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From:mike.mcconnell@enron.com
To:john.ambler@enron.com
Subject:Re: Potential visit of Chavez to Houston for Astros opening day
Cc:emilio.vicens@enron.com, eric.gonzales@enron.com, guido.caranti@enron.com,habiba.bayi@enron.com, david.tagliarino@enron.com, dennis.vegas@enron.com
Bcc:emilio.vicens@enron.com, eric.gonzales@enron.com, guido.caranti@enron.com,habiba.bayi@enron.com, david.tagliarino@enron.com, dennis.vegas@enron.com
Date:Mon, 19 Mar 2001 23:29:00 -0800 (PST)

John and all,
Please keep me informed on the progress. Mark Frevert and I would like to
meet him.
mike




John Ambler@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT
03/18/2001 12:26 PM
To: Emilio Vicens/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT
cc: Mike McConnell/HOU/ECT@ECT, Eric Gonzales@ECT, Guido
Caranti/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT, Habiba
Bayi/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT, Keith Miceli@Enron, David
Tagliarino@ECT, Dennis Vegas/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT, greg
grissom
Subject: Re: Potential visit of Chavez to Houston for Astros opening day

Emilio,

In David's absence, Habiba has been in touch with Greg Grissom of the sports
marketing group. Greg has confirmed that the Astros have tentatively planned
for President Chavez to throw out the first pitch on May 18. We are
exploring the possibility of a reception or other opportunity in cooperation
with the Astros. As you suggested, we'll also look into other potential
contacts.

I will be back in Houston on Thursday and Keith Miceli will be next Monday.
Since it will likely take several weeks to flesh out the opportunities, I'd
like to suggest that we limit e-mails to a work group of Habiba, Keith, Greg,
you and me until we have more details to review with Mike and Eric. If you
are going to be in Houston during the next two weeks, I'd recommend that we
meet. In the interim, we will keep you apprised of further developments.

John




Emilio Vicens
03/15/2001 02:30 PM
To: John Ambler/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT
cc: Mike McConnell/HOU/ECT@ECT, Eric Gonzales@ECT, Guido
Caranti/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT, Habiba
Bayi/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT, Keith Miceli@Enron, David
Tagliarino@ECT, Dennis Vegas/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT

Subject: Re: Potential visit of Chavez to Houston for Astros opening day

John and the rest of the team,
Here are some additional data points:
1. In a meeting between Jeff Skilling and President Chavez in late-2000 (I
was in the meeting), Jeff invited Chavez to Enron Field as our guess.
Obviously, Chavez was only visiting the city for a just hours and I believe
the season started just a few days later. In any case, we have already done
some previous lobby to get President Chavez to the Stadium. This may help
whoever is managing the contant with the Astros (probably David T.).
I will probably not get much additional input from Caracas. Nevertheless, I
strongly suggest that we position Enron as close as we can to this
opportunity (we will later see if President Chavez actually make it to
Houston);
2. In addition, in previous trips to Houston and in several ocassions, I
believe Chavez has always met with George Bush senior and Mr. Mosbacher. I
would not be surprised if he do it again. Probably your team can also target
these efforts and keep the action at all fronts;
Please keep me informed. I would like to be involved as much as possible to
move this ahead.
Emilio



John Ambler
03/14/2001 01:56 PM
To: Emilio Vicens/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT
cc: Eric Gonzales@ECT, Mike McConnell/HOU/ECT@ECT, Guido
Caranti/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT, Habiba
Bayi/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT, Keith Miceli@Enron, David
Tagliarino@ECT, Dennis Vegas/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT

Subject: Re: Potential visit of Chavez to Houston for Astros opening day

Emilio,

We would be very pleased to pursue this. By copy of this message I am asking
David Tagliarino, who heads the sports marketing group to get more
information and opportunities through our contacts with the Astros and Enron
Field. I am in India and Keith Miceli, who covers South America for
international public relations, is in Brazil. While we are out of pocket,
I'm asking Habiba Bayi, who directs PR support for EGM, to coordinate our
involvement. (Although international PR will manage meetings, functions, and
general support/strategy for this, I also am copying Dennis Vegas since
sports marketing reports into him. As soon as they have information on the
potential opportunities, we will get back to you with that information and a
suggested program. If your contacts in Venezuela yield additional details,
please let us know. Otherwise we will pursue it from this end and keep you
apprised and involved in the decision making process.

John



Emilio Vicens
03/13/2001 03:58 PM
To: Eric Gonzales@ECT, Mike McConnell/HOU/ECT@ECT, John
Ambler/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT
cc: Guido Caranti/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT

Subject: Potential visit of Chavez to Houston for Astros opening day

Mike and Eric,

It was in the newspaper in Caracas today that Chavez is invited by the Astros
(Drayton McLane) to be the guess of honor for the opening night. The Astros
played some exhibition games in Venezuela last weekend. This is obviously a
wonderful opportunity for us to get closer to Chavez. Can we do something to
be part of this activity with the Astros?, I copied John Ambler to see how we
can coordinate the efforts from today. We should not miss this opportunity if
it really happen!!

Emilio