? "Vince J Kaminski" <Vince_J_Kaminski@enron.com>
cc:
Subject:? Greetings from Baylor University

Dear Vince,

Since we last corresponded, I have left LSU and am now Professor of Finance
& Insurance at Baylor University in Waco, TX.? My colleague at Baylor, John
Martin, mentioned that you will be coming to campus for a conference on
Friday, February 23 that he is organizing.?? I am curious whether your
schedule might permit staying over that evening so that we can feature you
as our dinner speaker for the chartering ceremony of Gamma Iota Sigma,
national risk management fraternity.? For that matter, would you also
possibly be available to make any presentations to undergraduate  and
graduate students on the previous day (Thursday, February 22)?? What I have
in mind is a presentation similar to the presentations you made last spring
to my LSU classes.

Thank you for your consideration of this request.? I am looking forward to
seeing you once again.

Sincerely,

Jim Garven

_________________________________________
James R. Garven, Ph.D.
Professor of Finance & Insurance
Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate
Hankamer School of Business
HSB 336
Baylor University
Box 98004
Waco, TX? 76798

Voice: (254) 710-6207
Fax: (603) 994-6680

E-mail:? James_Garven@baylor.edu
Home Page: http://garven.baylor.edu
Vita: http://garven.baylor.edu/dossier.html
Research Paper Archive: http://garven.baylor.edu/research.html
_________________________________________


Here's the draft I referred to in my e-mail -- let me know if you have
comments or questions.


Jeff,

The following represents assets and/or trades we would want to maintain flexibility due to liability issues and/or potential upside:

Project Timber: 10 year toll agreements around Mt. Belvieu and Morgan's Point facilities
Hoegh Gallion: 18 year take or pay lease agreement regarding this refurbished LNG vessel delivered March 26, 2001
Excalibur: 22 year take or pay lease agreement regarding this new LNG vessel to be delivered August 2002
Bahamas: Greenfield regasification and pipeline project to be completed by YE 2005
  sub issue to Bahamas: 20 year 4 Bcm/yr take or pay lease agreement LNG agreement from Nigeria LNG (MOU already
                                    signed)

Regards,

-Larry-


I don't have this finalized yet until final personnel decisions are done.

-----Original Message-----
From: Meredith, Kevin
Sent: Fri 1/25/2002 3:30 PM
To: Presto, Kevin M.
Cc: Walker, Chris; Lozano, Melba
Subject: FW: Books

Kevin,

Please identify which trader will be managing the locations you have listed below so we can have the system fully tested as soon as possible.  I understand that we will be using peak and off-peak only for the locations below.  We will work with the trader of the Ontario location and Leslie Hansen to develop this location, as we do not have anything in the system for this yet.  Thanks, in advance, for your response.

Kevin

-----Original Message-----
From: Forster, David
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 3:12 PM
To: Denny, Jennifer; Meredith, Kevin
Subject: FW: Books

Please ensure products are set up accordingly.

Thanks,

Dave
--------------------------
Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld (www.BlackBerry.net)

-----Original Message-----
From: Presto, Kevin M. <Kevin.M.Presto@ENRON.com>
To: Webb, Jay <Jay.Webb@ENRON.com>; Forster, David <David.Forster@ENRON.com>
CC: Evans, Casey <Casey.Evans@ENRON.com>; White, Stacey W. <Stacey.W.White@ENRON.com>
Sent: Wed Jan 16 14:36:59 2002
Subject: FW: Books

The UBSW Energy on-line products should be limited to the locations below through 2003 only.   Off-Peak markets will be only in NY, PJM, NEPOOL, and ERCOT.

*       NEPOOL PTF
*       NY Zone J (FP and Basis)
*       NY Zone G
*       NY Zone A
*       Ontario (FP and Basis)
*       PJM East Hub (FP and Basis)
*       PJM West Hub
*       PJM West (Basis)
*       Cinergy
*       Com-Ed (FP and Basis)
*       TVA (FP and Basis)
*       Entergy (FP and Basis)
*       SOCO
*       ERCOT South (FP)
*       ERCOT North (Basis)

Casey - Please see above the markets that will be Fixed Price (1-30 day market) and Basis/Spread (forwards).

Kevin Presto
Vice President, East Power Trading
Phone:  713-853-5035
Cell:  713-854-3923
Fax:  713-646-8272


-----Original Message-----
From: 	Chapman, Christy
Sent:	Wednesday, April 25, 2001 9:03 AM
To:	Braddock, Billy; Rorschach, Reagan
Subject:	FW: You are cordially invited.....
Importance:	High

Claude for ya'll so here you go!!!

