IT issues

I just wanted to make sure you were aware of one thing in case it comes up on
Friday (or you can bring it up if you would like...). The only real system
issues we have (outside of EnronOnline IT resources!) are the bridge
resources. Currenlty, EOL deals bridge to TAGG, Sitara, and Enpower. We
have had some issues in the past trying to get bridge issues corrected, and
nail down reasons for bridge failures (among other things). The problem has
arisen due to the fact that each bridge really only has one person that is
fully capable of correcting problems, and until last week, these three
individuals really did not have anyone defining the bridge as part of their
day to day responsibilities. When Tom Moore left early this year, these guys
were left in limbo. Luckily, they were seldom out, and all three of them
were very good at getting back to us for the most part.

Now for the good news - Jennifer and I had a meeting with Richard Burchfield
last week - the bridges are now part of his world. This was initiated by a
memo Jennifer copied Beth on regarding bridge failures. I will forward this
to you as well. Richard understands the importance of the bridge and ensured
us that he will add some structure to this group. It is especially critical
when the Sitara bridge goes down late morning, and we are doing next day
physical deals on EnronOnline. I have a good working relationship with him
(from the old Synergi days), so I think this will be great for us. I
provided him copies of the IT Compliance flow charts related to the bridges
so that he could gain an understanding of how they work. Since this
meeting, Jennifer has contacted additional resources that Richard referred us
to, and they have been very responsive (one of the guys volunteered his pager
and told us to call him any time regarding any bridge...). So, that said,
hopefully our only "issue" is correcting itself due to Jennifer's
perseverance!

Apart from that, we do have an item on our wish list (EnronOnline IT) to
simplify the messages that are sent across the bridges to hopefully speed up
processing time. Right now the bridges have to do a lot of thinking to
determine how to book certain deals - we want to eliminate that thinking by
adding a deal type identifier on the deal which will automatically tell the
bridge what to do. I can give you more details on this if you'd like, but
this is short and sweet explanation...

Let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks
ST