Subject: Re: some updates
From: "Chris Lu" <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:26:04 -0500

Sounds great. I'll plan to meet you at CAP unless you'd prefer somewhere else. Thanks. 

----- Original Message -----
From: John Podesta <[email-masked]>
To: Chris Lu
Sent: Thu Oct 16 17:12:44 2008
Subject: Re: some updates

Chris,
You want to meet at 12:30 Sunday to talk about you?
JP

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Chris Lu <[email-masked]> wrote:
> John -- Just wanted to check in on a few things.  Let me know if you have a
> few minutes to discuss.  I'm in D.C. until late this afternoon and then I'm
> heading up to Delaware for a fundraiser and then driving back tonight.
>
> 1) I'll send out a reminder shortly on tomorrow's 9:30 a.m. board call.
> Seems like we should probably have the communications team on that call.
> What about Phil Schiliro?
>
> 2) As for an agenda, there are a couple groups that we should probably get
> some follow-up from:
>
> -- Agency review held an all-day meeting yesterday, and is refining their
> process and developing their teams.
> -- Communications -- Would be good to see what they've done so far
> -- Operations -- I'm happy to give an update on budgets, and the progress
> we've made on standing up a day one operation.
> -- Anything else on your agenda?
>
> 3) For now, I've stopped raising money for the transition because we have
> enough to get us through the next two-and-a-half weeks.  But I'm wondering
> whether we should ramp it back up to bank some more funds before November 4.
> I think there are going to be a lot of miscellaneous expenses early on, and
> it's unclear how quickly we will be able to access our federal money.
>
> 4) Finally, at some point, I'd like to get a few minutes of your time to get
> some guidance on my role post-November 4.  It would help me for planning
> purposes.  I'm happy to come over to CAP if that's easier.
>