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           Private Company Business News
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Top Stories:

o Transaction Systems Buys MessagingDirect for $53.2 Million
o Microsystems Accelerator Ardesta Formed With $100 Million
o Optical Networking Firm Gets CEO, $13.25 Million First Round
o Ex-London Times Editor Named Chairman of News Site NewsMax

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Also in This Issue:

     New Money:
o Mobile Network Provider WaterCove Gets $10 Million Round One
o Broadband Delivery Software Firm HarmonyCom Gets $25 Million
o Business Services Firm Primordial Gets $5 Million Round One
o eCompany Secures $5.5 Million in First Round of Funding
o Fiber Optic Firm Holocom Raises $8.35 Million in Series A
o Jet Network Operator eBizJets Has $10 Million in First Round
o Net Security Firm Aplettix Raises $6.25 Million Round One
o Networking Firm VxTel Closes $62 Million Third Round
o Search Software Maker Verb Gets $2 Million, Part of Series A
o E-Commerce Services Firm Nescrow Closes First Round
o E-Mail Delivery Tech Firm Raises $800,000, Part of Series A
o Sony Takes More Equity in Flat Panel Developer Candescent
o Venture Strategy Puts $1.5 Million in Stealth Inventory Firm
o Motorola Puts $11 Million Round Two in Media Spinoff FID
o Primedia Takes Majority Stake in WeddingNetwork.com
o Action Sports Web Site Swell.com Gets $8 Million Series B
o B2G Portal eFederal Partners With DCVentureNet
o BidPath Raises $4.5 Million in Series B Round
o Brazilian Incubator Ideia.com Raises $4.2 Million Round Two
o Construction Software Firm Omware Gets $2 Million Mezzanine
o Fresh Food Site Freshnex.com Gets $7.5 Million in Series B
o German Fund TecVenture Partners Invests In Two Startups
o Oingo Raises $5.45 Million in Second Round of Funding
o Auto Web Site Overboost.com Raises Second Round Funding
o CRM Software Firm Dryken Secures $5.7 Million in Financing
o Customer Conversion Firm Angara Gets $6 Million Series C
o Bentley Takes Equity in Workplace Infrastructure Project.net
o NetCompliance Lands Funding From European Fund NeSBIC

     New Products:
o Business Communications Service Firm GoBeam Launches
o Radiology Software Firm Riptide Changes Name to Avreo
o Network Flight Recorder Changes Name to NFR Security

     New Deals:
o GTR Group Takes Equity Stake in Swapit.Com as Part of Deal

     M&A:
o Services Provider eHotHouse to Acquire InSys Technology
o VeriSign Acquires Domain Marketplace GreatDomains.com
o BabyPressConference.com Acquires Urbanbaby.com
o DWL Acquires Canadian Web Collaboration Firm IPMeeting.com
o Investment Firms Customer Dialogue, Asset Sciences to Merge
o Vicinity Acquires Site Tech Firm NetCreate Systems

     New Directors:
o Former Ask Jeeves Exec Joins Board of Certainty Solutions
o Ex-Andersen Exec Joins Compliance B2B Complient's Board
o RTS Wireless CEO Now Board Chair, COO Named President

     New People:
o Fomer Compaq China Exec Named CEO of Linux Firm Coventive
o Ardesta Media Appoints Detroit News Columnist as President
o Fabless Chip Supplier ClearLogic Board Chairman Named CEO
o Microelectronics App Firm Promotes Its VP To President Post

     VC Fund News:
o New Fund, FA Technology Ventures, Launches

     VC Personnel:
o Ex-NBC Exec Joins Polaris As Chief Marketing Officer
o NMVP Hires Former Motorola Director as Managing Director

     VW Corrections:
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======= Top Stories =======

o Transaction Systems Buys MessagingDirect for $53.2 Million

OMAHA, Neb. -- Publicly-traded Transaction Systems
Architects, a provider of electronic payment and
e-commerce software, said it acquired MessagingDirect,
a software developer of electronic bill delivery
and secure Internet messaging applications, for
3.3 million shares of stock valued at approximately
$53.2 million. MessagingDirect is backed by Angel
Investors, Sendmail, and Yorkton Securities.
http://www.tsainc.com/
http://www.messagingdirect.com/
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o Microsystems Accelerator Ardesta Formed With $100 Million

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Ardesta, formerly known as MEMS
Tech, said it is creating an industry accelerator
for microsystems technology with its recent close
of a $100 million funding round. The company said
the round was raised from Lurie Investments, Avalon
Portfolio, the Ralph Wilson Equity Fund, JFM Investments,
Masco Capita, Avalon Technology, and Ardesta management.
The company said it will use the funds to acquire
new microsystems technology, invest in companies
to commercialize the technology, and create distribution
channels for the end products. The company said
it will invest in startups and early-stage companies
and provide business and technical resources necessary
for their development. Microsystems, super-miniaturized
machines, are used in wireless, biomedical testing
and treatment and industrial components.
Telephone 313-874-8572
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o Optical Networking Firm Gets CEO, $13.25 Million First Round

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Sparkolor, a developer of
optical networking components and modules, said
it appointed Mukesh Patel as its new chief executive
officer. Mr. Patel was the co-founder of Smart Modular
Technologies prior to joining Sparkolor. The company
also completed its first round of funding for a
total of $13.25 million. Investors participating
in this round include Optical Capital Group and
New Enterprise Associates. The funds will enable
Sparkolor to bring their first products to market
and to develop its infrastructure.
http://www.sparkolor.com/
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o Ex-London Times Editor Named Chairman of News Site NewsMax

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- NewsMax.com, a news coverage
Web site, said William Rees-Mogg, former editor
of the Times of London, was named chairman of the
board. Mr. Rees-Mogg, who will oversee five directors,
is now a columnist for the Times and chairman of
Pickering & Chatto Publishers, a London-based book
publisher. After serving as editor for the Times
for 14 years, Mr. Rees-Mogg was vice chairman of
the board of governors for the BBC from 1981 until
1986. NewsMax is funded by Menlo Capital and Taib
Bank.
http://www.newsmax.com/

======= New Money =======

o Mobile Network Provider WaterCove Gets $10 Million Round One

BURLINGTON, Mass. -- WaterCove Networks, a provider
of data networking infrastructure technology for
mobile networks, said it raised $10 million in its
first round of funding from Charles River Ventures,
Bessemer Ventures, and inOvate Communications Group.
The company will use the funds for product development.
http://www.watercove.com/
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o Broadband Delivery Software Firm HarmonyCom Gets $25 Million

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- HarmonyCom, which develops broadband
delivery software, said it closed its third round
of financing with $25 million. The round was led
by Draper Fisher Jurvetson-ePlanet and included
investments from Genesis Partners and previous investors
Cisco Systems, ComSor Investment Fund, Iscal Holdings,
Pino Venture Partners, and Yozma Venture Capital.
In this round Pino Ventures is investing through
its management company Kiwi II Ventura Servicos
de Consultoria. The company said it will use the
financing to increase its sales and marketing in
North America and Europe. HarmonyCom's technology
enables the automation of data delivery services.
http://www.harmonycom.com/
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o Business Services Firm Primordial Gets $5 Million Round One

NEW YORK -- Primordial, an electronic business service
provider, said it has secured $5 million in its
first round of funding from Pequot Capital Management.
The company said it will use the funding to focus
on delivering its tactical business consulting,
technology, branding and marketing, infrastructure,
and support services.
http://www.primordial.com/
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o eCompany Secures $5.5 Million in First Round of Funding

ALISO VIEJO, Calif. -- eCompany, a software application
developer that provides Internet business and network
security software applications, said it secured
$5.5 million in funding. Fay, Richwhite & Cie led
the round with participation from individual investors.
The funds will go towards expanding the general
company operations, marketing, and product development.
http://www.ecompany.net/
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o Fiber Optic Firm Holocom Raises $8.35 Million in Series A

SAN DIEGO -- Holocom Networks, an optical fiber
and communications infrastructure provider for desktops,
said it closed its Series A round of funding with
$8.35 million. Kuwait Investment Projects, MC Capital,
a subsidiary firm of Mitsubishi, and Gerard, Klauer,
and Mattison participated in this round. The funds
will be used for sales and marketing and the launch
of its new product, Building Gateway, which will
provide fiber-optic technology to businesses.
http://www.holocomnetworks.com/
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o Jet Network Operator eBizJets Has $10 Million in First Round

HINGHAM, Mass. -- eBizjets, which coordinates fractional
use of executive jets, said it closed its first
round of funding with $10 million. The round was
funded by CSFB Private Equity, the private investment
unit of Credit Suisse Group, for a minority equity
stake in the company. The company will use the funding
for expanding its services and for marketing. CSFB
Private Equity will have representation on eBizjets'
board of directors. The company recently appointed
former Biztravel.com CEO John I. Williams Jr. as
its first chief executive officer.
http://www.ebizjets.com/
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o Net Security Firm Aplettix Raises $6.25 Million Round One

NEW YORK -- Aplettix, a company which has developed
a system for securing credit-card transactions over
the Internet, said it raised $6.25 million from
Genesis Partners and Mofet Israel Technology Fund
as part of a private offering in its first round
of funding. Genesis Partners invested $3.75 million,
and Mofet Israel Technology Fund invested $2.5 million.
This round follows a previous investment of $1,000,000
in April from Kerur 5 Technologies, an affiliate
of Israel's Bank Leumi. Aplettix's system enables
customers to make Internet purchases without having
to disclose their credit card details.
http://www.aplettix.com/
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o Networking Firm VxTel Closes $62 Million Third Round

FREMONT, Calif. -- VxTel, a developer of silicon
products for broadband communications networks,
said it has closed a $62 million third round of
financing. New investor Bowman Capital Management
led the round. In addition to existing investors
Sequoia Capital, Telesoft Partners, and Raza Ventures,
participants in the round included Capital Research
and Management Co., Essex Investment Management,
Robertson Stephens' Bayview 2000, and U.S. Bancorp
Piper Jaffray. Also investing were ADC Ventures,
Applied Micro Circuits, Clarent, Intel Communications
Fund, Juniper Networks, Mitsui Comtek, Tellabs,
UTStarcom, Virata, and Vitesse Semiconductor. VxTel
has raised more than $75 million to date.
http://www.vxtel.com/
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o Search Software Maker Verb Gets $2 Million, Part of Series A

SAN FRANCISCO -- Venture Strategy Partners, an early
stage venture capital firm, said it has invested
$2 million in Verb, a provider of qualitative search
software for Web-based companies, wireless and other
interactive platforms. The investment was made as
part of Verb's Series A funding round.
http://www.venturestrategy.com/
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o E-Commerce Services Firm Nescrow Closes First Round

MISSION, Kan. -- Nescrow Technologies, an e-commerce
security services company, said it closed its first
round of funding with a cash investment of several
million dollars from an unnamed private investor.
The funding will enable the nationwide launch of
Nescrow, which has been in development for five
years. The company's product, Net Transaction Protocol,
is designed to counter fraud and streamline Web
sales. Nescrow Technologies previously raised $500,000
from individual investors in its seed round. Telephone
913-403-0313.
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o E-Mail Delivery Tech Firm Raises $800,000, Part of Series A

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- OuiShare, which
changed its name to FullSeven Technologies, said
it raised $800,000 as part of a Series A round led
by truePilot. FullSeven provides a technology platform
for e-mail delivery. The financing also included
individual investors Paul Bandrowski, founder and
chairman of consulting firm @Visory; Steve Giles,
chief technologist at OpenNMS, a non-profit firm
that develops enterprise and network management
products for the open source market; Robbie Hardy,
a member of the Atlantis Group; and Mark Jauquet,
co-founder of OpenSite Technologies, which provides
online auction applications. The company will use
the funds to support the development and release
its product. FullSeven said it expects to close
the round by mid-November, raising a total of $1
million.
http://www.fullseven.com/
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o Sony Takes More Equity in Flat Panel Developer Candescent

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Sony invested an undisclosed
amount of equity into Candescent Technologies, a
developer of flat panel displays. In October of
1998, the companies agreed to jointly develop high
voltage field emission display technology, and as
part of the present investment, will extend their
partnership to December 2001.  Candescent has raised
over $410 million from corporate, government, institutional,
and venture capital sources.
http://www.candescent.com/
http://www.world.sony.com/
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o Venture Strategy Puts $1.5 Million in Stealth Inventory Firm

SAN FRANCISCO -- Venture Strategy Partners said
it has invested $1.5 million in a company that is
developing an inventory optimization technology
for the auto industry. The name of the company and
further details have not been disclosed. Matt Crisp,
a partner at Venture Strategy, has taken a seat
on the company's board.
http://www.venturestrategy.com/
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o Motorola Puts $11 Million Round Two in Media Spinoff FID

SCHAUMBERG, Ill. -- Motorola spin-off First International
Digital (FID) said it raised $11 million in its
second round from One Motorola Ventures, the venture
capital arm of Motorola, and individual investors.
FID develops and markets audio and video products.
http://www.fidinc.com/
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o Primedia Takes Majority Stake in WeddingNetwork.com

NEW YORK -- Primedia Consumer Media and Magazines
said that its Modern Bride Group has taken a controlling
interest in Denver-based Internet Gift Registries,
provider of the WeddingNetwork.com site. Financial
details of the agreement are undisclosed. Primedia
had, through its its investment arm Primedia Ventures,
previously invested in Internet Gift Registries.
Other investors in the company include Winfield
Capital and Commonwealth Associates.
http://www.weddingnetwork.com/
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o Action Sports Web Site Swell.com Gets $8 Million Series B

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. -- Swell.com, an Internet and
multi-channel resource for the action sports industry,
said it received $8 million in its Series B round
of funding from a group of investors including existing
investors Richland Ventures, Edgewater Funds, Matador
Capital, and new investor Bluestem. The company
also announced that its flagship surf site, swell.com,
launched today. The company said it expects to launch
snowboarding and skateboarding sites within the
next two months. Swell.com has raised more than
$25 million to date.
http://www.swell.com/
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o B2G Portal eFederal Partners With DCVentureNet

WASHINGTON -- eFederal, a business-to-government
Internet commerce procurement portal, said it has
become a partner and tenant of DCVentureNet, a newly
launched incubator focused on the online government
market. Details of the deal were undisclosed. eFederal,
which is also backed by incubator ThinkTank of Alisa
Viejo, Calif., will be the exclusive provider of
electronic procurement technology and services to
DCVentureNet. eFederal will move its headquarters
to Washington but maintain operations in California.
eFederal CEO Brad Allen joined the board of directors
at DCVentureNet, which is backed by Washington-based
professional advocacy firm The Carmen Group.
http://www.efederal.com/
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o BidPath Raises $4.5 Million in Series B Round

SAN FRANCISCO -- Venture Strategy Partners said
it has invested in $4.5 million in BidPath, which
delivers a universal platform and electronic infrastructure
technology for the auction industry. The investment
was made as part of Bellevue, Wash.-based BidPath's
Series B round, which included eFund and Timberline
Ventures. Matt Crisp, a partner at Venture Strategy,
will take a seat on the company's board of directors.
http://www.bidpath.com/
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o Brazilian Incubator Ideia.com Raises $4.2 Million Round Two

SAO PAOLO, Brazil -- Brazilian Internet incubation
firm Ideia.com said it raised $4.2 million in second
round financing from sole and previous investor
Warburg Pincus. Ideia CEO Bob Wollheim said that
30% of the funding will support operations while
the remainder will be used for investments in portfolio
companies. Ideia expects to make three to four new
investments by  year's end. Ideia incubates Vale
Uma Cerveja, Villa do Cirillo, WebVenture, PorAcaso,
Liquidando, TaLa, and Namorados, among others, making
average investments of $150,000 in its companies.
http://www.ideia.com/
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o Construction Software Firm Omware Gets $2 Million Mezzanine

SEBASTOPOL, Calif. -- Omware, which develops construction
management software, said it closed a $2 million
mezzanine round of funding from undisclosed individual
investors. The company said it will use the funding
to further develop and market its data-hosting product,
and produce new products in both the construction
management software field and Internet training
delivery.
http://www.omware.com/
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o Fresh Food Site Freshnex.com Gets $7.5 Million in Series B

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Freshnex.com, a business-to-business
online fresh food marketplace, said it raised $7.5
million in the first closing of its Series B preferred
round of financing. All of the funding coming from
the company's original investors: General Electric
Pension Trust, CMEA Ventures, NeoCarta Ventures,
Connecticut Innovations, and United Resources. The
company is also backed by Marubeni Corp. of America.
http://www.freshnex.com/
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o German Fund TecVenture Partners Invests In Two Startups

MUNICH, Germany -- TecVenture Partners, a Munich-based
venture capital firm, has invested about $3.4 million
dollars in two startups, billYard and IoS. BillYard,
which provides an electronic billing ASP raised
EUR 2.5 million ($2.1 million) in its first round
of funding. IoS, a provider of online catalog management
systems under the product name PZwo, received DEM
3 million ($1.3 million) in its first round of funding.
TecVenture Partners is supported through funding
agreements and alliances with Arthur Andersen, debis,
a subsidiary of Daimler Chrysler, Fraunhofer Management,
Siemens, Southventure Private Equity, and MPC Global
Equity III, a fund of funds from Muenchmeyer Petersen
Capital.
http://www.pzwo.de/
http://www.tec-venture.com/
http://www.billyard.de/
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o Oingo Raises $5.45 Million in Second Round of Funding

