2001 Group Expenses

I have only taken a quick look at the attachment, but thought that I would
forward it to you. Does it make sense? $8MM in equipment charges for
us??????? Does that include depreciation (which is not equipment)? Can you
give me the detail again on everything that falls under the "Consultant"
line? What is it and which RC's and RC owners have items there. Thanks.
--Sally
---------------------- Forwarded by Sally Beck/HOU/ECT on 11/10/2000 09:03 AM
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David W Delainey
11/09/2000 06:44 PM
To: Wes Colwell/HOU/ECT@ECT, Sally Beck/HOU/ECT@ECT, David Oxley/HOU/ECT@ECT,
Mark E Haedicke/HOU/ECT@ECT, Eric Thode/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Stephen
Douglass/HOU/EES@EES, Vince J Kaminski/HOU/ECT@ECT, Scott
Tholan/Corp/Enron@Enron, Brian Redmond/HOU/ECT@ECT, Joseph Deffner/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc:
Subject: 2001 Group Expenses

Guys, attached you will find a final cut on the ENA 2001 expense budget.
Please review and make any adjustments to your existing plan that are
appropriate to hit the net ENA target. In order to stay flat year on year, I
split the remaining positive variance equally across the groups. As we had
discussed earlier, these costs will not be allocated to the business units
and will be tracked on the ENA income statement below the line and the
accountability managed by each of you. All outside variable costs,
specifically related to specific deals, will be charged to the business units
eg) outside legal and tax, outside technical expertise, facility costs,
outside research support, incremental back and mid office support for
specific asset management deals, specific entertainment, etc. I look at this
cost structure as the minimum capacity charge we need to operate our business
and evaluate/manage our risks.

Wes, can you please finalize the one page plan (expenses and headcount) for
each group with these changes.

Regards
Delainey