Heading to Silicon Valley w/ 45,000 pennies & nothing to lose…
Dear Suzanne,
My mom and I have packed up the car with our 45,000 pennies and we’re coming to see Intel! We will be there tomorrow. Due to recent news regarding the bill’s status passing the Senate, now in committee, we would like to put a new offer on the table. You get the 45,000 pennies if you are the first to sign on to the attached letter in support of strengthening the legislation. In light of our ongoing public conversation, and Intel’s history of leadership on this critical issue, we are coming to you first, tomorrow, with our 45,000 penny offer. This is your moment to shine.
We would love to have a meeting, provided it is public, we have the right to film, and the 45,000 penny offer is on the table.
Specifically, we would like to meet with Paul S. Otellini, President and Chief Executive Officer. However, we would also be delighted to meet with Senior Vice President Brian Krzanich (Manufacturing and Supply Chain) or Craig C. Brown, Vice President of Technology and Manufacturing.
Please let us know the Intel HQ property rules in advance, as we certainly plan to respect property guidelines etc, as we clearly did in Portland last week. We would also be delighted for you or Rick Reed to stop by. We’ve been through so much together at this point, we’re practically old friends! We will not consider this a substitute for meeting with those responsible for Intel’s supply chain, but it would be fun to say hi.
We want Intel to know though it may feel scary, we are here for you and will support you in guaranteeing your supply chain. We will pay the extra penny, and even support you in charging a premium for your newly conflict free products. You could actually profit! Guarantee conflict free!
Warmly,
Lisa Shannon
May 24, 2010
| The Honorable Chris Dodd
Chair, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 |
The Honorable Richard Shelby
Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 |
| The Honorable Barney Frank
Chair, House Financial Services Committee U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20510 |
The Honorable Spencer Bachus
Ranking Member, House Financial Services Committee U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20510 |
To Chairman Frank, Chairman Dodd, Ranking Member Shelby and Ranking Member Bachus:
The undersigned companies write to express our support for strong legislation on conflict minerals as part of the amendment sponsored by Senator Brownback (3997) to the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 (S.3217). This amendment is a crucial first step toward transparency and accountability in minerals supply chains, and we commend the Senate Banking Committee for supporting it.
We are committed to working with our supply chains and to be transparent on our conflict minerals due diligence process to guarantee that our products are “conflict-free.” We support a rigorous accountability, reporting and penalty system to ensure that companies that use tantalum, tin, tungsten, and gold in their products are not fueling conflict in Congo.
Legislation in the United States will hold all companies to a level playing field with strong standards for transparency and accountability. During conference we urge that you take specific steps to amend this legislation without changing the core of the bill:
- The bill must ensure transparency in these supply chains. To that end, we recommend the bill specify that companies report the names of the smelters they utilize to process raw minerals into metals, and the results of audits of the procurement practices of these smelters.
- Second, we support legislation that would impose significant penalties for false statements or failing to provide adequate statements, by negligence, gross negligence, or fraud.
- Third, strong provisions from Representative Jim McDermott’s Conflict Minerals Trade Act (HR 4128), including those on investigations, reports, and definitions, need to be preserved in this legislation.
- Fourth, legislation should enable public scrutiny and contain measures that will allow for oversight of industry by government and civil society. U.S. government agencies should separately investigate mineral smelting operations and publish a list of smelters who source from conflict areas.
To demonstrate the transparency that is the objective of this legislation, we commit to publicly disclosing all of our lobbying efforts in support of this bill.
Sincerely,
cc: Senator Sam Brownback
Senator Richard J. Durbin
Senator Russell D. Feingold
Congressman Jim McDermott
Congressman Howard L. Berman
Congressman Donald M. Payne
way to go! all the best, ann and lisa! :)
You both amaze me over and over again…
Dang you both make the rest of us look like slackers! Good luck tomorrow! I will be dropping my penny in the mail!