Thanks.  I made it clear to Steve that he could have stayed.  Steve made the decision that was in his and the company's best interest.  He has not contacted me about staying.  

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Gigliotti, Mark  
Sent:	Thursday, November 08, 2001 5:29 PM
To:	Horton, Stanley
Subject:	Steve Hotte Leaving ETS

I know you are getting a lot of emails right now.  I will keep this short.  Directors under Steve Hotte believe with what is going on with Enron it would make good business since to keep Steve as our leader in ETS-IT.  

ETS-IT staff working very hard to make our goals and objectives for the year, but there is this outside pressure with all of the changes coming down the pipe.  I think we need to keep our strong leadership in tact until we weather the storm.


Thanks for having time to read this...
Mark Gigliotti
713-345-4599