LOS ANGELES -- Oingo, a provider of technology that
allows domain name registrars and content providers
to target end users with content, domain names,
and advertisements, said it secured $5.45 million
in its second round of funding led by venture capital
firm Zero Gravity Venture Partners and Ridgestone,
which is majority-owned by Global Crossing co-founder
Abbot Brown. Individual investors also participated
in the round. A representative of Zero Gravity will
receive a seat on Oingo's board of directors. Oingo
will use the new funds for technology development
and sales and marketing. Oingo is also backed by
Spotideas, Lynx Technology Group, and law firm Brobeck
Phleger and Harrison. The company has raised almost
$6.5 million to date.
http://www.oingo.com/
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o Auto Web Site Overboost.com Raises Second Round Funding

MONOVIA, Calif. -- Overboost.com, an automotive
Web site, said it raised an undisclosed amount of
second-round financing from individual investors.
The company will use the funds to expand its Internet
commerce mechanism and to develop a new online store.
http://www.overboost.com/
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o CRM Software Firm Dryken Secures $5.7 Million in Financing

AUSTIN, Texas -- Dryken Technologies, an Internet
commerce customer relationship management software
company, said it raised $5.7 million in a round
of financing from Sanchez Capital Partners and individual
investors including Tom Meredith, the managing director
at Dell Ventures. The funds will be used to further
sales and marketing efforts, in addition to continued
technology and product development.
http://www.dryken.com/
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o Customer Conversion Firm Angara Gets $6 Million Series C

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Angara, which provides
Internet companies with customer conversion services,
said it has secured $6 million in its Series C Round
of funding from Venture Strategy Partners. Tony
Conrad of Venture Strategy has taken a seat on the
company's board. The company said it intends to
close the round shortly.
http://www.angara.com/
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o Bentley Takes Equity in Workplace Infrastructure Project.net

SAN DIEGO -- Project.net, an online project workplace
infrastructure, said that Bentley Systems has taken
a minority equity stake in the company. Financial
details were undisclosed. Bentley has agreed to
use Project.net's product and technology in its
online engineering, construction, and operations
collaboration service Viecon Network. Project.net
is funded by Bentley and individual investors.
http://www.project.net/
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o NetCompliance Lands Funding From European Fund NeSBIC

SEATTLE -- NetCompliance, a provider of Web-based
regulatory compliance software and on-line worker
training programs, said it received a an undisclosed
investment from NeSBIC Cte Fund, a European venture
capital fund focused on communications and collaborative
technology companies. The company also announced
it is relocating its headquarters from Seattle to
Washington by the end of the year and opening its
first foreign office in Brussels in the first quarter
of 2001.
http://www.netcompliance.com/

======= New Products =======

o Business Communications Service Firm GoBeam Launches

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- GoBeam, a business communications
service provider for small and mid-size businesses,
said it launched. The company's offerings include
business telephone, integrated collaboration, and
messaging services, managed through a Web-based
interface. GoBeam is backed by Sprout Group and
CMEA Ventures.
http://www.gobeam.com/
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o Radiology Software Firm Riptide Changes Name to Avreo

NEW ORLEANS -- Riptide Technologies, a service provider
specializing in secure, real-time access, storage,
and distribution of clinical information, said it
changed its name to Avreo. The company said the
name change better represents the company's Internet
approach. The company recently released ARIIS, a
radiology image and information system that integrates
clinics' workflow components, such as registration,
report and image retrieval. Avreo is backed by individual
investors and just began raising its Series A round.
http://www.avreo.com/
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o Network Flight Recorder Changes Name to NFR Security

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Network Flight Recorder, a provider
of network and systems security software, said it
changed its name to NFR Security. The change reflects
its new positioning in the security space industry
and its specific focus on the enterprise intrusion
detection market. Backers for NFR Security include
Lazard Technology Partners, Allen & Co. and Blue
Ridge Capital.
http://www.nfr.net/

======= New Deals =======

o GTR Group Takes Equity Stake in Swapit.Com as Part of Deal

BRAMPTON, Ontario -- Publicly traded GTR Group,
a manufacturer of video game accessories and a provider
of video game software, said it has formed a strategic
partnership with online exchange SwapIt.com and
taken an undisclosed equity stake in the company.
SwapIt.com has begun offering GTR Group's library
of previously played and republished video game
titles and video game accessories on its online
warehouse-based exchange system. Consumers using
the site can swap entertainment products such as
CDs, DVDs or video games for credits to get items
they want. SwapIt is backed by Stonepath Group.
http://www.swapit.com/

======= M&A =======

o Services Provider eHotHouse to Acquire InSys Technology

NEW YORK -- eHotHouse, a professional electronic
services firm that focuses on electronic commerce
strategy, application systems integration and marketing
services, said it is acquiring InSys Technology,
an information systems consulting firm which specializes
in the development of extranet and Internet applications.
The financial terms of the acquisition were not
disclosed. eHotHouse said the acquisition is expected
to add $7 million per year to the company's revenue
run rate. eHotHouse is backed by Change Technology
Partners and Marc USA, both of which provided $20
million towards the company's launch last month.
http://www.insys.com/
http://www.ehothouse.com/
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o VeriSign Acquires Domain Marketplace GreatDomains.com

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- VeriSign, a publicly traded
provider of Internet trust services, said it has
acquired Los Angeles-based GreatDomains.com, a domain
names transfer and appraisal market. The terms of
the deal were undisclosed. The new acquisition will
work with VeriSign's subsidiary, Network Solutions.
In July, Network Solutions acquired ezDomainAuction.com,
maker of a technology platform to find, buy and
list domain name registrations in the secondary
market. GreatDomains' CEO, Jeff Tinsley will become
director of  the secondary market for domain names
division at Network Solutions. GreatDomains.com
is backed by Prime Ventures and other undisclosed
investors.
http://www.verisign.com/
http://www.greatdomains.com/
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o BabyPressConference.com Acquires Urbanbaby.com

NEW YORK -- BabyPressConference.com, an online service
that allows parents to introduce their newborns
to family and friends from hospitals via live video
over the Internet, said it acquired urbanbaby.com,
an online store, network of resource guides, and
interactive communities for local parents in metropolitan
cities for an undisclosed amount. Urbanbaby founders
John and Susan Maloney will become senior vice presidents
at BabyPressConference. Employees from both companies
will move to one larger, combined office in New
York. BabyPressConference.com currently has Internet
broadcast centers at 45 U.S. hospitals. BabyPressConference.com's
investors include GNYHA Ventures, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Greater New York Hospital Association
(GNYHA); Gleacher Capital Partners, an investment
arm of Gleacher & Co; Premier, an alliance of hospitals
and healthcare organizations across the nation;
Primedia, owner of American Baby Group; and Toys"R"Us.com,
a subsidiary of Toys"R"Us. Urbanbaby.com is backed
by individual investors.
http://www.babypressconference.com/
http://www.urbanbaby.com/
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o DWL Acquires Canadian Web Collaboration Firm IPMeeting.com

NEW YORK -- DWL, a developer of transactional Web
portals and electronic customer relationship management
systems, said it acquired Ottawa-based IPMeeting.com,
a provider of Java-based Web collaboration services.
DWL will retain all of IPMeeting.com's employees,
who will remain in Canada. IPMeeting.com will be
absorbed into DWL, which provides services and systems
for insurance, financial services, consumer products
and retail businesses. DWL is backed by AGF, AIM
Funds, Royal Trust, Ten-Squared, and Vengrowth Investment
Fund.
http://www.dwl.net/
http://www.ipmeeting.com/
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o Investment Firms Customer Dialogue, Asset Sciences to Merge

LEUVEN, Belgium -- Customer Dialogue Systems, which
provides online financial planning software, said
it agreed to merge with Boston-based Asset Sciences,
a provider of online investment advisory services,
in a stock-for-stock deal. The new company will
operate under the Customer Dialogue Systems name
and be headquartered here. Customer Dialogue Systems
is backed by Advanced Technology Ventures, Arthur
Andersen, Brokat, Deutsche Venture Capital Gesellshaft,
Gerling, and Gilde IT.
http://www.customerdialogue.com/
http://www.assetplanner.com/
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o Vicinity Acquires Site Tech Firm NetCreate Systems

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Vicinity, a publicly traded
infrastucture marketing services company, said it
acquired NetCreate Systems, a provider of Web software
and services. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Prior to the acquisition, Vicinity licensed Netcreate's
site builder technology. Netcreate's employees will
continue to operate out of their offices in San
Diego. Founder and CEO Dwayne Domi will continue
to manage the San Diego office and serve as a vice
president of Vicinity. NetCreate is backed by individual
investors.
http://www.vicinity.com/
http://www.netcreate.com/

