Re: Executive Staff Meeting/Call with John Podesta

From:aj66@nyu.edu To: john.podesta@gmail.com Date: 2011-11-10 13:09 Subject: Re: Executive Staff Meeting/Call with John Podesta

Thank you John. Terry McCauliffe convinced my father to spend a few hours with Doug and Justin last night in advance of their trip to China. My father said he listened to them calmly and kept repeating a few things 1) that we should not make any decisions until we had the report - written and verbal - from Victoria et al, 2) reminding them they had agreed to a corporate audit to help professionalize the Foundation, 3) one thing all should be thinking about is what a strong COO would look like because everyone knew the Foundation would need that; 4) and that my only objectives were to help to take stock, professionalize the Foundation, build it for the future and build it in such a way that supported his work and mom's (Doug apparently kept telling my dad I was trying to push him out, take over - and Dad kept asking him - has she said that to you? To anyone? She's never said it to me and I think she's been very clear and consistent in her goals, etc.). Doug kept saying how could you not be grateful - so my father said he was grateful, and then kept repeating the above. I do think we need to wait to finish the process - which as I reminded my father has been happening for less than a month - until any options are codified re: structure, borders & boundaries, people, etc., much less decisions are made. We need to know where we really are, what has happened and hasn't happened and where gaps exist as diagnosed by Victoria and her team - as well as their thoughts on how to fill them. All of which I shared with my Dad. I am in SF for a board meeting today and then flying back this evening if you want to connect at all. I will also update Cheryl re: above and my Dad said he would call Victoria and Jennifer. Thanks John. On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 9:57 AM, John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com>wrote: > For information purposes only. Let me know if you have any questions. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 9:55 AM > Subject: Re: Executive Staff Meeting/Call with John Podesta > To: Ana Maria Coronel <acoronel@clintonfoundation.org> > Cc: Andrew Kessel <akessel@clintonfoundation.org>, Doug Band - PC > <doug@presidentclinton.com>, Ira Magaziner <ira@sjsadvisors.com>, > Laura Graham <lgraham@clintonfoundation.org>, Robert Harrison > <bob.harrison@clintonglobalinitiative.org>, Scott Curran > <scurran@clintonfoundation.org>, Stephanie Streett > <sstreett@clintonfoundation.org>, Terry Sheridan > <tsheridan@clintonfoundation.org>, Seher Syed > <ssyed@americanprogress.org>, Bailey Noland > <bnoland@clintonfoundation.org> > > > Spent an hour with Bruce yesterday. He's doing well; lots of therapy; > he and Halle will head to Little Rock just before Thanksgiving. > > We went over a number of items we discussed in our Monday meeting. > Here are a few follow up items in no order of priority: > 1) we discussed Bloomberg funding--I'll follow up with Patty Harris > 2) he thinks he executed the Streisand grant agreement--I'll check in > with Margie Tabankin > 3) discussed Pritzker cgi america funding Valerie should follow up > with JB and secure the commitment. > 4) DLC--he thinks Tisdale is reviewing any filings including 990's > that need to be made. Andy, will you follow up with John? > 5) he's copasetic on Water St real estate. > 6) thought he could participate in cgi post-Thanksgiving follow up > meeting by phone. > 7) decision about possible Addis trip in December needs to be made. He > thought going could affect timing of contribution to some extent, but > will not secure the $ this year. I think he generally supports going, > but up to the President > 8) He thinks he's signed off on salary bands/structures. Terry, do you > need anything else? > 9) Suggests holding on any doc review at the archives until he returns > to Little Rock. Two exceptions--White House requests he can handle by > email; if any other emergency request comes up, I can process. I'm > holding a TS clearance. Scott, you may need to figure out what we > need to do to add me to the review authority. Hopefully, this won't > be an issue and can just slide till he gets back there. > 10) Suggests I take his place on Haiti investment decisions. Laura, > can you let Jean-Marc know. I am going to be in China next week, so if > early decisions/calls need to be set up, might be tricky. I'm back > next Friday afternoon. > Anything else you guys have hanging? > > > On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Ana Maria Coronel > <acoronel@clintonfoundation.org> wrote: > > When: Monday, November 21, 2011 4:00 PM-5:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time > (US > > & Canada). > > Where: Large Conference Room - Water St Office or Dial-in: 866-652-0222 > > Code: 212-348-7159 > > > > Note: The GMT offset above does not reflect daylight saving time > > adjustments. > > > > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > > > > > > >