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Jeff,
Annette Doornbos called from the school and we talked over the forum a little. As for cost her initial thought was in the range of $10,000 for an early evening forum including dinner for speakers afterwards, with these costs mostly being in the form of paying for the school's events person to organize and advertise. An all day event would be higher. Let's try to set up a conference call this week or early next week so the three of us plus Heather Cameron and possibly the Dean can agree on a general plan. Agenda items are: 1) Structure of the forum: all day or afternoon/evening. We should all think about whether an all day event would have a big enough audience because its a bigger commitment. We could probably do it either way but we need to decide how much effort and investment we're ready for. Since this is sort of a test drive/demonstration project, we might want to shoot for one panel with 4-5 speakers representing opposing viewpoints plus a moderator. I think that type of forum might maximize attendance and press attention. While I tend to think the issues are so complex that its hard to address them in such a short time, they have presidential debates in this time frame that are certainly much more broad yet useful. It could be like a congressional hearing, yet controlled by policy questions rather than politics. We might think about asking the Dean moderate to raise the profile and the objectivity, and he's a strong presence who can keep people in line. 2) Sponsorship Jeff, if Enron supports this, are there certain companies or groups it not want to jointly sponsor an event with? Its in the school's interest to have a variety of funders so as to appear more objective. 3) Description for discussions with press We need to put together a one-pager or so on the potential speakers and issues, to assist Annette in seeking input from the press. She may contact a GSPP alum who owns (?) runs (?) the Sacramento Bee and other newspapers plus the UC public affairs office. 4) Initial speaker list (the "shoot high" list). Please respond and we'll try to set something up. Rob Rob Gramlich PJM Market Monitoring Unit (610) 666-4291 gramlr@pjm.com
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