======= New Directors =======

o Former Ask Jeeves Exec Joins Board of Certainty Solutions

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Certainty Solutions, a provider
of Internet operations management services, said
it added Bruce Nakao to its board of directors.
Mr. Nakao was most recently senior vice president
and chief financial officer at Ask Jeeves.com. Certainty,
which has raised $4 million from individual investors,
is presently seeking an additional $20 million in
its first round of funding.
http://www.certaintysolutions.com/
_____________________________________________

o Ex-Andersen Exec Joins Compliance B2B Complient's Board

SOLON, Ohio. -- Complient, which delivers business-to-business,
Internet-based technology that enables organizations
to measure their compliance with mandatory regulatory,
organizational, and industry standards, said it
has appointed Robert A. Lauer, to its board of directors.
Mr. Lauer is a 31-year veteran of Andersen Consulting,
where he most recently served as managing partner
of the company's eHuman Performance Global division.
Complient is funded by Goldman Sachs, Chase Capital
Partners, BancBoston Ventures, JW Seligman, Key
Principal Partners, Digineer, Healthcare Equity
Partners, Medtronic, Primus Venture Partners, National
City Ventures, and The Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
http://www.complient.com/
_____________________________________________

o RTS Wireless CEO Now Board Chair, COO Named President

PLAINVIEW, N.Y. -- RTS Wireless, which develops
software systems that connect the Internet to wireless
devices, said it has elected Alvin Ring  chairman
of its board. Mr. Ring, who will leave his post
as president but continue as CEO of the company,
was formerly a principal at Perkins Lewis Company.
RTS Wireless also announced it has named chief operating
officer Spencer Kravitz as president. Mr. Kravitz
will continue to serve as COO. RTS, which filed
for initial public offering in April, is backed
by America Online and individual investors.
http://www.rtswireless.com/

======= New People =======

o Fomer Compaq China Exec Named CEO of Linux Firm Coventive

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Coventive Technologies, an international
software company focused on Linux systems, said
it appointed its first chief executive officer,
Randy Tan. Mr. Tan was most recently vice president
at i2 Technologies and was formerly managing director
of Compaq China. Coventive is backed by Taiwan's
Ministry of Economic Affairs, Pacific Electric Wire
and Cable, Ritek Electronics, Solomon Components,
Shin Guang Insurance, and Polaris Investments.
http://www.coventive.com/
_____________________________________________

o Ardesta Media Appoints Detroit News Columnist as President

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Ardesta, which provides capital
and incubation services for companies in the microsystems
industry, said it appointed Detroit News columnist
and morning-drive radio talk show host Jon Pepper
as president of its subsidiary, Ardesta Media. The
company will create informational and networking
support for the microsystems industry by developing
an industry publication, Web site, and trade show.
Telephone 313-874-8572.
_____________________________________________

o Fabless Chip Supplier ClearLogic Board Chairman Named CEO

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Fabless chip supplier Clear
Logic said that Len Perham, previously chairman
of the company's board of directors, will become
chief executive officer. Founder and CEO Al Huggins
will become chairman of the board and assume the
title of chief architect. Mr. Perham formerly served
as CEO of Integrated Device Technology. Clear Logic
is backed by Seligman Technology Group,  Adam Smith
& Company, Asia Tech Ventures, and H&Q Global Alliance.
http://www.clear-logic.com/
_____________________________________________

o Microelectronics App Firm Promotes Its VP To President Post

SAN DIEGO -- INCEP Technologies, which designs,
develops and licenses proprietary packaging and
interconnect technology for microelectronic applications,
said it has appointed Jim Hjerpe Kaskade, its vice
president of marketing and sales, as the company's
new president. Mr. Kaskade is a co-founder of INCEP,
which is backed by Top Tier Investments, Corning
Capital, Apple Oaks Partners, executives from Intel,
and Bob Gerskey, the director of Banc of America
Securities.
http://www.incep.com/

======= VC Fund News =======

o New Fund, FA Technology Ventures, Launches

BOSTON -- FA Technology Ventures, a venture capital
investment company, said it has formed a new fund
that will target early stage start-up companies.
The company, which declined to disclose the amount
of the fund, said it will invest between $3 million
and $10 million, focusing on information technology
companies in the Northeast region. The principals
of the new fund include three senior partners: Gregory
A. Hulecki, Kenneth A. Mabbs, and George C. McNamee.
The New York State Common Retirement Fund, a $130
bullion pension fund, is the lead investor in FA
Technology Ventures.
http://www.fatechventures.com/

======= VC Personnel =======

o Ex-NBC Exec Joins Polaris As Chief Marketing Officer

WALTHAM, Mass. -- Polaris Venture Partners, a venture
capital group, said it has appointed Maria Battaglia
as its new chief marketing officer. Ms. Battaglia
was formerly vice president of corporate communications
and affairs at NBC. She will be responsible for
corporate and brand positioning, media relations,
crisis management, marketing events and corporate
communications at Polaris and will also work with
Polaris's portfolio companies.
http://www.polarisventures.com/
_____________________________________________

o NMVP Hires Former Motorola Director as Managing Director

SALT LAKE CITY -- New Media Venture Partners (NMVP),
a technology venture holding company, said it has
appointed Jordan Powell, former director of the
Motorola IP/Patent team for the Asia Region, as
its managing director in Japan. Mr. Powell has spent
almost 13 years working with Motorola in Asia, and
has a specialty in reading Japanese contracts and
patents.
http://www.nmvp.com/

======= VW Corrections =======

o Securify

NEW YORK -- A headline in Wednesday's VentureWire
about Securify's Series A round incorrectly cited
$20 million as the sum of the company's financing.
As stated in the text, the company raised a total
of $34 million.

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Here are the AES documents.
---------------------- Forwarded by Kay Mann/Corp/Enron on 02/12/2001 05:23
PM ---------------------------
From: Stuart Zisman@ECT on 02/12/2001 03:56 PM
To: Kay Mann/Corp/Enron@Enron
cc:

Subject:

Per your request, attached are the AES/Calvert docs

Stuart


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FYI, my new work email address is:  shendri@nisource.com.

My new work phone number is: 713-369-7368

Scott

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I have mixed comments on Dodge's.  I think either of the other vehicles are
perfect.

To: Chris Germany/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc:
Subject: Re: Question

Hope your injury heals quickly.

Black w/tinted windows
Extended Cab
Sunroof
Power 'stuff'

I'm thinking about Ford F150, Chevy/GMC or Dodge Dakota.

Chris Germany@ECT
03/07/2000 11:50 AM
To: Marde L Driscoll/HOU/EES@EES
cc:
Subject: Re: Question

I was running down a hill during my hanggliding class, lost my balance,
stepped in a hole and dislocated my ankle.  Jerry was taking the class with
me.  He was laughing really hard until he saw my foot..  If I was sitting in
a chair holding my leg straight out and facing North, the bottom of my foot
was facing North East.

I got to ride in an ambulance to the hospital.  I didn't hear this but the
Dr. told them to take me to "a very quiet room".   He popped my foot back in
place and sent me to x-ray.  I don't have any broken bones but the ligaments
are probably all torn up.  I go to an orthopedic surgeon tomorrow.  Right
now, I have an ace bandage wrapped around a fiberglass support.

I think you should buy one of those 4 door short bed Nissan Pickup Trucks.

What are you looking for in a truck?

To: Chris Germany/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc:
Subject: Re: Question

I just heard that rumor.  What happened?

Chris Germany@ECT
03/07/2000 09:23 AM
To: Marde L Driscoll/HOU/EES@EES
cc:
Subject: Re: Question

I luv trucks.  I was injured on Sunday,  I use crutches now.

To: Chris Germany/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc:
Subject: Question

Hey, I'm going to have to start car shopping.  I'm really thinking about a
truck.  Are you interested in helping me look?  I'm asking because I know how
much you like to look at trucks!  md


---------------------- Forwarded by Jane M Tholt/HOU/ECT on 02/26/2001 11:44
AM ---------------------------
From: Matthew Lenhart on 02/23/2001 03:11 PM
To: Frank Ermis/HOU/ECT@ECT, Steven P South/HOU/ECT@ECT, Phillip K
Allen/HOU/ECT@ECT, Jane M Tholt/HOU/ECT@ECT, Mike Grigsby/HOU/ECT@ECT, Tori
Kuykendall/HOU/ECT@ECT, Keith Holst/HOU/ECT@ect, Monique Sanchez/HOU/ECT@ECT,
Paul T Lucci/NA/Enron@Enron, Randall L Gay/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc:
Subject: Fortune Article

---------------------- Forwarded by Matthew Lenhart/HOU/ECT on 02/23/2001
03:09 PM ---------------------------
To: Matthew Lenhart/HOU/ECT@ECT, Eric Bass/HOU/ECT@ECT, Bryan
Hull/HOU/ECT@ECT, Luis Mena/NA/Enron@Enron
cc:

Subject: Fortune Article

---------------------- Forwarded by Timothy Blanchard/HOU/EES on 02/22/2001
04:45 PM ---------------------------

	Enron Energy Services

	From:  Timothy Blanchard                           02/22/2001 04:24 PM
	Phone No: 713-853-4755

To: AIP
cc:
Subject: Fortune Article

The article just discussed on CNNfn.


