Subject: Re: Tuesday night advice
From: Amanda Renteria <[email-masked]>
To: Brynne Craig <[email-masked]>
Cc: Nikki Budzinski <[email-masked]>, Robby Mook <[email-masked]>, Marlon Marshall <[email-masked]>, John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2015 16:45:18 -0400

I think John welcomes and should say how excited we were and give randi a
chance to say a few words.  But it should feel informal and just an in the
moment kind of thing. Randi hands it back to john who introduces HRC.

We will really upset folks if this feels contrived as part of a big plan
that is taking on trumka.

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On Jul 12, 2015, at 11:09 AM, Brynne Craig <[email-masked]>
wrote:

1. Defer to others

2. Correct, this is mix and mingle

On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 10:49 AM, Nikki Budzinski <
[email-masked]> wrote:

> Hi-
> I wanted to follow up on two questions related to the labor reception on
> Tuesday night.
>
> 1.  Thursday night at the dinner John and I attended, Lee encouraged us to
> have Randi say a few words at the reception.  Lee mentioned this several
> times.  Originally we had only planned to have John welcome, introduce the
> Secretary and then the Secretary speaks.  Do we want to add Randi in the
> mix?  I think it would be a nice touch, but wasn't sure how you felt.  It
> could go like this...
>
> John welcomes and opens, invites Randi to say a few words and introduce
> the Secretary, the Secretary gives brief remarks.
>
> This might annoy Trumka and Lily, but honestly, Randi's early endorsement
> deserves a lot of credit.  I also think Lee's urging gives us a good sense
> that it would be ok.
>
> What do you think?
>
> 2.  SEIU asked if the Secretary will be doing Q&A.  I said no.  Is that
> correct?  I told them its one on one conversations.
>
> --
> Nikki Budzinski
> Labor Outreach Director
> Hillary for America
> 646-854-1442 (direct)
>

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