Subject: RE: Who should these questions be directed to?
From: "Chris Lu" <[email-masked]>
To: "Peter Rouse (private email)" <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
Cc: "Alyssa Mastromonaco" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:56:32 -0500

Alyssa - You've raised lots of questions that we need to consider, and
your questions have generated other questions on my end.  So let me
spend some time thinking about this, and I'll email all three of you
back with some preliminary thoughts.

From: Peter Rouse [mailto:[email-masked]] 
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 12:38 AM
To: Chris Lu; John Podesta
Cc: Alyssa Mastromonaco
Subject: Who should these questions be directed to?

To:       Transition Team

From:   Alyssa Mastromonaco, Director of Scheduling and Advance
Date:    October 9, 2008

Re:       Nov 5th and beyond 

Not knowing where the transition will be taking place and that the
Scheduling and Advance staff currently located in Chicago have leases
ending on or around Election Day, I wanted to submit a memo of questions
to get an understanding of what exactly this department should be
prepared for in the event Barack Obama is the president-elect on
Wednesday, November 5th. 

If there is a reference or document that exists online that can answer
any of these questions, please let me know. Thanks very much.

*	Is there a schedule/plan being prepared for November 5th (in the
event of a "win" scenario)?
*	If so, who is putting together the schedule for BO for November
5th 
*	Beyond November 5th who is in charge of BO's schedule, is there
a plan/schedule being prepared? 
*	Are there provisions for some advance and scheduling staff to be
immediately switched to transition payroll? This provides that BO will
do a staff thank-you event, victory tour and/or first trip to Washington
DC.  Should I be preparing a plan of who would be transitioned?
*	Is there an operation in place that switches over method of
payment for expenses for midnight on the 5th and beyond? A transition
credit card? Will we need to rely on wire transfers?
*	For any national advance staff traveling on the road, should we
ensure we purchase their tickets to their homes prior to Election Day?
Will there be any ability to use OFA funds past Election Day if we in
fact win. 
*	We have a contract for our 757. Do I need to have a new contract
prepared and ready to go in the event we win and are a new entity?

	*	What aircraft does the president-elect travel on?

*	Should the traveling staff have arrangements in place to remain
in Chicago? Should they be sent to Washington DC?