Subject: Re: Rosemont Seneca Dinner Follow-Up
From: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
To: "Chris Chafe" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:03:04 -0400

Chris-

Hope all is well on your end and thanks for the email.  We'd definitely like to find the time to get back together and catch up.  Let me figure out schedules on our end and see if there is something that works before the 3rd.

Let me try and get back to you tomorrow.

Best,

Eric

Eric D. Schwerin
Rosemont Seneca Partners, LLC
1010 Wisconsin Ave., NW
Suite 705
Washington, DC 20007
(202) 333-1880
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On Aug 25, 2010, at 11:27 AM, Chris Chafe wrote:

Hunter, Chris, Devon, and Eric-
I’d like to find time together in the next week or so to sit together and review the status of our partnership commitments to the new Clean Economy Development Center and Consulting Group.  We are close to closing with a number of key labor partners to add to our LIUNA and SEIU commitments, as well as finance firms.  Is there a time to meet in either DC or NYC before September 3rd for a check in?  I remain very interested in what we could do together to shape an initiative on retrofitting your newly acquired real estate portfolio, and explore other projects. 
 
Please let me know, I hope you all are well, and thanks again for a very worthwhile dinner last month.  
 
Take care,
Chris Chafe
 
From: Hunter Biden [mailto:[email-masked]] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 5:56 PM
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Subject: Rosemont Seneca Dinner Follow-Up
 
All-
 
Chris and I wanted to reach out to all of you as a follow up to our dinner a couple of weeks ago.   We both hope that one of the outcomes from our recent dinner will be that we will all seize the opportunity of the recent introductions to continue the various lines of discussion we started at dinner. Part of the driving force behind our dinner was the notion that each of you has a perspective that should be discussed and amplified. 
 
One topic we feel we did not have adequate time to flesh out over the course of the evening is the pending crisis of unfunded liabilities in public/ Taft Hartley pension programs.  It is our belief that legislation alone will not solve the problem and can only be seen as a temporary fix we will all pay for later.  Following the dinner, we have heard from several of you individually who have expressed in both broad and specific terms potential private sector solutions and suggestions for reform.  We do not mean to be presumptuous, but we think a continued conversation that could lead to real and actionable ideas may benefit those entrusted with their constituents'/ members' pension dollars.  At the very least we will all end up with a better understanding of each other's unique perspectives on the problem.  
 
In that spirit, we recently saw the following two reports that both gave interesting perspectives on the issue.  One is by the GAO and one is by Pew - some of you may have your own thoughts on these reports.  
 
http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/report_detail.aspx?id=56695
 
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10708t.pdf
 
We know you are all busy with the work in front of you on a day to day basis, but if any of you have the time or the inclination we hope that you would share with the group any specific ideas or refer the group to any particular articles like the ones above or writings of your own that address the issue.  We know some of you have already begun your own conversations – if we can in any way facilitate such talks, please let us know.  And please feel free to reply "all" with any thoughts on the subject that you would like to share with the group.  We look forward to another meeting in the near future.
 
Best,
 
Hunter and Chris

 

R. Hunter Biden
Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC
202-333-1880
212-933-9965

 
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