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Harvey, Claudette
Sent:	Tuesday, April 24, 2001 7:47 PM
To:	Dietrich, Janet; Broderick, Paul; Davis, Mark Dana; Gupta, Gautam; May, Tom; Miller, Jeffrey; Misra, Narsimha; Quenet, Joe; Thomas, Paul; Dutta, Tom; Ader, Jeff; Bernstein, Mark; Brown, Michael; Gordon, Joe; Hammond, Pearce W.; Llodra, John; Plauche, Stephen; Scheuer, Janelle; Stewart, Jennifer N.; Wood, George; Meyn, Jim; Aucoin, Berney; Stalford, Robert; Perez, Ricardo; Stepenovitch, Joe; Starnes, Chad; 'lcampbel@enron.com'; Kroll, Heather; Fairley, David; Wagner, Joseph; Johnston, Elizabeth; Herndon, Rogers; Carson, Mike; Rust, Bill; Connor, Joe; McNamara, Ron; Cross, Edith; Jacoby, Ben; Presto, Kevin; Nicolay, Christi; Steffes, James; Ingersoll, Richard; Bagwell, Jennifer; Acevedo, Rudy; Deffner, Joseph; Hodge, Jeffrey; Baughman, Edward D.; Gilbert-Smith, Doug; Sturm, Fletcher; Black, Tamara Jae; Gardner, Stephanie; Celedon, Adriana; Martinez, Judy; Chapman, Kay; Delainey, David; Fallon, Jim; Wolfe, Greg; La, Nicole; Miller, Mike; Miller, Michael L.; Mann, Kay; Van Hooser, Steve; Clark, Barton; Carter, Bob; Clark, Catherine; Kerrigan, Brian; Bills, Lisa; Duran, W David; Bills, Lisa; Rode, Tina; Herron, Chris; Vetters, Charles; Schneider, Chip; Lalji, Farouk; Marks, David; Busby, Todd; Mouton, Stacie; Manis, Herman; Sherman, Christina; Wheeler, Rob; Tingleaf, Drew; Parks, Michelle; Ahn, Chris; Wang, Steve; Wiesepape, Jason
Cc:	Pagan, Ozzie; Chapman, Christy
Subject:	You are cordially invited.....
Importance:	High

As you already know Ozzie Pagan is leaving East Power Origination to pursue a position in Enron's Energy Services.  Not only is he deserting us, but he is stealing Christy Chapman away as well! (smile) Please join me in congratulating them both, and wishing them much success in the future.  To see that they don't forget us too soon, let's make his and Christy's farewell a memorable one.  And what better way to do that than, of course.....Happy Hour....yea baby!

		 When?:	Friday, 4/27/01
				5:00 pm - until they throw us out

		Where?:	Slainte Irish Pub
				509 Main St.

		Why?:	 Why NOT ??.

see ya there!
claude

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do you have a link for that b/c I never saw them

To: Eric Bass/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc: Timothy Blanchard/HOU/EES@EES, Chad Landry/HOU/ECT@ECT, Steve
Venturatos/HOU/ECT@ECT, Bryan Hull/HOU/ECT@ECT, Phillip M Love/HOU/ECT@ECT,
David Baumbach/HOU/ECT@ECT, Jay Reitmeyer/HOU/ECT@ECT
Subject: Re: Tiger recruiting #1

these videos are pretty good.  i saw the texas video the last two years.


offer away.  thanks.

	From:  Jennifer Fraser                           01/23/2001 08:20 AM

To: Mike McConnell/HOU/ECT@ECT, Jeffrey A Shankman/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc: Richard Lassander/Corp/Enron@Enron, Alex Mcleish/EU/Enron@Enron, Eloy
Escobar/Corp/Enron@ENRON
Subject: Chief Reader for the OOC

Gentlemen:

We would be pleased to offer you a summary of the key reports and events of
the week that are driving prices in crude, products, NGLS and petchems.
We are currently developing such a report for general dissemination. We would
appreciate any comments or suggestions you might have regarding such reports.

Thanks
JF


Elizabeth:  here is one of the old e-mails.  I'll see if I can find the one
regarding the PECO/Great Bay marketing dispute.  John

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you are not an intended recipient, please delete this e-mail, including
attachments and notify me by return mail, e-mail or by phone at 212
424-8125.  The unauthorized use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction
of the e-mail, including attachments, is prohibited and may be unlawful.

