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Is it too late to include XMS and ibuyit roll out dates, see comments below. George, Any idea what John is referring to as Web site for professional services George\Suzanne, Any answer to insurance question and whether we can support events from Houston. Thanks Kevin ----- Forwarded by Kevin Hannon/Enron Communications on 06/07/01 04:00 PM ----- Kevin Hannon 06/07/01 04:10 PM To: John Sherriff/ENRON@EUEnronXGate@ENRON cc: Subject: Re: FW: Business-Wide Cost Saving Opportunities John, Thanks for your comments. Unfortunately because of my trip over there, which of course you know about, I am receiving this Thurs PM and possibly too late to incorporate in the email. But to address your points; 1) We do not intend to exclude Legal, although we have to finesse Derrick who is very protective of his relationships. Are you referring to the ibuyit webite which you refer to, it wasn't clear from your comments 2) You make a good point on the roll out dates as we say that we want all employees to use it by July 1 but it may not be active everywhere, particularly London, by that date. 3) We do not explictedly refer to ibuyit for use in travel in the new memo, although roll out dates would help in the same manner as for XMS. 4) TAP is the preferred agency in the US, and I believe also Europe, and we mention them by name in the revised memo. I don't like to be constrained to TAP (like Vitol) but it is incredibly easier to manage expenses and get standard reporting by using them. Let me know if TAP isn't available in Europe. 5) I will have Suzanne Brown check on the insurance issue and get back to you. 6) If Global Travel can't handle your trips due to logistical constraints, I would really encourage you and Micheal to institue some formal sign off procedure, at your levels, for events exceeding something like $5k. 7) Changes made. Thanks for the comments, hope all is well Kevin John Sherriff/ENRON@EUEnronXGate 06/07/01 03:31 AM To: Kevin Hannon/Enron Communications@Enron Communications cc: Subject: FW: Business-Wide Cost Saving Opportunities Here is my suggested response to Kevin on the attached document - may I please have your thoughts before I send: 1) For professional services I think you intend to exclude legal - but I would be explicit on this. Our biggest professional service is probably AA and that is negotiated with Causey at the lead. I don't see anything on the web page referred here about professional services. 2) The on-line expense reporting tool has not yet been rolled out to the entire company - so we need to include the roll-out dates outside of Houston. 3. The best practices for travel may be included in clicktrip.com but it is not obvious to me how one gets a password and absent that you can't log on. 4. For travel we have different preferred travel agencies outside of Houston. We should list them. Also many employees have at times stopped using these services because they found chepaer routes on their own. So we will have to handle the delicate matter of reminding them not to stop thinking and to report to the company and travel agency when they are coming up with less expensive alternatives. 5. Regarding Car rental services are we sure that our contracts cover Enron with insurance outside the US? Again if they come up with an alternative that is less expensive that the travel agency we want them to choose the less expensive route not to mention speaking up about it. 6. I will check on it but I doubt if it is practical for the Global Travel Management group to arrange off-site groups outside of London. 7. Last paragraph change "many of who" to "many of whom". John -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Hannon/Enron Communications@ENRON COMMUNICATIONS@ENRON [mailto:IMCEANOTES-Kevin+20Hannon_Enron+20Communications+40ENRON+20COMMUNICATI ONS+40ENRON@ENRON.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Hannon/Enron Communications@ENRON Sent: 04 June 2001 21:08 To: Lay, Kenneth; Skilling, Jeff; Causey, Richard; Delainey, David; Derrick Jr., James; Fastow, Andrew; Frevert, Mark; Horton, Stanley; Kean, Steven; Karen S Owens@ees; Rice, Ken; Sherriff, John; Whalley, Greg Cc: Brown, Suzanne Subject: Business-Wide Cost Saving Opportunities To: Enron Corporate Policy Committee: Please review the attached memo outlining business-wide cost saving opportunities. Please forward any comments that you have to Suzanne Brown via email by close of business on Wednesday, June 6th.
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