---------------------- Forwarded by Vince J Kaminski/HOU/ECT on 09/06/2000
03:39 PM ---------------------------

"Francis X. Diebold" <fdiebold@mail.sas.upenn.edu> on 09/02/2000 01:00:24 PM
To: Frank Diebold <fdiebold@mail.sas.upenn.edu>
cc:
Subject: Change of coordinates

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Effective immediately, I have returned to the University of
Pennsylvania.

The usual automatically-generated contact info should appear below;
please update your files.

Best regards,

Frank

--
Francis X. Diebold

Department of Economics
University of Pennsylvania
3718 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6297

fdiebold@mail.sas.upenn.edu
http://www.ssc.upenn.edu/~diebold

(215) 898-1507  telephone
(215) 573-4217  fax


The Enron Corp. Treasury Department has moved from the 27th floor

   to the 20th floor of the Enron Building effective October 9, 2000.


---------------------- Forwarded by Richard Shapiro/NA/Enron on 01/26/2001
11:19 AM ---------------------------

ALLISON NAVIN
01/26/2001 09:48 AM
To: Richard Shapiro/NA/Enron@Enron
cc: Lora Sullivan/Corp/Enron@ENRON

Subject: Senate Energy Hearing Witness

Rick - In case you didn't receive this, here is the e-mail that Cynthia sent
yesterday about next week's Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
hearing.  It will be held on Wednesday, January 31 at 9:30 a.m. in 216 Hart
Senate Office Building and will most likely continue for a second day, to be
determined.  Let us know if you need anything else.  Thanks.

	Cynthia Sandherr
	01/25/2001 05:30 PM

		 To: Steven J Kean/NA/Enron@Enron
		 cc: Richard Shapiro/NA/Enron@Enron, James D Steffes/NA/Enron@Enron, Linda
Robertson/NA/Enron@ENRON, Tom Briggs/NA/Enron@Enron, Joe
Hartsoe/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Mark Palmer/Corp/Enron@ENRON
		 Subject: Senate Energy Hearing Witness

Steve:  I ran into Senate Energy Committee Chief of Staff Andrew Lundquist
who advised me that Chairman Murkowski (R-AK) sent a letter directly to Ken
Lay asking him or his designee (you?)( Jeff Skilling?)  to testify at the
January 31st Senate Energy Committee hearing on the California situation.  As
reported earlier, Secretary Abraham and FERC Chairman Hebert will be
testifying at the beginning of the hearing.  Enron would be asked to join a
panel of eight which includes invited witnesses of:  SoCalEd, PG&E, SMUD,
LAWDP, Calpine, Williams and Reliant.  Should Enron accept, EPSA would have
four witnesses on this panel of eight.

When I spoke to Andrew, he said the Committee was more interested in hearing
Enron's testimony on markets, long term contracts, risk management, etc.
than the generation and new power plant construction viewpoints likely to be
offered by the other EPSA witnesses.  He believes this will complement what
the Administration witnesses will say.  Believe it or not, recently, Chairman
Murkowski has made some progress in moving towards supporting Enron's open
access electricity  transmission position, although his draft legislation is
silent on this issue.  Our testimony on the importance of open access for
reliability purposes ("reliability" would be the tie-in to discuss this issue
in relation to the draft legislation) plus on the need for consistency with
the other existing open access provisions in the Murkowski draft bill  could
provide an excellent platform for Enron to inform many Congressional members
about California, markets and deregulation needs (the Murkowski draft bill
was sent to you earlier and is to be introduced February 5th or 6th.)

Steve, earlier you had asked for the opportunity to do a Hill staff briefing
on California to reach a larger audience with our messages.  I believe this
would provide an excellent opportunity to achieve this goal.  If you would
like, either at a breakfast prior to or in the afternoon after, we could also
do a Press Club briefing and/or arrange to have a room on the Hill (perhaps
on the House side) to invite staffers for additional briefings (and include
the other EPSA witnesses.)

In the alternative, if this hearing date does not work in your schedule,  the
other EPSA witnesses could make some of our points for us.  However, these
points might be somewhat diluted given these witnesses' other priorities.  As
always, you (Jeff and Ken) make a fabulous witness.

Please advise.  (This hearing will be covered extensively by the Press.)


this week is tough for lunch, we have meetings today and tomorrow, friday i
am playing golf in the morning. Where do you live? if you are in the
woodlands you are welcome to come by my house this weekend. I will be at the
childrens festival here in the woodlands on saturday. Sometime sunday is
also ok. or next week sometime.
----- Original Message -----
From: <Benjamin.Rogers@enron.com>
To: <charles@capstoneenergy.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 6:25 PM

> Charlie:
>      It was a pleasure meeting you yesterday afternoon at the Columbia
> Business School information session.  As you probably noticed through my
> enthusiasm, I really enjoy working in the energy-finance industry,
> especially with Enron.  Working in this sector, at this time, has created
> many new opportunities.  I am interested in talking with you to see if we
> can do some type of transaction with you guys.  It sounds like you have a
> lot going in areas that we might be interested in.  If you could send me a
> business proposal or summary of what your doing, that would be helpful.
>
>      With regards to Columbia Business School, I applied last year and did
> not get in due to my GMAT score.  I decided to take a graduate level
> finance class this summer, which I received an A.  I am currently taking
> another graduate finance class this semester.  I am also retaking the
GMAT,
> with the hopes of increasing my quantitative score.
>      Last year, I was asked back for an interview, which I felt was a good
> sign.  I heard from one of my recommenders that the only thing that I
> needed to improve on was my GMAT score.  Recently, I wrote a brief letter
> to the Dean of Admissions, Linda Meehan, informing her of my recent
actions
> as well as my continued interest with Columbia.  I hope that these actions
> will help me get into Columbia this year.  My desire to go to Columbia,
> stems from their network, location, reputation and curriculum.  Since
> growing up in Pelham,  it would be nice to get back to New York for a
> little while.
>      As you can see, my desire to go to Columbia is very strong.  I hope
> this brief e-mail has provided some insight into what I'm doing to get
into
> Columbia.  I hope we can meet for lunch sometime soon either up in the
> Woodlands or downtown.  Again, thank you for your interest and I look
> forward to talking with you about Columbia and future energy transactions.
> Regards,
>
> Ben Rogers
>


Sara:

Apologies for the delay.  The changes in your previous email are fine.  If
there are no further issues, I will arrange for execution copies.

Regards,

Marcelo A. Cosma
Office of General Counsel--Canada
Tel.:  1-416-369-7478
Fax:  1-416-369-4551
E-mail:  marcelo_cosma@ca.ml.com

This email message is intended for the addressee only.  It may contain
information which is privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure
under applicable law.  Any dissemination or copying of this email
message by anyone other than the addressee is strictly prohibited.

-----Original Message-----
From: Sara.Shackleton@enron.com [mailto:Sara.Shackleton@enron.com]
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 6:57 PM
To: Marcelo_Cosma@ml.com
Subject: repo agreement

Marcelo:

When we last spoke on April 3, you told me that the blacklined agreement
would be sent in the next few days.  Can you please provide me with an
update?  I would like to finalize/execute before May 2 when I will be on
vacation.

Please advise.  Thank you.

Sara Shackleton
Enron North America Corp.
1400 Smith Street, EB 3801a
Houston, Texas  77002
713-853-5620 (phone)
713-646-3490 (fax)
sara.shackleton@enron.com


thanks for the email.    You have leadership and scholarship both in the jeff shankman fund.  It should be leadership.  please make needed change.

regards,

jeff

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	"Phil Grossman" <pgrossman@ffgklaw.com>@ENRON [mailto:IMCEANOTES-+22Phil+20Grossman+22+20+3Cpgrossman+40ffgklaw+2Ecom+3E+40ENRON@ENRON.com]  On Behalf Of pgrossman@ffgklaw.com
Sent:	Thursday, May 24, 2001 1:21 PM
To:	Shankman, Jeffrey A.
Subject:	Final drafts

Jeff

Attached are the final drafts of the resolutions which I will introduce at
the board meeting tonight.  Of course the resolutions will be contingent on
the transfer of stock and I hope you will feel free to call me if you have
any problems with the transfer or if I can help in any other way.

I do hope you will send me some language and a photo for an appropriate
article in the bulletin.  I would like the congregation to know about your
generosity and the importance of our youth leadership programs.

Thank you again for everything. I look forward to seeing you on the 30th.

H. Philip Grossman
Fernandez Friedman Grossman and Kohn
2400 National City Tower
101 S Fifth St.
Louisville, Ky. 40202
502.589.1001
fax 502.589.7333
pgrossman@ffgklaw.com
http://www.lawyers.com/ffgklaw

 - Jeff Shankman.doc << File: Jeff Shankman.doc >>
 - Louis C. Shankman Fund.doc << File: Louis C. Shankman Fund.doc >>
 - Phil Grossman.vcf << File: Phil Grossman.vcf >>


Does this mean it is done?  anything else outstanding on this file.  Please stop by with it.

