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Hi Rick,
I don't know. Steve never did call that afternoon to discuss the leadership issue. (My comment to him will be that I would welcome him stepping into a leadership role on these issues, but that he needs to step up to the plate. This means being able to do Hill meetings on his own, being willing to step back and re-evaluate our strategies from time to time, and looking beyond Scott for policy and technical guidance). I'm also planning to make some general comments to the group as a whole at our EBS GA meeting in Colorado next week. I think I need to talk about individual versus group efforts. The issues circling in my mind at the moment are: People need to realize that individual success does not happen independently of the success of our group as a whole. This means that every person in our group needs to be able and willing to work constructively will every other individual in our group. No exceptions. Decisions about who attends meetings, whether with the FCC, Congressional members and staff, or EBS executives will be determined according to the nature and purpose of the meeting. That means that sometimes I step aside for you or Linda or Steve Kean, and that sometimes one person in my group steps aside for another. Individual success in not measured by the meetings that you attend. It's measured by our effectiveness in achieving our agenda. Anything else you can suggest that will help make clear to people that they are focusing on the wrong issues and that this will have a serious negative impact on their performance reviews. I really would like to get beyond this point as quickly as possible. Please let me know if you ever think I'm wasting too much of your time with these petty issues. How's London? Wayne and Zal have had a series of travel complications, so I'm the only one in Argentina so far. I had a very good day of meetings with our lawyer yesterday. We've rescheduled meetings with the Argentine regulators for Wednesday afternoon, so that Wayne and Zal will be able to make them. This means only one day in Sao Paolo and one day in Brasilia, but from all that I've heard that's not a bad thing. Talk to you soon. Sue Sue Nord, Sr. Director Government Affairs 713 345-4196 Richard Shapiro 06/04/2001 12:29 PM To: Sue Nord/NA/Enron@Enron cc: Subject: Re: One view from DC What do you do with this? Sue Nord 06/01/2001 01:52 PM To: Richard Shapiro/NA/Enron@Enron cc: Subject: One view from DC Sue Nord, Sr. Director Government Affairs 713 345-4196 ----- Forwarded by Sue Nord/NA/Enron on 06/01/2001 01:50 PM ----- Sue Nord 06/01/2001 01:50 PM To: Stephen D Burns/Corp/Enron@ENRON cc: Subject: Re: EBS Government Affairs Regulatory Report for May 2001 Hi Steve, The reason that I've used "DC Office" is that Linda has indicated that she wants to distinguish between your assignments and Allison's assignments. I'm not sure if she's done this yet and I didn't want to presume anything. If it works better to list your names individually I am happy to do that. To be honest, though, I don't think Rick would be likely to interpret this to mean that your role is simply administrative. Are you around at the end of the day today? I have a meeting from 2:00-4:00, but maybe we could talk afterward about the other issues you raise. Thanks, Sue Sue Nord, Sr. Director Government Affairs 713 345-4196 Stephen D Burns 05/31/2001 11:33 AM To: Sue Nord/NA/Enron@Enron cc: Subject: EBS Government Affairs Regulatory Report for May 2001 Hi Sue: This may be a function of the Washington office/EBS Government Affairs differing reporting relationships, but... With the "DC office" appearing only in supporting roles on reports like these, Rick and Steve Kean are going to continue to have the impression that we exist to schedule meetings and execute plans formulated by others. You know this is a sensitive point for me personally, but beyond that, it is important to my career development that I be seen as taking more of a lead. I suppose Allison would feel the same way once she becomes more comfortable and familiar with the issues. Therefore, two requests. Would you consider listing Allison and me as individuals, not as "DC Office"? Also -- and here I may be pushing it -- as you and I have discussed a couple of times, am I taking the lead in the cable issue? What about the BLM issue? I always appear to Rick and Steve to be supporting Scott on these initiatives. In my own twisted mind, I think of myself as having more of a leadership role. Sorry to continue to be ultra sensitive about this. But frankly (just between the two of us, please) since we've just brought on 2 new Senior Directors in the past month (knocking me a couple of rungs down the seniority ladder in one fell swoop), I am trying to increase my visibility ... and maybe claim a little more credit for issues that I have before. Happy as always to discuss. Muchas gracias, Steve ----- Forwarded by Stephen D Burns/Corp/Enron on 05/31/2001 10:43 AM ----- Eric Benson 05/30/2001 05:16 PM To: Scott Bolton/Enron Communications@Enron Communications, Stephen D Burns/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Allison Navin/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Lara Leibman/NA/Enron@Enron, Margo Reyna/NA/Enron@Enron, John Neslage/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT, Mona L Petrochko/NA/Enron@Enron, Michael Grimes/AP/Enron@Enron, Jan Haizmann/ENRON@EUEnronXGate, Vinio Floris/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Kikumi Kishigami/NA/Enron@Enron cc: Sue Nord/NA/Enron@Enron Subject: EBS Government Affairs Regulatory Report for May 2001 To: Distribution From: Eric Benson Attached for your review and input is the draft EBS Government Affairs Report for May 2001. Please update the Key Issues and Strategies/Comments/Next Actions sections of the report and return to my attention at your earliest convenience. The report is due to Rick Shapiro by the close of business on the first Friday of each month. Please advise of any questions, comments or concerns. Thank you in advance for your assistance. Eric Benson Senior Specialist Enron Government Affairs 713-853-1711
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