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Good, valid points. I think that I agree that we should not have a tour=20
strictly for "control" purposes. Ted, how do you feel about the concept of= a=20 general business tour on an annual basis that would touch on, but not solel= y=20 focus on controls? =20 =09 =09 =09From: Ted Murphy @ ECT 02/11/2000 11:57 AM =09 To: Rick Buy, Richard Causey/Corp/Enron@ENRON cc: Sally Beck/HOU/ECT@ECT=20 Subject: R-squared World Tour Dear R2:?I would like you to consider the following in determining the appr= opriate ?course of action in your mission to ensure that all our offices ha= ve process, ?procedures and policies to adequately support the business act= ivities:?? I believe that your going on a series of trips is precisely the= wrong ?approach and not only do I think it will be relatively unproductive= (as ?compared to your tremendous productivity at home base) but I honestly= believe ?it will be counterproductive. Here's why:?? 1) While you guys a= re on a plane or in a remote office, you will be less ?in touch and availab= le to make decisions at home? 2) When you are preparing to go and de-comp= ressing from having been, you ?will be distracted, tired and attempting to = catch up to all your other ?duties.? 3) There are only two of you and= many of them.? 4) Please don't take this the wrong way, but I question w= hether you even ?are the best qualified from a skill perspective (Kevin Swe= eney, Vlady ?Gorny, John Vickers, et al might be the best to dig into t= he details)? 5) When you guys are the face, it means the rest of us are n= ot. This ?means that our presence and authority, which will be required on= ? an on-going basis in order for this to have lasting effect, will be ?= completely undermined. Senior people need to know that if a ? Sweeney,= Murphy, Hardy, etc walks into their office and finds something ?not right= , that it will be communicated up the line with reprecussions. ?If you= were to investigate anonomously, I believe that a universal theme is ?that= stuff gets pointed out and nothing ever gets changed. It puts those ?= in the position of knowing on the defensive and sounding shrill.??My sugges= tions is that you stay home. Sally, AA myself and others should ?develop a= template for consistent analysis of the offices and a plan to ?maintain an= on-going pressure and results. Part of that plan would be a ?requirement = to report to you guys the findings and recommendations in a ?concise way w= ith you following up to the heads of those offices about what, ?if anything= , needs to change as quickly as possible after the review. ??The most im= portant things you can do will be to pave the way for our ?departure, be av= ailable to assimilate the findings and be prepared to ?follow-up. Everyone= already knows that they need to respect your wishes. ?They need to know (= as do we) that we have your support and you will respect ?and act on our re= commendations. ??Thank you for indulging me. I am afraid that I am correc= t.?Ted??
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