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Panus, Stephanie
Sent:	Tuesday, October 23, 2001 2:42 PM
To:	Adams, Laurel; Allen, Kimberly; Anderson, Diane; Bell, Jean; Bowen, Bob; Cason, Sharen; Cisneros, Celeste; Fischer, Jason; Garcia, Jorge A. ; Heaney, Gordon; Hundl, Kimberly; Hunter, Larry Joe; Murphy, Melissa Ann; Ornelas, Bianca; Piwetz, Stephanie; Rodriguez, Melissa; Seib, Dianne; Tackett, Scott; Theriot, Kim S.; Brackett, Debbie R.; Bradford, William S.; Brown, Angela Y.; Conwell, Wendy; Curry, Ken; Espinoza, Veronica; Gonzalez, Veronica; Johnson, Rudwell; Landry, Shemeika S.; Lebrocq, Wendi; Mendoza, Nidia; Monterrey, Maribel; Moran, Tom; Ngo, Tracy; North, Carol; Otto, Randy; Radous, Paul; Rajaram, Aparna; Rohauer, Tanya; Sacks, Edward; Sonnonstine, Max; Vanek, Darren; Williams, Jason R (Credit); Campos, Anthony; Crawford, Sharon; Ebow, Amber; Ellstrom, Diane; Gerard, Camille; Hare, Bill D.; Johnson, Cheryl; Lambert, Karen; Landau, Georgi; Lees, Lisa; Moore, Jason; Neuner, Dale; Reeves, Leslie; Richardson, Stacey; Rodriguez, Bernice; Schott, Samuel; Sever, Stephanie; Shivers, Lynn; Sietzema, Linda; Southard, Carrie; Bailey, Susan; Boyd, Samantha; Cook, Mary; Gray, Barbara N.; Heard, Marie; Hendry, Brent; Jones, Tana; Keiser, Holly; Koehler, Anne C.; Leite, Francisco Pinto; Nelson, Cheryl; Sayre, Frank; Shackleton, Sara; Taylor, Mark E (Legal)
Subject:	Vermont Gas Systems, Inc.

We have received an executed First Amendment to Master Agreement by and between Vermont Gas Systems, Inc. and Enron North America Corp., which amends a) certain credit provision for both parties and b) certain other provision of the Master Agreement due to regulatory changes.

Copies will be distributed.

Stephanie Panus


Gerald,

Can you please give me a status on this Burlington transaction.  If the
Denver office is going to enter into this, Credit needs to be notified of
this to assess the potential risk in the deal.  I know at one point this
transaction was a hot item, although it seemed to cool down.  Are they now
looking to get back into it?

Please advise,
Russell

---------------------- Forwarded by Russell Diamond/HOU/ECT on 09/25/2000
10:22 AM ---------------------------

From:  Russell Diamond
     09/25/2000 10:12 AM

To: Debra Perlingiere/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc: Veronica Espinoza/Corp/Enron@ENRON
Subject: Re: Burlington

I know about this transaction.  The master would NEED to be signed if this
deal is to get executed, the master and transaction should be with Burlington
Resources Trading.  See my original worksheet attached below.

DEBRA PERLINGIERE
09/25/2000 10:00 AM
To: Russell Diamond/HOU/ECT@ECT, Veronica Espinoza/Corp/Enron@ENRON
cc:
Subject: Burlington

The purposed  deal is for 10 years, trader is Mark Whitt in the Denver
office.  That is all I know for now.

Debra Perlingiere
Enron North America Corp.
Legal Department
1400 Smith Street, EB 3885
Houston, Texas 77002
dperlin@enron.com
Phone 713-853-7658
Fax  713-646-3490


Carol,

I've been working with Jaime Williams and our outside tax advisors to
determine the Mexican tax consequences applicable to those products that
Jaime has informed me will be offered to Mexican counterparties through
EnronOnLine and, potentially, a separate ENA Mexican entity.  I should be
able to provide the results by Friday or Monday.  Please contact me at ext.
35777 if you'd like to discuss in the meantime.

Best regards,

Jeff

   Carol St Clair                06/20/2000 11:15 AM

To: Jeff Blumenthal/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc: Mark Taylor/HOU/ECT@ECT, Sara Shackleton/HOU/ECT@ECT
Subject: Online Issues - Mexico

Jeff:
As I think you are aware, the Meixco and online group want to implement
online trading for Mexican counterparties.  Are there any tax issues taht we
should be aware of?  If we conduct online trades using ENA and telephone
trades with an Enron Mexican entity, will the exercise of setoff rights
create any tax issues?   My understanding is that the Enron counterparty will
be ENA.
Carol


Jeff, I assume you can coordinate a conference call from work.  Call me at
home:
415-388-2548.

Excellent points and I was thinking along similar lines.  Questions I have:

How do you know that LT debt gives more advantageous terms?  We have no yield
curve info nor do we know their credit rating.
At what point does their borrowing exceed their covenents?
Is our strategy to not raise the required $66million or to stop/slow PPE
spending so that the $66m is not needed?

**********************************************
Mark D. Guinney, CFA
Consultant
Watson Wyatt Investment Consulting
345 California Street, Ste. 1400
San Francisco, CA  94104
(415) 733-4487 ph.
(415) 733-4190 fax

____________________Reply Separator____________________
Subject:    Re: HD Case: Proposed Plan
Author: Jeff.Dasovich@enron.com
Date:       02/07/2001 11:25 AM

Hi folks:

Since we have only one page, the write up for number 4 will have to be very
brief.  Before writing it, though, I wanted to offer a few bullets
regarding what angle we might take, and let folks respond, comment,
counter, etc. before writing it up.  I'll clean and beef up once we've
agreed to the approach we'd like to take to question #4.  Finally, I can
work from my office on this this evening, which means that I can use the
conference call capability of my office phone to patch everyone in if we'd
like to do a conference call. If that's what folks would like to do, I'd
prefer to do the call at around 7 PM.  Just let me know.

Best,
Jeff

The question for #4 is:

Stock price is down 23%, significant debt has already been tapped to
support massive growth and covenants on that debt restrict taking on a lot
more debt.

What should HD do w.r.t. current operations and future growth strategy?
In the near term focus less on growth and more on getting margins and
EBIT growth back in line with results from previous years.  (Management's
Letter to Shareholders alludes to this, but it's difficult to determine
whether management is just paying lip service to the need to capitalize on
the growth spurt and grown earnings, or continue on the growth effort.)

With respect to funding future (more moderate growth), the company
does have some room to increase long-term debt (e.g., current ratio for
1986 = 2.26).  It seems that HD would get better terms and have increased
flexibility by issuing additional debt rather than relying on lines of
credit.  As such, HD ought to look those sources of funding and fill in any
"funding gaps" with funds from the line of credit.

Given the significant drop in stock price, HD is likely better off in
the near term 1) moderating growth, 2) improving performance to generate
cash internally, and 3) using long-term debt issuance to provide the funds
needed.  Once performance and stock price improves, then HD should consider
a stock issuance.

How can company improve operating performance?
Reduce selling, store operating expenses and pre-opening expenses
Improve receivables turnover
Improve inventory turnover
Improve per store/sales
Consider closing poor-performing stores
All of which will improve margins

Should company change its strategy?  If so how?
Shift from meteoric growth to moderate, targeted growth, and focus on
generating positive cash flow from operations
Focus on improving performance at existing stores; specifically focus on
controlling costs and asset turnover and productivity
Consider another debt issuance rather than rely extensively on credit
line in order to decrease cost of funds and increase flexibility


There are cheap tickets to DC (160) this weekend and I was wondering if I
should go.  My mom says she is just far too busy for me to come.  She is
alone and Bob is not coming back until next week.  What do you think. Ugh


Prebon sent over a confirmation for the following trade for Sean Crandall
Enron buys from Aquila January  Mid-C 25 mw at $300.00


I'm sending this again.  It came back late today saying the delivery time had
lapsed.  Sorry you did not get it yesterday.

Alison Bailey
713-853-6778
---------------------- Forwarded by Mary Alison Bailey/HOU/ECT on 10/31/2000
04:24 PM ---------------------------

	Enron North America Corp.

