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 13:31:40 +0000

Sorry, I missed a phrase..."Unless anyone objects " I will talk with
Katelyn!

--Patty

On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 9:27 AM Patty Dailey Lewis <
[email-masked]> wrote:

> 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)
>> [email-masked]
>>
>> --
> Patricia Dailey Lewis, Esq. Executive Director Beau Biden Foundation for
> the Protection of Children
>
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Patricia Dailey Lewis, Esq. Executive Director Beau Biden Foundation for
the Protection of Childre