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Delivered-To: john.podesta@gmail.com Received: by 10.101.70.11 with SMTP id x11cs354859ank; Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:22:50 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.190.6 with SMTP id n6mr976798waf.51.1200493369059; Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:22:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.115.89.10 with HTTP; Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:22:49 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <d8506cac0801160622w6dfd6094n41a6832a45b68342@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:22:49 -0500 From: "Amy Dacey" <amy@fundforamerica.net> To: "John Podesta" <john.podesta@gmail.com> Subject: Rob Stein MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_220_1348987.1200493369051" ------=_Part_220_1348987.1200493369051 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline My thoughts I think that if Mary Pat can start scheduling days for him she can make use of Rob's time- I do think her targets would be different from what he is laying out here. #4 will also take some negotiation skills- while I do believe this process could be very helpful and mentioned that when we talked- Mary Pat is concerned about him making this planning sessions too labor intensive and taking her away from her primary responsibilities. Unless we can get a harder commitment from him on travel and fundraising the $8,000 does not seem as useful an investment unless he is really committed to the fundraising meeting portion Let me know if you have any strong reactions to this I will have some further conversations with Rob and Mary Pat and see if we can reach some consensus. Amy *From:* Rob Stein [mailto:rstein@democracyalliance.org] *Sent:* Tuesday, January 15, 2008 9:01 PM *To:* John Podesta; Amy Dacey *Subject:* My thoughts John and Amy: Having spoken to you both today, here are my thoughts about how I can best assist FFA: (1) I will commit approximately 30% of my time to FFA through 2008 (approx. 1-2 days per week) (2) I will solicit, primarily prospects capable of high 6 and 7 figure contributions who are not DA Partners (although I believe that I can and will be willing to help with some); and prefer to concentrate my solicitations as much as possible east of the Mississippi (3) Since I am travelling about 6 or 7 days per month for DA and Committee On States, some of my solicitations can be built around that travel. In addition, I am willing to add a couple of travel days per month for FFA. (4) Amy and I are in agreement that quality management of the fundraising program requires a reguarly scheduled (bi-weekly) meeting, chaired by Amy, to reveiw status of every aspect of the program. A set of agreed upon metrics will form the basis of this review. These fundraising oversight meetings will include Amy, myself, the prime consultants, and perhaps one or two others that Amy chooses. Without this intensity of oversight, we will not maintain the tight controls necessary to continuously review progress, estimate our cash flow, reach beyond our known donor universe to other prosepcts, and generally assess fundraising performance. My task will be to work with the consultants to assure that they are ready for these meetings and then to participate in them. (5) I will be paid $8K per month for this work. Rob ------=_Part_220_1348987.1200493369051 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>My thoughts<br>I think that if Mary Pat can start scheduling days for him she can make use of Rob's time- I do think her targets would be different from what he is laying out here.</div> <div> </div> <div>#4 will also take some negotiation skills- while I do believe this process could be very helpful and mentioned that when we talked- Mary Pat is concerned about him making this planning sessions too labor intensive and taking her away from her primary responsibilities. </div> <div> </div> <div>Unless we can get a harder commitment from him on travel and fundraising the $8,000 does not seem as useful an investment unless he is really committed to the fundraising meeting portion</div> <div> </div> <div>Let me know if you have any strong reactions to this</div> <div>I will have some further conversations with Rob and Mary Pat and see if we can reach some consensus.</div> <div> </div> <div>Amy<br> </div> <div lang="EN-US" vlink="purple" link="blue"> <div> <div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"> </div> <p><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Rob Stein [mailto: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:rstein@democracyalliance.org" target="_blank">rstein@democracyalliance.org</a>] <br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, January 15, 2008 9:01 PM <br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</span></b> John Podesta; Amy Dacey<br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</span></b> My thoughts</span></font></p></div> <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font></p> <div> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">John and Amy:</span></font></p></div> <div> <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font></p></div> <div> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Having spoken to you both today, here are my thoughts about how I can best assist FFA:</span></font></p></div> <div> <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font></p></div> <div> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(1) I will commit approximately 30% of my time to FFA through 2008 (approx. 1-2 days per week)</span></font></p></div> <div> <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font></p></div> <div> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(2) I will solicit, primarily prospects capable of high 6 and 7 figure contributions who are not DA Partners (although I believe that I can and will be willing to help with some); and prefer to concentrate my solicitations as much as possible east of the Mississippi </span></font></p></div> <div> <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font></p></div> <div> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(3) Since I am travelling about 6 or 7 days per month for DA and Committee On States, some of my solicitations can be built around that travel. In addition, I am willing to add a couple of travel days per month for FFA. </span></font></p></div> <div> <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font></p></div> <div> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(4) Amy and I are in agreement that quality management of the fundraising program requires a reguarly scheduled (bi-weekly) meeting, chaired by Amy, to reveiw status of every aspect of the program. A set of agreed upon metrics will form the basis of this review. These fundraising oversight meetings will include Amy, myself, the prime consultants, and perhaps one or two others that Amy chooses. Without this intensity of oversight, we will not maintain the tight controls necessary to continuously review progress, estimate our cash flow, reach beyond our known donor universe to other prosepcts, and generally assess fundraising performance. My task will be to work with the consultants to assure that they are ready for these meetings and then to participate in them. </span></font></p></div> <div> <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font></p></div> <div> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(5) I will be paid $8K per month for this work.</span></font></p></div> <div> <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font></p></div> <div> <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font></p></div> <div> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Rob</span></font></p></div> <div> <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font></p></div></div></div> ------=_Part_220_1348987.1200493369051--