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By FOIA Category John Beale/DC/USEPA/US To Ben Gibson 02/25/2009 07:02 PM cc bcc Subject Re: Request for informal chat Sure Ben. I will be in the office this Friday then on travel for about 10 days. Would you like to talk Fri at 11 or wait until I return? ----------------- Sent by EPA Wireless E-Mail Services Ben Gibson ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Gibson Sent: 02/25/2009 05:28 PM EST To: John Beale Subject: Request for informal chat John, I'm a Presidential Management Fellow based in North Carolina with the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. As part of the PMF program, I'm getting ready to do a rotation with the International Energy Agency in Paris later this year. Steve Page suggested I might find it helpful to me to speak with you at some point about your experience in Paris with OECD. Would you be open to me setting up a half-hour call with you within the next couple weeks or so? Let me know what would be most convenient for you. Thanks, Ben - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ben Gibson Health and Environmental Impacts Division Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 919.541.3065 John Beale/DC/USEPA/US To Ben Gibson 02/26/2009 10:41 AM cc bcc Subject Re: Request for informal chat That should work. Talk with you tomorrow. ----------------- Sent by EPA Wireless E-Mail Services Ben Gibson ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Gibson Sent: 02/26/2009 08:34 AM EST To: John Beale Subject: Re: Request for informal chat Thanks, John. I'm sending a request through Outlook. Will I be able to reach you at 202-564-1176 ? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ben Gibson Health and Environmental Impacts Division Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 919.541.3065 John Beale Sure Ben. I will be in the office this Frid... 02/25/2009 07:01:55 PM John Beale/DC/USEPA/US 02/25/2009 07:02 PM To Ben Gibson/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA cc Subject Re: Request for informal chat Sure Ben. I will be in the office this Friday then on travel for about 10 days. Would you like to talk Fri at 11 or wait until I return? ----------------- Sent by EPA Wireless E-Mail Services Ben Gibson ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Gibson Sent: 02/25/2009 05:28 PM EST To: John Beale Subject: Request for informal chat John, I'm a Presidential Management Fellow based in North Carolina with the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. As part of the PMF program, I'm getting ready to do a rotation with the International Energy Agency in Paris later this year. Steve Page suggested I might find it helpful to me to speak with you at some point about your experience in Paris with OECD. Would you be open to me setting up a half-hour call with you within the next couple weeks or so? Let me know what would be most convenient for you. Thanks, Ben - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ben Gibson Health and Environmental Impacts Division Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 919.541.3065 John Beale/DC/USEPA/US To Ben Gibson 02/26/2009 04:16 PM cc bcc Subject Re: Request for informal chat Ben, I will be on travel tomorrow and unable to do our call. I will be back next week and will contact you to reschedule. ----------------- Sent by EPA Wireless E-Mail Services Ben Gibson ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Gibson Sent: 02/26/2009 08:34 AM EST To: John Beale Subject: Re: Request for informal chat Thanks, John. I'm sending a request through Outlook. Will I be able to reach you at 202-564-1176 ? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ben Gibson Health and Environmental Impacts Division Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 919.541.3065 John Beale Sure Ben. I will be in the office this Frid... 02/25/2009 07:01:55 PM John Beale/DC/USEPA/US 02/25/2009 07:02 PM To Ben Gibson/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA cc Subject Re: Request for informal chat Sure Ben. I will be in the office this Friday then on travel for about 10 days. Would you like to talk Fri at 11 or wait until I return? ----------------- Sent by EPA Wireless E-Mail Services Ben Gibson ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Gibson Sent: 02/25/2009 05:28 PM EST To: John Beale Subject: Request for informal chat John, I'm a Presidential Management Fellow based in North Carolina with the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. As part of the PMF program, I'm getting ready to do a rotation with the International Energy Agency in Paris later this year. Steve Page suggested I might find it helpful to me to speak with you at some point about your experience in Paris with OECD. Would you be open to me setting up a half-hour call with you within the next couple weeks or so? Let me know what would be most convenient for you. Thanks, Ben - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ben Gibson Health and Environmental Impacts Division Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 919.541.3065 John Beale/DC/USEPA/US To Ben Gibson 03/25/2009 10:21 AM cc bcc Subject Re: Request for informal chat Still out of the country. Should be back next week. Please contact me then. Thanks. ----------------- Sent by EPA Wireless E-Mail Services Ben Gibson ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Gibson Sent: 03/24/2009 02:57 PM EDT To: John Beale Subject: Re: Request for informal chat Hi John, Just following up to see if you might be available to chat sometime during the next week. Let me know what would be convenient for you. Thanks, Ben - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ben Gibson Health and Environmental Impacts Division Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 919.541.3065 John Beale Ben, I will be on travel tomorrow and un... 02/26/2009 04:15:51 PM John Beale/DC/USEPA/US 02/26/2009 04:16 PM To Ben Gibson/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA cc Subject Re: Request for informal chat Ben, I will be on travel tomorrow and unable to do our call. I will be back next week and will contact you to reschedule. ----------------- Sent by EPA Wireless E-Mail Services Ben Gibson ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Gibson Sent: 02/26/2009 08:34 AM EST To: John Beale Subject: Re: Request for informal chat Thanks, John. I'm sending a request through Outlook. Will I be able to reach you at 202-564-1176 ? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ben Gibson Health and Environmental Impacts Division Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 919.541.3065 John Beale Sure Ben. I will be in the office this Frid... 02/25/2009 07:01:55 PM John Beale/DC/USEPA/US 02/25/2009 07:02 PM To Ben Gibson/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA cc Subject Re: Request for informal chat Sure Ben. I will be in the office this Friday then on travel for about 10 days. Would you like to talk Fri at 11 or wait until I return? ----------------- Sent by EPA Wireless E-Mail Services Ben Gibson ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Gibson Sent: 02/25/2009 05:28 PM EST To: John Beale Subject: Request for informal chat John, I'm a Presidential Management Fellow based in North Carolina with the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. As part of the PMF program, I'm getting ready to do a rotation with the International Energy Agency in Paris later this year. Steve Page suggested I might find it helpful to me to speak with you at some point about your experience in Paris with OECD. Would you be open to me setting up a half-hour call with you within the next couple weeks or so? Let me know what would be most convenient for you. Thanks, Ben - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ben Gibson Health and Environmental Impacts Division Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 919.541.3065 John Beale/DC/USEPA/US To Ben Gibson 06/09/2009 06:58 AM cc bcc Subject Re: Request for informal chat Ben, Are you available this morning for a call? ----------------- Sent by EPA Wireless E-Mail Services Ben Gibson ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Gibson Sent: 05/20/2009 10:52 AM EDT To: John Beale Subject: Re: Request for informal chat Hi John, I'm quite belatedly circling back about setting up a short phone call. How is your near-term schedule looking? Best, Ben - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ben Gibson Health and Environmental Impacts Division Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 919.541.3065 John Beale Still out of the country. Should be back... 03/25/2009 10:21:13 AM John Beale/DC/USEPA/US 03/25/2009 10:21 AM To Ben Gibson/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA cc Subject Re: Request for informal chat Still out of the country. Should be back next week. Please contact me then. Thanks. ----------------- Sent by EPA Wireless E-Mail Services Ben Gibson ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Gibson Sent: 03/24/2009 02:57 PM EDT To: John Beale Subject: Re: Request for informal chat Hi John, Just following up to see if you might be available to chat sometime during the next week. Let me know what would be convenient for you. Thanks, Ben - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ben Gibson Health and Environmental Impacts Division Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards U.S.
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