Subject: Look and feel
From: "Alexandra Stanton" <[email-masked]>
To: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Joan Peugh" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 06:12:03 -0700 (PDT)

Hunter,

I see this as an intimate evening -- both in setting and in attendees. So, re locale: a library setting, nice mouldings, attractive, with books, a clubby feel -- for cocktails and possibly for a speaker to make some brief remarks -- moving then into an adjoining space for dinner, 2 round tables of 10, also a small intimate space that both facilitates discussion and doesnt make folks feel like we've shrunk a ballroom.

make sense?

if so, then I think it's easy for any of us to get up, welcome folks, intro a speaker, facilitate discussion, suggest we move into the next room for dinner, etc. I think the space is actually impt re setting a tone for our clients: this is well thought thru, exclusive, they'll feel comfortable, if they're not socially at ease generally we'll be able to intro them to enough folks that they'll feel take care of. And with only 2 tables of 10, you can not only see everyone at the table (as opp to a rectangular table) but you can switch tables halfway through the meal to make all folks feel they've have time with you. 

Your thoughts?

A.

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From: [email-masked] <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Policy Dinner
To: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Alexandra Stanton" <[email-masked]>, "Joan Peugh" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wednesday, June 16, 2010, 2:39 PM

Also reach out to Chaffe to see if he can suggest anyone from SEIU.  What about Karen Maza the general counsel from NYCERS.  There is a club that I went to on Upper East Side that was very cool that was relaxed and more modern- Marc LoPresti will remember name of it.

Also I think agenda will shape invite list.  How do we see this working? Who presents to whom- are there formal presentations- do we have discussion and then a dinner or is it all one thing.  How many people. You guys have probably thought this all through so sorry for asking questions already answered.Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®From:  Eric Schwerin <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:11:55 -0400To: Hunter Biden<[email-masked]>Cc: Alexandra Stanton<[email-masked]>; Joan Peugh<[email-masked]>Subject: Policy Dinner
Hunter-
Alex and I had a talk today about our policy dinner on the 14th of July in NY.  Wanted to make sure you were OK with a few things we decided and get your input.  I cc:ed Alex so it is easier to get input to both of us.
1) We are confirming but at least Izzy Englander and Nick Rohatyn will be attending.2) The theme of the dinner will be Pension Fund Unfunded Liabilities.3) Alex is going to reach out to Gov. Paterson to see if he can attend and reach out to Randi Weingarten to see if either she can attend or if she thinks it it more appropriate have the relevant head of the AFT's pension fund attend.4) Should Alex consider reaching out to NY State Comptroller Napoli?  She knows his Chief of Staff well.  I forgot to mention to Alex but I know you wanted to invite Joe Rocks (Alex, he's a trustee on the PA State Pension Fund).  Should we reach out to Joe Rocks first?  I think so, but let me know your thoughts.5) Alex is looking at Midtown locations - mostly hotels but hotels that have a intimate, library like feel.  Not hotel ballrooms.6) We are going to reach out to Chris Chafe to see if he has some suggestions.  May be good to get someone from EPI (Jared Bernstein's
 old shop) to come and talk about unfunded liabilities from a think tank perspective.
Hunter, do you agree with all of the above?  Thoughts?  We'll obviously need more to fill out the guest list, but these are just our initial thoughts.
Best,
Eric

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