This bounced back form your HBS e-mail address so I am resending it
directly.

>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Thomas Moffet
> Sent:	Thursday, June 21, 2001 7:47 PM
> To:	'jskilling@mba1979.hbs.edu'
> Subject:	Compliments from another HBS alum on your poise at
> Commonwealth Club speaking engagement
>
> I've just come back from listening to your talk and responses to Q&A at
> the raucous California Commonwealth Club meeting tonight.  As an HBS MBA a
> dozen years ahead of you, I wanted to drop you a note to say how well I
> thought you handled the highly charged atmosphere and the
> "pie-in-the-face" assault.  Usually our meetings are more civil.  Your
> economic arguments and portrayal of the deeply flawed regulatory structure
> were on point in my view.  Unfortunately, I am skeptical that we shall
> have anything other than a solution skewed by political expediency in
> California and shall be paying the high cost of those blunders for many
> years to come.  I hope your message gets through to our legislators and
> urge you to continue to speak to Californian audiences, despite the
> unpleasant reception you will probably get.  I think you made a real step
> forward in bridging the gap in public understanding tonight.
>
> Best regards
> Tom
>
> Thomas H. Moffet
> HBS'67F