Subject: re : sitara positions , end of month feedback from unify robert superty @ ect 11 / 16 / 2000 09 : 02 am to : randall l gay / hou / ect @ ect , edward terry / hou / ect @ ect , victor lamadrid / hou / ect @ ect , tricia spence / hou / ect @ ect , george smith / hou / ect @ ect , beverly beaty / hou / ect @ ect , pat clynes / corp / enron @ enron , patti sullivan / hou / ect @ ect , donna greif / hou / ect @ ect , richard pinion / hou / ect @ ect cc : dave nommensen / hou / ect @ ect , matt pena / na / enron @ enron , bob m hall / na / enron @ enron subject : re : sitara positions , end of month feedback from unify please take note of dave ' s very important message regarding sitara positions . we absolutely cannot afford to go through this again and need to do everything possible to help limit the exposure . with prices where they are and winter weather upon us we will most likely have a very challenging bid week . that being said i want each of you to make sure we adhere to the " daily clean " process . you should pull all the necessary reports each day and keep after the schedulers to make sure they are up to date . if you wish , donna and richard can make these available each day and distribute to the group . we don ' t have much time so this needs to happen immediately . donna , please provide me with a daily summary of all the desks for the remainder of the month . let me know if you have any questions or concerns , thanks - bob from : dave nommensen 11 / 16 / 2000 08 : 31 am to : robert superty / hou / ect @ ect , randall l gay / hou / ect @ ect , george smith / hou / ect @ ect , edward terry / hou / ect @ ect , victor lamadrid / hou / ect @ ect , tricia spence / hou / ect @ ect , beverly beaty / hou / ect @ ect , pat clynes / corp / enron @ enron , patti sullivan / hou / ect @ ect , carlos j rodriguez / hou / ect @ ect , kevin heal / cal / ect @ ect , anita k patton / hou / ect @ ect cc : matt pena / na / enron @ enron , donna greif / hou / ect @ ect , richard pinion / hou / ect @ ect , kathryn bussell / hou / ect @ ect , jeff johnson / corp / enron @ enron , bob m hall / na / enron @ enron , jayant krishnaswamy / hou / ect @ ect , scott mills / hou / ect @ ect , tommy j yanowski / hou / ect @ ect , richard burchfield / hou / ect @ ect subject : sitara positions , end of month feedback from unify bob , et al , as i am sure you recall , we had a problem with sitara positions earlier in the month and had to cease trading early and revert to cpr for positions . although i have not gotten very far in my transition off of unify and onto sitara and tds , we do see some potential for this happening again towards the end of this month and the beginning of next month . the problem with managing positions is a combination of sheer deal counts , along with updates to those deals . a large portion of these updates come to sitara via the unify bridge back process . it would be ideal if we could continue to have the unify data " cleaned / scrubbed " week to week and try to avoid having the bulk of the month being updated / bridged in the final week / days of the month . i know this is the goal of logistics , but i just want to help reinforce that goal due to the performance impact it can have on the gas trading systems . perhaps a few extra pair of eyes on the pipeline exception summary and the bridge back pipeline summary in unify this month would help . another area that causes these transaction counts to increase is the need to have 2 months " active " at a time . in other words , when november is over and we are in the first week or two of december , sitara continues to maintain positions for november . this november data degrades the ability to update december positions in a timely manner . we may find ourselves having to remove the november deals from the sitara positions sooner than we have in the past . i will be trying to work with the sitara team in the coming days / weeks to implement some combination of quick fixes , as well as look into the long term changes necessary to support our increased trading business . please let me know if you have any questions or comments in this area . thanks , d . n .