re : ibm i ' m not absolutely sure either , but i think she is saying they can provide a package that :
1 ) provides it staff that will not leave , and can backfill any attrition we may see .
2 ) provide cash for us to use as we see fit ( i . e . retention ) using our existing hardware assets as collateral .
3 ) help with any future integration work with the potential newco buyers ( apparantly she knows who they are and they use ibm also , and she has contacts there ) .
4 ) use ibm ' s name to help in anyway that may make the venture more likely to succeed .
regards
mark pickering
chief technology officer
enron net works , llc
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from : kitchen , louise
sent : 05 december 2001 12 : 33
to : pickering , mark
cc : piper , greg
subject : re : ibm
i don ' t understand whta she is offering
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from : pickering , mark
sent : wednesday , december 05 , 2001 11 : 32 am
to : kitchen , louise
cc : piper , greg
subject : fw : ibm
hi louise ,
just got off the phone with gail . she wants to know if they can help by coming up with a guaranteed offering from ibm that would help any newco succeed by providing it support / direction , saving money , monetizing assets , retaining key staff and lending the ibm name , etc , etc to the deal .
if you ' re interested you can either call me or call her directly .
regards
mark pickering
chief technology officer
enron net works , llc
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from : piper , greg
sent : 05 december 2001 08 : 23
to : pickering , mark
cc : leff , dan ; beck , sally ; rub , jenny
subject : fw : ibm
anything here ? i think that at one time prior to filing ibm was looking to buy or monetize or loan against all out hardware so we could get cash but i am not sure where that went .
gp
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from : leff , dan
sent : wednesday , december 05 , 2001 8 : 09 am
to : dayao , anthony ; piper , greg ; beck , sally
cc : stubblefield , wade ; sharp , vicki
subject : ibm
anthony , greg , sally -
gail whipple from ibm called to offer any assistance that they can provide .
potential to save money , monetize assets , provide people , provide assistance to employees & people that we don ' t / may not need , etc .
if we would like ibm to assist , we need to call her @ 914 - 642 - 6399 .
thanks - dan