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LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P.
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jklauber@llgm.com
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 14:31:51 -0500
From: "JOHN G KLAUBERG" <JKLAUBER@LLGM.COM>
To: esager2@ect.enron.com
cc: stweed@ect.enron.com, MOLEARY@LLGM.COM
Subject: Power Marketing Alliances
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;  charset=us-ascii
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Elizabeth:

Following up on our conversations late last week, I reviewed the initial
research undertaken by one of our junior associates dealing with the
fiduciary duty issues in the context of a power marketing arrangement entered
into by ECT to market the output of another party's ("Counterparty's)
merchant power plants.  My general thoughts are as follows:

1.  Significance of Parties' Business and Economic Arrangements.  As you
know, the precise nature of the business and economic relationship between
ECT and Counterparty likely will affect the legal analysis; thus, it will be
necessary to keep a close on that issue as the negotiations proceed.  It
would appear that ECT generally would press for an agency relationship since
the law is somewhat more favorable with respect to the ability to carve out
areas where the agent does not owe a fiduciary duty to its principal.
However, depending on the business and economic negotiations, there may
ultimately be some risk that ECT could be deemed to be in a "partner" role
vis-a-vis the Counterparty.  We assume, for example, that ECT would possess
the power to bind the Counterparty to power sales contracts with third
parties (subject, most likely, to specified parameters), at least with
respect to spot market type deals.  (This likely will be the case even if the
Counterparty has the right to terminate the agreement at anytime -- which
termination effectively would be prospective in nature since any existing
deals would continue to binding on Counterparty).  The risk of deemed partner
status probably will exist regardless of whether the governing agreement
specifically provides that the arrangement is not intended to create a
partnership.

A further indicia of partner status would be if ECT's compensation is tied to
net profits, particularly if ECT also shared in losses to some extent (e.g.,
perhaps in the nature of an overall "netting" or "tracking" account pursuant
to which, for example, profits previously paid out to ECT would be recaptured
with future losses (but never go below zero)).  Another factor running in
favor of partner status will be the length of the agreement; a longer
agreement often suggests more of a partnership arrangement.

2.    The Choice of Governing Law may be Significant.  For example, in states
that have adopted the Uniform Partnership Act ("UPA") (e.g., New York,
Delaware, Pennsylvania), there is more of a concern that a court would impose
a higher fiduciary duty standard on ECT.  This result is less likely in
states that have adopted the Revised Uniform Partnership Act ("RUPA") (20
states, including Texas, California and Montana), pursuant to which the
parties can exclude specific categories of activities that are not subject to
the partner's fiduciary duty obligation (if the carve outs are not manifestly
unreasonable).  Although ECT presumably will always take the position that it
is not a partner of Counterparty, in analyzing these issues, ECT should try
to apply those tougher standards to its relationship in the event a court
ever determined that those standards should apply.  The bottom line may be
that the definitive agreements will need to specifically state that the
parties recognize that ECT is in the business of buying and selling power and
that it will be in competition with Counterparty, ECT is not obligated to
bring Counterparty the best deals, Counterparty can terminate if it is
dissatisfied, etc.  It will be advisable to list specific activities where it
is clear ECT and Counterparty may be in competition, rather than rely on a
general waiver of fiduciary duties; the courts clearly do not like advance
disclaimers of all fiduciary duties (particularly where, like here, the
arrangement is likely to be an exclusive one). Where ECT will need to be
particularly careful will be with respect to ensuring against the use of
confidential information from the Counterparty and its facilities in its
stand alone power trading operations.

3.  Other Considerations.  One additional consideration to keep in mind.  The
potential Counterparty you mentioned on the phone intends to project finance,
on a nonrecourse or limited recourse basis, many of the plants it proposes to
acquire.  Like any merchant plant financing arrangement that is being put in
place in today's "deregulating" power markets, the project lender will be
very involved in any arrangement dealing with the marketing of the power from
those plants since, obviously, that is the source of repayment for their
loan.  The lender(s) could drive, for example, such items as the governing
law for the definitive agreements, the term of the agreement, etc.  In
addition, the lender will be very interested in any economic arrangement that
could result in "performance" or similar types of bonuses being payable by
the Counterparty to the agent, as well as any "clawback" of previously paid
amounts in the event of subsequently incurred negative results.  In one
similar arrangement with which have been involved, the lender has been very
active in the negotiations of a similar type of agreement.  My guess is that
undoubtedly will be the case in the situation you raised.  Thus, ECT's
commercial negotiators likely will be encountering multiple parties "on the
other side."

