
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 02:38:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: sue.nord@enron.com
To: richard.shapiro@enron.com
Subject: Re: One view from DC

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




