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Jimmy, Hi there. Hunter is traveling. I can try to see if I can get a
hold of him for this call, but I can't be sure. He will be on a plane
soon. Is tomorrow ok also? - Katie

On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 11:28 AM, James Bulger <jbulger@thorntonai.com>
wrote:

> Hunter,
>
> As you know I was in Beijing last week. I was there because the State
> Legislative Leaders Foundation (SLLF) <http://www.sllf.org/> was sending
> an advance team in preparation for a large program they will be putting on
> in October that will hopefully include over 50 legislative leaders from
> over 25 different US States as well as their provincial counterparts in
> China. Additionally, US and Chinese businesses will also be in attendance.
>
> Henry is spearheading this initiative with SLLF in China so I spent the
> last week with him. Henry is a big supporter of SLLF and he sees this
> initiative as being of a major diplomatic significance to both the US and
> China. He has spent a lot of the past year helping SLLF get an office set
> up in China which, considering how busy Henry is with all his other
> business, shows how important he views this SLLF initiative.
>
> Henry and Steve Lakis (President of SLLF) asked me if I could help Steve
> set up a meeting with you when Steve is in DC next. Steve wanted to ask
> your advice on how to proceed on one aspect of setting up an SLLF office in
> China.
>
> Specifically, the US and Chinese government through their respective
> foreign ministries laid a broad framework that allowed for the creation of
> the US-China Governors Forum. The U.S.-China Governors Forum was set up by
> the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Chinese People’s
> Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries. It serves as a platform
> to promote peer-to-peer exchanges between U.S. state governors and Chinese
> provincial party secretaries and governors on topics of mutual interest
> such as trade, investment, energy and the environment. A Chinese province
> or a U.S. state takes turns hosting the meeting with the first one convened
> in Salt Lake City, Utah and the second one in Tianjin and Beijing. The
> third one was scheduled to be held in California in November this year.
>
> SLLF would like to set up a similar sort of arrangement but instead focus
> on exchange between the state-level legislative branch of each country
> rather than the executive branch. It is on this point specifically that
> Steve Lakis (President of the SLLF) was wondering if he could just meet at
> your DC office and discuss paths forward.
>
> Just so you know the SLLF is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization
> dedicated to professional development for current and future state
> legislative leaders. Their constituency includes Speakers of the House,
> Senate Presidents, Majority Leaders, Minority Leaders, and Pro Tempores.
>
> So is there a chance you could sit down with Steve and give him some
> advice on some of the issues that he and Henry are contending with? For
> your reference I've attached an internal memo that SLLF created on this
> matter.
>
> Let's you and I have a quick phone call so I can explain further. What is
> a good time for me to give you a call?
>
> Thanks,
> Jimmy
>
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>
> --
> James J. Bulger
> Chairman
> Thornton Group LLC
> 14 Beacon Street, Suite 804A
> Boston, MA 02108
> Office tel: 617.248.9440
>


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