June 04, 2010 — CSO —
1985
To: Brad Breckenridge, head of facilitiesHey Brad, some shady characters have been hanging out near the loading dock. I need $100,000 next year to swap out our access control system...
1995
To: Mary Hopper, CIOLeslie: I'm concerned about outsiders infiltrating our data center. I need $200,000 next year to swap out our access control system...
1999
To: Art Anderson, CFOMr. Anderson: You know that bathtub full of money that you and our CEO swam in at the annual shareholder offsite in Aspen? Did you guys actually shred that money to stuff your pillowcases as promised, or is that still sitting around in a basement somewhere? I know it's chump change to you, but we could actually use that to replace our access control system ...
2000
To: Art Anderson, CFOMr. Anderson: Yes, I did receive the memo about the spending freeze, and we did participate in all three rounds of RIFs. In fact, that's the reason I still need to push that request for $500,000 to install a new access control system...
2010
To: P. Bernstean, head of audit and risk committee, Board of DirectorsTo Whom It May Concern: I hope you saw the executive dashboard updates regarding our EVA contribution and the impact of the proposed access control system replacement project on our KPIs...
2020
To: Brad Breckenridge Jr., head of facilitiesHi Brad—glad to meet you. I look forward to working for you, and congratulations again on graduating. I need $1,000,000 next year to swap out our access control system...
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