fyi
---------------------- Forwarded by Steven J Kean/NA/Enron on 07/09/2001 
07:56 AM ---------------------------
From: John Sherriff/ENRON@EUEnronXGate@EUEnronXGate on 07/09/2001 09:43 AM GDT
Sent by: Kerry Ferrari/Enron@EUEnronXGate
To: Jeremy Blachman/HOU/EES@EES, Raymond Bowen/ENRON@enronXgate, Michael 
Brown/Enron@EUEnronXGate, Rick Buy/ENRON@enronXgate, Richard 
Causey/ENRON@enronXgate, Wade Cline/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENt, 
David Cox/Enron Communications@Enron Communications, David W 
Delainey/HOU/EES@EES, James Derrick/ENRON@enronXgate, Janet R 
Dietrich/HOU/EES@EES, Jim Fallon/Enron Communications@Enron Communications, 
Andrew S Fastow/ENRON@enronXgate, Mark Frevert/ENRON@enronXgate, Ben 
Glisan/HOU/ECT@ECT, Kevin Hannon/Enron Communications@Enron Communications, 
Rod Hayslett/ENRON@enronXgate, Stanley Horton/ENRON@enronXgate, James A 
Hughes/ENRON@enronXgate, Steven J Kean/NA/Enron@Enron, Louise 
Kitchen/HOU/ECT@ECT, Mark Koenig/ENRON@enronXgate, John J 
Lavorato/ENRON@enronXgate, Kenneth Lay/ENRON@enronXgate, Dan 
Leff/HOU/EES@EES, Danny McCarty/ET&S/Enron@Enron, Mike 
Mcconnell/ENRON@enronXgate, Mark Metts/Enron@EnronXGate, Mark S 
Muller/HOU/EES@EES, Cindy Olson/ENRON@enronXgate, Lou L Pai/HOU/EES@EES, Greg 
Piper/ENRON@enronXgate, Ken Rice/Enron Communications@Enron Communications, 
Matthew Scrimshaw/Enron@EUEnronXGate, Jeffrey A Shankman/ENRON@enronXgate, 
Jeffrey Sherrick/ENRON@enronXgate, John Sherriff/ENRON@EUEnronXGate, Jeff 
Skilling/ENRON@enronXgate, Marty Sunde/HOU/EES@EES, Greg 
Whalley/ENRON@enronXgate, Richard Lewis/Enron@EUEnronXGate, Joe 
Gold/Enron@EUEnronXGate, Matthew Scrimshaw/Enron@EUEnronXGate, Michael 
Hutchinson/Enron@EUEnronXGate, Mike Farmer/Enron@EUEnronXGate, Michael 
Brown/Enron@EUEnronXGate, Fernley Dyson/Enron@EUEnronXGate
cc:  

Subject: Transatlantic meetings

To the Executive Committee:

Attached is a note that has been sent to our managers regarding off-site and 
team-building meetings.  My impression is that our commendable efforts to 
build transatlantic synergies are resulting in too many get-togethers that 
require substantial travel.  Our challenge is that such gatherings are far 
more costly and time-consuming for us to attend than our Houston colleagues 
might realize.  Often, participating in these meetings takes an entire week 
for Enron Europe employees (especially if they are outside of Texas). 
Naturally, they may feel that this time of year (PRC time) is exactly the 
wrong time from a career perspective to miss this kind of gathering.

These off-sites are sometimes scheduled at the end of a quarter, which 
compounds the difficulty; worse still are the times they occur at the end of 
Q2, since it also coincides and conflicts with the PRC process.

I would appreciate your efforts to remind your managers to consider the 
travel time and costs (both direct and indirect) when inviting international 
employees to off-site meetings in the US.  We appreciate the chance to be 
included in the broader Enron initiatives and to share ideas across 
organizations, but we are really trying to reinforce the message about 
managing expenses.

Thanks!

John Sherriff


(Letter sent to all Enron Europe VPs and direct reports)

We still have issues regarding Offsites and 'Team Building' exercises.  In 
particular, we have recently had examples of departments failing to inform 
other key work groups when workplace absences are pending.

In order to avoid misunderstandings, and to increase transparency, the 
following will apply with immediate effect:

Any Offsite or 'Team Building' exercise which any group (both commercial and 
non-commercial, and including John and myself)intends to undertake must be 
communicated, in advance, to all department heads. Issue to be identified 
include:  all participants who will out of the office, total costs of the 
exercise; and, where appropriate, work load coverage details.

John and I are very supportive of team building exercises but we much prefer 
that they be conducted in the evenings or at weekends. To the extent that is 
not possible, we must absolutely avoid quarter ends and ensure all work is 
appropriately covered.

Trips to Houston and especially resorts in the US are far more difficult to 
justify based on the substantial travel time and costs involved.  So please 
pay particular attention to optimising our transatlantic travel.

Please communicate this policy to your staff.

Michael Brown