Subject: Re: Foundation
From: "Joshua Alcorn" <[email-masked]>
To: "Alexander S. Mackler" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, "Hallie Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 11:04:42 -0400

I really like the idea of keeping the Seminars a part of this organization.
It will help us stay rooted in DE.

On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 12:31 PM, Alexander S. Mackler <[email-masked]>
wrote:

> I've been meaning to send thoughts for a week and just haven't. As a
> starter, just let me know how I can be helpful. A few random thoughts/ideas:
>
> 1. The biggest decision is how the money is best spent (giving to existing
> programs/groups, starting own lobbying efforts, etc). It's probably easier
> logistically to be an entity that educates and gives grants, but with
> Beau's name you can do a lot depending on what you want.
>
> 2. It might be good to think about existing groups that already work in
> this space, and with whom Beau often worked closely, to maximize
> partnerships and avoid looking like we are squeezing them out. John Walsh's
> group, Camille Cooper's group, Darkness To Light, etc. Patti will have a
> great sense of them all.
>
> 3. Some ideas for a board, in addition to the folks who will be on by
> virtue of being able to raise lots of money: Camille, John Walsh, a couple
> AGs or former AGs whom Beau liked a lot (Madigan, Lynch, Gansler, McDaniel,
> Hood) and who were good on this issue. Some Delaware prosecutors like Paula
> Ryan maybe.
>
> 4. This is Josh's area, but fundraising - perhaps this is a way to keep
> the Biden seminars alive as a vehicle.  They could work well here. Speakers
> could be Walsh, Mariska Hargitay, others within the child protection world.
>
> Let me know if I can be of help on any of these.
>
> ASM

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