4.  PECO/Great Bay Dispute.  I put on the fax to you again another copy of
the previous summary I had put together on the PECO/Great Bay contract
dispute for your quick reference.  As we discussed, there are a number of
provisions in that contract that ECT's originators would find of interest
from a commercial perspective  -- with the clear caveat that some of them
obviously are what lead to the litigation.  The allegations in the complaint
clearly are, to some extent, of the fiduciary duty type (implied covenant of
good faith and fair dealing).  Interestingly, there is a lack of language in
that agreement trying to carve out PECO's obligations to Great Bay with
respect to PECO's own trading operations.

I hope the foregoing is at least somewhat useful to you, although the "rules"
in this area are fairly blurry.  Please call me if you have any questions.

John


This deal is with PG&E.  I thought they were going into bankruptcy.  Can you
check and see if this is a wrong co name or what.

Thanks!


TJ,

Please put on my calendar.  Thanks,

Fletch

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Dalton III, Oscar
Sent:	Wednesday, August 15, 2001 10:12 AM
To:	Dalton III, Oscar; Baughman, Edward D.; Sewell, Doug; Valderrama, Larry; Clynes, Terri; Abler, William; Carroll, Lex; Kelly, Mike E.; Ratliff, Beau; Meyn, Jim; Trefz, Greg; Nicolay, Christi L.; Sturm, Fletcher J.; Herrera, Fernando
Cc:	Will, Lloyd; Roan, Michael
Subject:	RE: Midwest Update Meeting

THE MEETING WILL BE IN 3125B

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Dalton III, Oscar
Sent:	Tuesday, August 14, 2001 5:58 PM
To:	Baughman, Edward D.; Sewell, Doug; Valderrama, Larry; Clynes, Terri; Abler, William; Carroll, Lex; Kelly, Mike E.; Ratliff, Beau; Meyn, Jim; Trefz, Greg; Nicolay, Christi L.; Sturm, Fletcher J.
Cc:	Will, Lloyd; Roan, Michael
Subject:	Midwest Update Meeting

Please plan on attending a meeting on Thursday, 8/23/01 at 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for a presentation by Lloyd Will (location to be announced later).  Lloyd as agreed to present the PJM model of LMP and congestion and how these issues will soon impact the Midwest Markets.

Additionally, I have invited Mike Roan to present a Midwest RTO update.

This will be an excellent opportunity to come up to speed on a series of issues that will have significant impact to our region.

Lunch to be provided

Thanks

Oscar Dalton


Audrey,

Please send about 6 maps the contact below.

Thanks, Kim.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kuehl, Toby
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 1:43 PM
To: Watson, Kimberly; Lohman, TK
Cc: Taylor, Gina
Subject: FW: Transwestern System Map Request

FYI...........

Toby
-----Original Message-----
From: xxenergy@ix.netcom.com [mailto:xxenergy@ix.netcom.com]
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 1:17 PM
To: tw@enron.com
Subject: Transwestern System Map Request

Friday, 01/25/02

Dear Transwestern Staff:

    I'm not certain where to direct this request, so I hope you will route same to appropriate group ASAP.

    I have some clients (munis in Southern California) who are interested in tradeable rights on SoCal's system and possibly obtaining their own transport on TWPL.

    I have an old (1991) Transwestern system map, and I would like to get an up to date set of system maps (system & laterals, compressors, delivery points, etc) at your earliest.

    Please do not hesitate to call me should you wish to discuss this or if there is a charge.
My mailing address & phone (for charges for the maps or questions) are as follows:

Best regards,

Carol Caul
President
Energy Business Inc
685 N Post Oak Ln Ste 100
Houston TX  77024-4606
ph: 713-680-2500
fax: 713-680-2574
email: xxenergy@ix.netcom.com <mailto:xxenergy@ix.netcom.com>


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Whatever happened to the good ol' days!

