From: Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation®gmail.com> To: Eileen Alexanderson Subject: Re: Forwarded from my home email Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 20:56:12 +0000 thanks, i woud like to see our the addition of rich joslin changes the mix On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 3:32 PM, Eileen Alexanderson > wrote: Original Message From: Tom & Eileen [mailto: Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2013 03:30 PM Eastern Standard Time To: Eileen Alexanderson Subject: Additional thoughts Just a follow up to our conversation yesterday - There has certainly been an issue of timeliness with Alan and maybe a push from Karp changes that. As I said to you yesterday, maybe Alan's client load needs to be narrowed to enable him to service Leon Properly. We have questioned whether Alan is "smart" enough and "well equipped" enough in terms of level of his planning experience but, thinking more about what has transpired during the past several months, I would like to suggest maybe we need to think about this a little differently. Maybe the greater issue is difference of style. We knew Alan was a conservative practitioner when we hired him. I believed that would be a complement to your style but I am feeling like, instead, it has created conflict. Yes, in a few cases, the 'delay' may have been a function of Alan not having seen certain things done the way you've suggested (raising the issue of whether he has sophisticated enough planning skills for a client like Leon) but more often, I believe, he was conversant but disagreed, and the delay was a function of time spent by Alan to research further to decide whether he could come around to agree with your plan. My observation would be that both Alan and Ada are well able to hold there own when in debate with you which, in itself, speaks well for both of them given the level at which you operate. I've told you previously that I am a great believer in a dialog of constructive criticism getting a team to the best possible decision. Somehow, our dialo