	From:  Mary Alison Bailey                           10/30/2000 03:20 PM

To: Steven J Kean/NA/Enron@Enron, Mark Courtney/HOU/ECT@ECT, Traci
Warner/Enron Communications@Enron Communications, Scott Porter/HOU/EES@EES,
Bernie Barcio/Enron Communications@Enron Communications, Andrew
Wilson/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Bill Windle/Corp/Enron@Enron, Brian Spector/Enron
Communications@Enron Communications, Kate Fraser/HOU/ECT@ECT, Pushkar
Shahi/HOU/ECT@ECT, Waymon Votaw/NA/Enron@Enron, Patrick Wade/HOU/ECT@ECT,
David Dye/HOU/EES@EES, Jon Adler/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT, Greg
Characklis/HOU/AZURIX@AZURIX, William Kendrick/OTS/Enron@ENRON, Larry
Leib/Corp/Enron@Enron, Andrew Miles/NA/Enron@Enron, Stephen Stenhouse/Enron
Communications@Enron Communications, Trevor Randolph/Corp/Enron@ENRON,
Charles Varnell/NA/Enron@Enron, Doug Sewell/HOU/ECT@ECT, Alhamd
Alkhayat/NA/Enron@ENRON, Micha Makowsky/Enron Communications@Enron
Communications, Frank Bay/Enron Communications@Enron Communications, Jaime
Gualy/Enron Communications@Enron Communications, John Wilson/NA/Enron@ENRON,
John Walt/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Kelli Little/NA/Enron@Enron, Patrick
Wade/HOU/ECT@ECT, Michelle Juden/HOU/EES@EES, Aamir Maniar/NA/Enron@Enron,
Doug Sewell/HOU/ECT@ECT, Brian O'Rourke/Enron Communications@Enron
Communications, David Maskell/Enron Communications@Enron Communications,
Michelle D Cisneros/HOU/ECT@ECT, John Kiani/HOU/EES@EES,
Marilyn_baker@enron.net
cc:
Subject: RESULTS OF SUPER SATURDAY - RICE MBA

Please call or e-mail candidates who have received "offers".All of your hard
work paid off - you have a great list of "offers".  These students have all
been called and will receive a letter/packet by the end of the week.


Either the location, or the number of locations has changed on revision number 3. The hedge associated with this deal needs to be re-evaluated.


AGA for 1/26/01 is -128w/d

Website information:
http://gasfundy.corp.enron.com/gas/framework/default.asp
Drop down Box to "Storage"
In-house Analysis
My files are the last three files.

When the dialog box asks to upadate links click "NO".


Congratulations sweetie:  Everything OK?  So glad to hear.  All the best to
all three of you.

Best,
Jeff


Tana:  Please see Sami's message below.  Is there something you can send?  SS
---------------------- Forwarded by Sara Shackleton/HOU/ECT on 05/05/2000
04:15 PM ---------------------------

Sami Arap@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT
05/05/2000 09:18 AM
To: Sara Shackleton/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc:
Subject: Re: Financial Trading in Brazil

Sara;

Are you also involved in EnronOnLine ?  I only got a copy of an EOL summary
but would like to receive a more detailed memo about such business.  Can you
provide me with any additional materials ?!

Thanks,

Sami

Sara Shackleton@ECT
05/04/2000 04:29 PM
To: Sami Arap/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT
cc: Andrea Calo/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT

Subject: Re: Financial Trading in Brazil

Hi, Sami!  Sorry we missed the call yesterday.  I just wanted to update you
on some of the financial trading issues in Brazil (and I have added you to
the working group list).  I am going to finalize our "swap matrix" for
Brazil.  On the physical trading side, I had asked a physical trading lawyer
to call you and am wondering if Elizabeth Sager ever called or emailed.
Please let me know.  Thanks.  Sara
---------------------- Forwarded by Sara Shackleton/HOU/ECT on 05/04/2000
02:55 PM ---------------------------

"MBTOS - Marcelo Rodrigues" <Mbtos@tozzini.com.br> on 05/04/2000 01:21:59 PM
To: Sara.Shackleton@enron.com
cc: Andrea.Bertone@enron.com, Brent.Hendry@enron.com, Lynn.Aven@enron.com,
Rick.Hopkinson@enron.com, afac@tozzini.com.br, Krishna@tozzini.com.br
Subject: Re: Financial Trading in Brazil

Dear Sara:

Thank you for your message below. Please find attached hereto free
translation into English of new foreign investor's regulations in Brazil. We
are preparing a memo to you in connection with such new regulations and are
finalizing the matrix prepared last year. We will send them to you shortly.

Kind regards,

Marcelo Rodrigues

>>> "Sara Shackleton" <Sara.Shackleton@enron.com> 05/04 12:08 pm >>>

AFAC and Marcelo:  I hope this message finds you both well.  I would like to
finalize the matrix which was prepared last year so that we can create a
"baseline" for future updates.  Please feel free to date the matrix as of
December, 1999, if you wish.  Please forward any recent changes to me for
comment  and I will respond immediately.  Then we can move on to other things!
Thanks for your help and attention to this mattter.  Regards.  Sara
---------------------- Forwarded by Sara Shackleton/HOU/ECT on 05/04/2000
10:34
AM ---------------------------

"MBTOS - Marcelo Rodrigues" <Mbtos@tozzini.com.br> on 03/13/2000 06:27:26 PM

To:   Sara.Shackleton@enron.com
cc:   Brent.Hendry@enron.com, Lynn.Aven@enron.com, afac@tozzini.com.br
Subject:  Re: Financial Trading in Brazil

Dear Sara:

Thank you for your E-mail below. We will be reflecting the new changes in the
regulations in the chart and will be sending it to your review as soon as
possible.

Kind regards,

Marcelo Rodrigues

>>> "Sara Shackleton" <Sara.Shackleton@enron.com> 03/13 2:29 pm >>>

Greetings to you both!  It has been awhile since we last spoke.  I would like
to
finalize the matrix which we have been discussing since the latter part of
1999.
Although we were awaiting new Central Bank regulations, I am beginning to
think
that the Central Bank revisions will not impact the matrix except with respect
to transactions which may be entered into by entities that are the subject of
the Central Bank regulations.  Please let me know whether or not you agree or
can offer any suggestions.  Thanks and regards.  Sara

 - Res2689a.doc
 - Ins325a.doc


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Are y'all good for Saturday?  If possible, I would like to do something centrally located so neither of us have to drive forever.  Also, see if Melissa and her husband would be interested in joining us.  It would be great to see her.  Just let me know.  Thanks.

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Amy Hood <amy.hood@us.brann.com>@ENRON
Sent:	Friday, November 16, 2001 11:26 AM
To:	Dean, Clint
Subject:	RE:

Sure, I think that works out fine.  My parents are coming over to help us
paint the nursery on Friday but we should be done that day, unless of
course, they make a horrible mess & we have to deep clean the house on
Saturday!  So, let me check with Michael & I'll let you know.  Yeah!

-----Original Message-----
From: Dean, Clint [mailto:Clint.Dean@enron.com]
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 11:28 AM
To: Amy Hood (E-mail)
Subject:

Hey.  If you can, I would like to go out with y'all next Saturday.  Let
me know if you can.

Clint

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Hello Greg--A belated congrats on the new post at Enron--We had, as you probably read, a sort of pool going about who would get tagged for the big desk-- Most of the emails we received offering their thoughts on the question seems to favor you--most were also fmr Enron traders and the like. I had to chuckle about the stories that ran about you in the past few weeks--you must be tired of the tanker reference by now. I seem to recall the last time we traded emails and calls was around the time you took over the wholesale group--most of the stories at that time were equally clever--"he should know about volitility, he used to drive a tank in germany...blah blah blah. Anyhow, hope all is well chief, would like to do an interview at some point, for either The Desk or The Risk Desk. Your call. By the way, who is the nominal head of the bandwidth desk these days--hawthorne?
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Hi guys,

I received a few questions from EES on the gas side of the deal.  I know the
answers to most of these, I was just wondering if you had any insight to the
rest after our lunch meeting with Corey and Paul on Friday.  Let's discuss if
you have a chance when I return on Thursday afternoon.  Can we keep this
under wraps for now?  I don't want EES to ever think that I'm playing you
guys against each other, I just want to make sure I don't go back to El Paso
and ask questions they've already answered.

1.  What is the name of the delivery point?  If Ellisburg, can EES deliver
this gas supply to any point at Ellisburg Storage?

2. Is the storage a firm service from TGP or interruptible?  If
interruptible, will EES be told to remove supply from storage due to TGP Firm
storage commitments?  What does interruptible mean?

3.  How long can EES carry the volumes in storage?  What are the TGP "cost of
carry" in storage?  What is the cost of pulling the gas out of storage?  Are
there any "IN STORAGE"  transfer costs?

4.  What is the maximum daily quantity EES can pull out of storage?

5.  What is the maximum storage capacity in Ellisburg for the Stagecoach
project?  Can EES have access to this storage capacity at any time?  Can EES
inject other gas volumes once the volumes allocated by El Paso are utilized?

6.  What are the possible other (alternate) delivery points? Will there be a
basis difference from Ellisburg?  Will these alternate delivery points be
firm deliveries?  What will the MDQ be at these points?

7.  If possible, can EES "pick" an alternate delivery point as our primary
point of delivery for this project?

I'll be in touch on Thursday.  Charlie and I have 3:00 Thursday afternoon set
aside - will this work for you Mark?

Thanks,

Andrew


there are still ena people using experience enron.
 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Robert, Carrie
Sent:	Tuesday, October 16, 2001 5:43 PM
To:	Mcconnell, Mike; Shankman, Jeffrey A.; McMahon, Jeffrey; Bowen Jr., Raymond; Piper, Greg; Beck, Sally; Lavorato, John; Kitchen, Louise
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Mr. Kurzer -

Dan Diamond requested that I forward a revised version of the LOI in relation
to Enron's Broker/Client product.  I have attached below a clean and marked
version.  The marked version reflects changes from the version of the
agreement forwarded earlier this week by Tana Jones.

