Subject: some updates
From: "Chris Lu" <[email-masked]>
To: "John Podesta" <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:11:34 -0500

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.