Subject: Re: FYI
From: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:35:40 -0400

Chris C's guy couldn't make it.  In all the invites we have out there that
were turned down - Metcalf, Penner, Floyd, Chris C's guy, etc we have the
makings of another good one already.

And I choose to remember that we both had the idea.  But of course it is not
about taking credit.....it just matters that it worked.   Well, it is a
little about taking credit.  I'll just say - you and I were the only ones
who had any idea what the right mix of people in that room needed to be and
did any work to get them there.  And full credit to you for managing the
discussion.  It is going to really start pissing me off soon if you keep
saying you are no good at this type of thing.  You are really good at it.
 Really.

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 11:24 PM, Hunter Biden <[email-masked]>wrote:

> And really that good. It was a huge success. I think everyone was kind of
> amazed at being there.  Literally everyone got to put their two cents in and
> no one felt left out.  I actually feel really proud of the way o was able to
> gently prod the conversation along without taking up any air time.  Chris H
> was great for real.  Spent time with everyone before and after, and was
> smart an witty during.  Dan Loeb by the way talked longer than anyone.  Said
> he dreaded the idea of talking and then spent 20 minutes on his view of the
> world after telling funny Gwenyth story.  Novogratz was in 7th heaven and
> Nick spent a lot of time talking about the third party solution and was
> totally psyched to hear that Kevin wanted to invest Pritzker money into his
> fund.
> The teachers guy was pretty useless but he got to say his piece and was
> glad to be there.
>
> I forget how powerful it can be to be able to put all these people in the
> same room.  Chris Chaffe and  Dan P were great (what happened to the guy
> Chris C wanted to bring?).  O wish we had Charley Ledley there but he would
> be perfect for next time.
>
> Whomever thought of this is brilliant- oh- that was me.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 14, 2010, at 11:03 PM, Eric Schwerin <[email-masked]>
> wrote:
>
> > Really that good? You on wifi?  Wanted to try video chatting from my home
> wifi signal.
> >
> > Eric D. Schwerin
> > [email-masked]
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Jul 14, 2010, at 10:43 PM, Hunter Biden <[email-masked]>
> wrote:
> >
> >> I think the night was a huge success.  Everyone Got a chance to
> participate in the discussion and ad their unique perspective.  The room was
> great and the mix of people really worked well.  Ron McCord was great as was
> the Governor in getting a discussion going.  The cocktail hour was a great
> way for a small group to get to know each other before we sat down and the
> Lady Bird rule worked pretty well I think.  Obviously the most important
> opinions of how it went are those of our clients- and they seemed very
> happy.
> >>
> >> The highlight o the night was Dan Loeb telling everyone how Chris stole
> Gwenyth from him- Dan Pedroty and Chris Chaffe could really relate to that
> story because they both had/ have a relationship with Rich Trumka.
> >>
> >> The key to full success will be to cement the relationships and allow
> for a continuation of a discussion of the many different topics that were
> raised.  To that end I've think we should have Alex reach out to everyone
> there through an email.  (I told everyone at the end that we would be doing
> this.) she should summarize some of what was discussed and maybe suggest a
> continued conversation through email until we meet again in a few months.
> >>
> >> Bottom line- if we did one of these every two months we wouldn't have to
> do much more for out Alternative Investment clients.
> >>
> >> Chris was great by the way- very handsome and distinguished.  He and
> McCord shared funny stories about their deviated septum's, he touched
> everyone in all the appropriate places- thighs and shoulders and was
> generally just a perfect gentleman.  Whatever meds Devon has him on are
> perfect.  Between the Beau event (best fund raiser I've ever been to) and
> tonight I am thinking we should consider just going into the event planning
> and hosting business.
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
>

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Eric D. Schwerin
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