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From:anjam.ahmad@enron.com
To:vince.kaminski@enron.com, grant.masson@enron.com
Subject:Houston Research Opportunity
Cc:melanie.doyle@enron.com
Bcc:melanie.doyle@enron.com
Date:Tue, 8 Aug 2000 05:08:00 -0700 (PDT)

Dear Vince & Grant,

Thanks very much for the offer to go to Houston as a Manager to work with
Tanya Tamarchenko on VAR and credit risk within the Houston Research Group,
as we discussed on the phone yesterday. I felt that it would be useful to
bring Melanie Doyle, my HR rep, into the equation. I met Melanie this
morning to discuss the issues with respect to taking up the offer in
Houston. I explained that the interest for this opportunity is mutual, mine
from a career progression perspective and Houston Research's to fill an
urgent need. Melanie, having had experience with these transfers before, has
kindly agreed to help out from an HR perspective, probably involving some of
the London/Houston team that are usually responsible for these situations. I
expect that you may receive a call from either Melanie or a foreign
assignment representative in the near future.

I would like to re-iterate my interest in the opportunity, but would like to
make a counter-proposal for the form of the contract; I would like to make
the suggestion that we make this opportunity a one-year assignment working
with Tanya, and then re-evaluate the situation at the end of the year in
terms a new role for me in Houston thereafter, subject to mutual agreement.
The alternative situation of resigning from Enron Europe and re-joining Enron
Corp is too dramatic and requires me to "burn bridges" and my return to Enron
Europe would be difficult. Also, I would lose the valuable support
structures available to me in London. The amount of any fixed costs
(flights, modest cargo, a few months of mortgage carrying cost) are entirely
reasonable, not excessive given my single status and not so great that they
justify making the contract a three year (local) one.

I would expect that on the basis of almost 3 1/2 years solid experience &
value-added at Enron Europe, the value of several million pounds I have
identified & justified to external auditors for Enron Europe this year and an
"Excellent" rating (my fourth making my 3 1/2 yr average rating also
"Excellent"), I could reasonably be expected to justify a fair deal (i.e. my
existing Enron Europe salary & benefits package plus a reasonable one-off
allowance to cover unavoidable additional personal expenses).

Regards & thanks again for the opportunity,

Anjam
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