Subject: Re: D2L acquisition committee
From: "Patty Dailey Lewis" <[email-masked]>
To: "Joshua Alcorn" <[email-masked]>, "fred sears" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Borin Howard" <[email-masked]>, "Emily Chen" <[email-masked]>, "Hallie Biden" <[email-masked]>, "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2017 13:27:42 +0000

Fred--
That sounds like a reasonable plan to me. I have regular calls with the
Katelyn Brewer, the CEO, and am accompanying her to a meeting in NY next
month. I will begin the serious conversation next week.
Have a great weekend.
Best--
Patty

On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 8:48 AM fred sears <[email-masked]> wrote:

> I'm thinking an initial conference call with Lyndon might be helpful , but
> I would see the process starting with Patty and you working with your
> counterparts in N.C. to develop an outline of a plan to bring D to L under
> the Beau Foundation.
> Outline should include plans for staff , finances/budget ( including plans
> for assuming any debt , lease agreements and ownership of assets ) , new
> board configuration , changes in management responsibilities and/ or job
> descriptions and plans for marketing the new team .
> Report should also provide rationale behind announcing the transaction as
> a "merger" or an "acquisition" ?
> Once we have this information in hand the board sub committee would
> review/critique the report and most probably schedule a meeting with
> leadership from D to L -- maybe even schedule a trip to NC to see the
> operation first hand.
> Thoughts from other committee members ?
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jul 21, 2017, at 1:44 PM, Joshua Alcorn <[email-masked]>
> wrote:
>
> Hi folks, wanted to start a chain for the Darkness to Light acquisition
> sub-committee. As Patty and I mentioned yesterday, there have been informal
> conversations we’ve both had with Lyndon Haviland, former CEO of D2L and a
> great friend of both of us and the BBF. I defer to folks with experience
> with these things, but it seems to me a good first step would be to connect
> you guys with Lyndon and have an initial conversation. In addition to being
> former CEO, she is currently a board member of D2L. Her bio is here:
> https://www.d2l.org/d2lgroups/lyndon-haviland-mph-drph/.
> If you guys think there’s a better first step, that’s totally fine - just
> wanted to get the ball rolling.
> Thanks!
> /ja
>
> Joshua Alcorn
> 302/295.8340 (office)
> 302/598.1885 (cell)
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>
> --
Patricia Dailey Lewis, Esq. Executive Director Beau Biden Foundation for
the Protection of Childre