 >
 >
 > The following is from an actual 1950's Home Economics textbook
Intended
 > for High School girls, teaching them how to prepare for married
life.
 >
  > > 1.   HAVE DINNER READY: Plan ahead, even the night
before, to have a
 > delicious meal - on time.  This is a way of letting him know  that
you
 > have > been thinking about him, and are concerned about his needs.
Most
 > men are hungry when they come home and the prospects of a good
meal are
 > part of the warm welcome needed.
  > >
  > > 2.   PREPARE YOURSELF: Take 15 minutes to rest so you
will be refreshed
 > when he arrives.  Touch up your make-up, put a ribbon in your hair
and be
 > fresh looking.  He has just been with a lot of work-weary people.
Be a
 > little gay and a little more interesting. His boring
 > day may need a lift.
  > >
  > > 3.   CLEAR AWAY CLUTTER.  Make one last trip through the
main part of
 > the house just before your husband arrives, gathering up
schoolbooks,
 > toys, paper, etc. Then run a dust cloth over the tables. Your
husband will
 > feel he has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will give
you a
 > lift too.
  > >
  > > 4.   PREPARE THE CHILDREN.  Take a few minutes to wash
the children's
 > hands and faces if they are small, comb their hair, and if
necessary,
 > change their clothes.  They are little treasures and he would like
to see
 > them playing the part.
  > >
  > > 5.   MINIMIZE THE NOISE: At the time of his arrival,
eliminate all noise
 > of washer, dryer, or vacuum.  Try to encourage the children to be
quiet.
 > Greet him with a warm smile and kiss, letting him know you're glad
to see
 > him.
  > >
  > > 6.   Some DON'TS: Don't greet him with problems or
complaints. Don't
 > complain if he's late for dinner.  Count this as minor compared
with what
 > he might have gone through that day.
  > >
  > > 7.   MAKE HIM COMFORTABLE.  Have him lean back in a
comfortable chair or
 > suggest he lay down in the bedroom.  Have a cool or warm drink
ready for
 > him. Arrange his pillow and offer to take off his shoes.  Speak in
a low,
 > soft, soothing and pleasant voice.  Allow him to relax and unwind.
  > >
  > > 8.   LISTEN TO HIM: You may have a dozen things to tell
him, but the
 > moment of his arrival is not the time.  Let him talk first.
  > >
  > > 9.   MAKE THE EVENING HIS: Never complain if he does not
take you out to
 > dinner or to other places of entertainment; instead try to
understand his
 > world of strain and pressure and his need to be home and relax.
  > >
  > > 10.  THE GOAL: try to make your home a place of peace
and order where
 > your husband can relax.
  > >
  > >


meeting will be held in Wes's office #3305


I just got the latest and greatest:

Shively
Storey
Lewis
Pimenov
Mahmassani
Williams

Assuming this is accurate, I would like to get from you, as soon as the decisions have been made, what products/regions each trader will be assigned to.  This is not only for EOL setup, but also for curve files and P&L/Position reporting.  There will be two people, not including myself to run the Central books, so I also need to begin thinking about who will be running each book.  Thanks.

DG


----- Forwarded by Steven J Kean/NA/Enron on 03/28/2001 04:39 PM -----

	eserver@enron.com
	03/28/2001 09:55 AM

		 To: "Steven.J.Kean@enron.com" <Steven.J.Kean@enron.com>
		 cc:
		 Subject: <<Concur Expense Document>> - RLB-Florida

The following expense report is ready for approval:

Employee Name: Robert L. Bradley Jr
Status last changed by:  Automated Administrator
Expense Report Name: RLB-Florida
Report Total: $537.19
Amount Due Employee: $537.19

To approve this expense report, click on the following link for Concur
Expense.
http://xms.enron.com


Jeff-

Here is some additional info which provides further background on the cost
overruns and project highlights if needed to respond to  questions at the
Board pitch today.


I want to keep track of summer interns.  Please make me a desk file.  This list is missing summer interns under Brent.  I have asked Jana to send me an updated list.  I have also sent her a message letting her know that Sheri Thomas now reports into Andy Zipper and that she needs to communicate with Sheri and Andy directly regarding Greg Carlson's internship.

Also, did you keep copies of resumes of the analysts?  Can you pull resumes for the interns that will be assigned to us?  I would like to review them.

