Do we have a time for me to meet with Gil yet?

-----Original Message-----
From: Gilbert Whitaker [mailto:grwhit@rice.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 11:46 AM
To: Kean, Steven J.
Subject: RE: 


I look forward to our meeting.

I was sorry to learn about your father.

gil

At 07:58 AM 8/8/01 -0500, you wrote:
>I've been thinking about the need to recast the "e-commerce" position as
>well.  I'm asking Maureen to get some time for us to meet (at Rice) in
>the next few weeks.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gilbert R. Whitaker, Jr. [mailto:grwhit@rice.edu]
>Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 3:29 PM
>To: skean@enron.com
>Subject:
>
>
>Steve -
>
>We are beginning our planning for faculty recruiting for the fall of
>2002.  We tried hard this year to recruit a person for the finance (risk
>
>management) position and made an offer but he eventually chose to stay
>where he was for family reasons.  We will try again with him but will
>also
>widen the search again.
>
>We will begin the search for the second Enron Professorship which was
>described as E-commerce.  Since we initially discussed this a lot has
>happened in the E-commerce world and we think it might be useful to
>re-designate the field a bit.  The use of the web and technology in
>business has become a critical part of the fundamental operations of the
>
>business and as we think that a professorship in operations management
>with
>a bent toward the use of the web and other related technologies might
>the
>educational needs of the students better and with better long term
>results.  Is this too far afield from the grant or do you think we would
>be
>in the general parameters?
>
>Thanks.
>
>gil
>
>P.S.  I have not yet seen your picture with a pie!!!
>
>
>
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