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


Final Reminder

If you are a participant in the Enron Corp. Savings Plan, all trades among your investment funds must be completed by 3:00 PM CST Friday, October 26.

The makeup of your investment funds in the Savings Plan at 3:00 p.m., October 26, will reflect your investment decision for the duration of the transition period.


---------------------- Forwarded by Barry Tycholiz/NA/Enron on 04/12/2001 09:31 AM ---------------------------

emailconfirm@180096hotel.com on 04/11/2001 05:50:30 PM
Please respond to emailconfirm@mail.180096hotel.com
To:	BARRY.TYCHOLIZ@ENRON.COM
cc:

Subject:	Hotel Confirmation for the MONTE CARLO - 002997833

 2001-04-11      C O N F I R M A T I O N / R E C E I P T

                      >>>> RESERVATION PREPAID <<<<

                    $50 CANCELLATION/CHANGE FEE APPLIES

   HRN Confirmation Number:
   ________________________
       Booking Number:   2997833

   Customer Info:
   ______________
       Guest Name: BARRY TYCHOLIZ
       Address:    2517 SOUTHGATE BLVD
                   HOUSTON, TX  77030

   Property Info:
   ______________
       MONTE CARLO
       3770 LAS VEGAS BLVD
       LAS VEGAS, NV 89109

   Reservation Info:
   _________________
       Check In:        3/15/01
       Check Out:       3/16/01
       Check In Time:  3:00 PM
       Check Out Time: 11:00 AM
       Number of Rooms:       1
       Number of Nights:      1
       Number of Adults:      1
       Number of Children:    0
       Smoking Room:          N
       Room Description: Deluxe 1-2 Person

   Reservation/Price Detail:
   _________________________
        3/15/01          109.00
                   ____________
       TOTAL             109.00  USD

   General Info:
   _____________
       Your reservation is PREPAID to Hotel Reservations Network/CondoSavers.Com,
       Dallas, TX and is guaranteed for late arrival.  Your reservation is part
       of the Hotel Reservations Network block of rooms at the hotel.
       Information on individual reservations will be available at the
       MONTE CARLO within two weeks prior to arrival.  Please
       refer to the Hotel Reservations Booking/Confirmation Number above if you
       contact HRN for any reason.  For the fastest service on any questions
       regarding your credit card bill, please visit the Customer Service section
       on our web site listed below.  Thank You for using Hotel Reservations
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           HRN WEB SITE: http://www.hoteldiscounts.com
           CUSTOMER SERVICE: http://www.hoteldiscounts.com/customerservice/
           CUSTOMER SERVICE EMAIL: mailto:customer@hoteldiscounts.com
           Domestic: (800) 394-1454     International: (214) 369-1264

   Change/Cancel Policy:
   _____________________
       To ensure proper credit:  If you wish to change your reservation please
       visit www.hoteldiscounts.com and click on the customer
       service icon or call Hotel Reservations Network (HRN) at the number
       above.  Call HRN Mon-Fri by 12:00 PM (CST), at least 48 HOURS  prior to
       arrival or you may be charged for one nights stay. You must obtain a
       cancellation or change number via email (customer@hoteldiscounts.com) or
       by telephone from an HRN representative. On weekends or after business
       hours, call the property directly, then email or call HRN the next
       business day for proper credit.

   Disclaimer:
   ____________
       Rate quoted is the HRN Customer Rate which includes access fees. The
       total charge above includes all property room charges and taxes, and HRN
       fees for access and booking. Smoking and bedding preferences are not
       guaranteed. Any incidental charges such as phone calls and room service
       will be handled directly between you and the property.

       HRN is not acting as agent for Hotels, Car Rental Companies, Tour
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I am destined to be a dork....it's in the genes.

---------------------- Forwarded by Susan M Scott/HOU/ECT on 03/26/2001 08:27 AM ---------------------------

	Enron Capital & Trade Resources Corp.  From:  Chuck Scott <CHARLIECOYOTE@compuserve.com>@compuserve.com>                           03/25/2001 08:21 AM

To:	"Susan.M.Scott" <Susan.M.Scott@enron.com>
cc:
Subject:	San Diego

Tried to call you last night but to no avail.  Know that you were out
having fun.  Mom came to San Diego and we took some pix.  Here are a few.
We called Cris and Chuck and sent them an email with  these pictures.
Love, Dad  There is one of me with the Starship in Wichita and the rest are
on us in San Diego.  We walked over to the Fish Market on the bay and ate
there.  It was really nice. We had a table on the water and had a great
meal.
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I received a call from Tom Favinger at PG&E today.  He is looking for the
responses to his questions from last week and also has a new question.  He
would like to get a breakout of the $10.25 million item in the Pastoria
capital budget labeled Pre-Commercial Operations Costs.

I also spoke to Darryn O Llegas from PECO today.  They are planning to bid
on the peakers and LV Cogen on Friday.  His questions are:

Peakers

* Will Enron's control area dispatching/scheduling software be
included in the property conveyed with the peakers?
* Do the Peaker's permits make any allowance for combined cycle
operation or would they need to re-start the permitting process?
* They would like clarification concerning the joint ownership of gas
interconnects - what is owned, cost to maintain, etc.

LV Cogen

* Update on status of Phase II permitting?
* Update on status of development process?
* Are there any tax abatements of any type for the Phase II project?

Additional Comments from PECO:

* Don't have price curves yet for all of the peakers markets - will
need to develop prior to final bid.
* May have a concern re: market power for the peakers as a result of
the PECO/Unicom merger.  They will be comfortable enough to bid this week
and don't expect it to be a concern for the final bid.
* They will probably submit a bid with separate values for: Wheatland;
other peakers together; LV Cogen.
* They are working their bid from two perspectives: replacement cost
plus a premium and discounted cash flow.  DCF will obviously change as they
get their price curves updated.


Jeff

My management line is hidden on my hard copy report but not on the executive
viewer.  Make sure its hidden on the executive viewer.


---------------------- Forwarded by Dana Davis/HOU/ECT on 11/06/2000 03:04 PM
---------------------------

Joseph Stewart <joseph_s_77014@yahoo.com> on 11/03/2000 05:58:03 PM
To: dana davis <ddavis@enron.com>
cc:
Subject:

DANA , DANA, DANA I DELETED THE FILE BY MISTAKE IF YOU
ARE STILL AT WORK SEND IT AGAIN


At the bottom of the string is Stacy's phone number
----- Forwarded by Steven J Kean/NA/Enron on 03/15/2001 10:07 AM -----

	Mark Courtney@EES
	03/14/2001 10:41 AM

		 To: Brad Alford/NA/Enron@ENRON
		 cc: Lexi Elliott/NA/Enron@Enron, Steven J Kean/NA/Enron@Enron, Jacqueline
Coleman/NA/Enron@ENRON
		 Subject: Re:

I managed to contact Sean this morning.  He also confirmed dinner at
Brennan's.  He didn't really have a reason for waiting except to see what
other offers came in.  He's shopping us.  He did say he was leaning toward
Enron, though.  I answered some questions he had concerning what his day to
day duties might consist of and how much input he would have in his summer
placement.  I also suggested he get in touch with Morela and talk to her
about her summer experience.

Mark

Brad Alford@ENRON
03/14/2001 09:19 AM

To: Lexi Elliott/NA/Enron@Enron
cc: Steven J Kean/NA/Enron@Enron, Mark Courtney/HOU/EES@EES, Jacqueline
Coleman/NA/Enron@ENRON
Subject: Re:

I spoke with Philip today and he is confirmed for dinner at Brennan's.  He is
holding back on commiting to Enron mainly to preserve his geographic
options.  He indicated that Enron was definitely his first choice but for
some personal considerations.  I think Philip was our strongest candidate and
I would hate to lose him for these personal reasons.  I have an idea about
how to 'fix' it and will pursue a solution and let you know.

	From:  Lexi Elliott                           03/12/2001 12:35 PM

To: Steven J Kean/NA/Enron@Enron, Brad Alford/NA/Enron@Enron, Mark
Courtney/HOU/EES@EES
cc: Jacqueline Coleman/NA/Enron@ENRON

Subject:

Dear Team Members:

Below you will find this week's cultivation assignments.  Please call or
e-mail your candidate to help express our interest.  As you know, I have
scheduled our cultivation dinner for Tuesday, March 27 at 6:30 at Brennan's.

Please invite your candidate to dinner when you call (remind them that a
jacket is required at dinner).

Their deadline to accept is April 4.

Please also keep me posted regarding your efforts.

Thank you!

lexi

Mark Courtney	Sean Kannengieser	713/348-1363	Skr@rice.edu
Brad Alford	Philip Mayor	832/545-6448	Pmayor@rice.edu
Steve Kean	Stacy Durbin	713/348-1691	sldurbin@rice.edu