I also want to hold a meeting later this week with all supervisors who will have interns reporting to them.  Please check with the listed supervisor on Jana's list.  If one of their direct reports will actually be the primary supervisor, please get that name.  Thanks. -Sally

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Giovannini, Jana
Sent:	Monday, May  14, 2001 1:21 PM
To:	Beck, Sally
Cc:	McLoughlin, Hector; Richards, Andrea; Buckley, Karen; Wilson, Shona; Apollo, Beth; Thomas, Sheri; Hall, Bob M; Scribner, James; Bland Jr., Ted C.
Subject:

Sally,
Please see the list below of the Analyst Interns that will be starting in your groups and their perspective start dates:

Supervisor		Analyst			Start Date
Shona Wilson		Daniel Hyslop		May 21, 2001
Shona Wilson		Jason Jenkins		May 21, 2001
Beth Apollo		Neha Yajnik		June 4, 2001
Sheri Thomas		Greg Carlson		May 21, 2001
Bob Hall		Cathy Wang		May 21, 2001
Bob Hall		Ebony Watts		May 21, 2001
James Scribner		Jennifer Reimer		May 21, 2001
James Scribner		Andre White		May 21, 2001
Leslie Reeves		Korynne Bernard	May 21, 2001
Leslie Reeves		Denka Wangdi		June 4, 2001
Brenda Herod		Jason Marye		May 21, 2001

Please let me know if you have any additional questions regarding the Intern's that have been selected for your groups.  We will be following up with each of your direct reports with the Interns social security numbers in order for them to set up each of the Interns work stations.  Thanks so much.


See ya up there, amigo.  I look fwd to hearing about the trip.

-M

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Smith, Matt
Sent:	Friday, October 26, 2001 11:12 AM
To:	Kelly, Mike E.
Subject:	RE: Tonight

hey thanks...i'll be there.  just got back from Portland last night and am going through some FPP withdraw....

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Kelly, Mike E.
Sent:	Friday, October 26, 2001 11:08 AM
To:	Smith, Matt
Subject:	Tonight

Hey, bro.  We're hitting the Front Porch for Happy Hour tonight if you're interested.  The way I figure it, you might as well drink some good beer while you're still employed.  PBR is just one credit downgrade away.

Later.

-M


---------------------- Forwarded by Jonathan Hoff/HOU/ECT on 10/10/2000 09:38
AM ---------------------------
 Office of the Chairman
From: Office of the Chairman@ENRON on 10/05/2000 07:55 AM
To: ClickatHome mailout
cc:
Subject: A Computer and Internet Connection for You and Your Family

As you know, technology is critical to Enron; it drives our success and will
continue to do so in the future. Technology has helped Enron create new
businesses like Enron Broadband Services and Enron Net Works, and it is
responsible for applications such as EnronOnline and EnronCredit.com.  You,ve
seen what technology can do at work.  Now we want you and your family to
realize its benefits at home.

With that in mind, we are excited to let you know that we are introducing the
ClickAtHome
program, which will give each employee a computer for use at home. Where
technology permits, we will also subsidize an Internet connection. With the
click of a mouse, a home computer plus Internet access will put a world of
Internet knowledge at your family,s fingertips.

We have just signed an agreement with Dell Computer Corporation to provide
the computer hardware. We wanted to let you know about the program now in
case you and your family were considering the purchase or upgrade of a home
computer or Internet connection in the next few months. The scope of
ClickAtHome includes the following:

? Basic package: Dell desktop computer with a high-speed processor, floppy
disk drive, mouse, speakers, monitor, modem, CD-ROM drive and Windows 2000
software. Employees will have the option to receive a subsidized Internet
connection, including broadband, where commercially available.
? Participation: This program will be available to active regular full-time
and regular part-time employees of Enron and its wholly owned subsidiaries;
however, employees of some Enron companies (Portland General Electric, EOTT,
Enron Facility Services) may not be able to participate due to legal,
accounting, tax, labor or business reasons.  Eligibility includes being
employed at the time of implementation.
? Timing: U.S. employee sign-up will begin in early 2001, with delivery of
the equipment and Internet connection to follow shortly thereafter.  Delivery
of equipment to participating non-U.S. employees is targeted for late 2001.

Details about this program are still being finalized.  To address some of
your initial questions, we,ve posted a question-and-answer document on
http://clickathome.enron.com.  We will schedule an eSpeak session in the near
future where you will have an opportunity to ask questions. Or, you can
submit your questions and comments to ClickAtHome@enron.com.

We are excited to extend our investment in technology to you and your
family.  We believe this program takes communication at Enron to a new level
by creating endless possibilities for you to experience and participate in
the broadband Internet revolution. It is just another reason why we believe
Enron is a great place to work.