FW:
I'm sending the attached article on David Geffen with the pages out of order — David is definitely not the most gracious guy in the world.
Warren
An article on Geffen you may have seen...
It is a shame we haven't figured out how to get him connected with IAVI — he would enjoy being their savior.
We should try one more time somehow.
If we could catch him when he is in New York and get him to visit that would be great.
Maybe a note to him about this would help...
Yes — I will try.
Perhaps we could meet him in NYC in September — we will coordinate. Unfortunately his assistant has been SO HARD to work with and almost impossible to pass through. I also connected his office with IAVI and IAVI with his office — but again it has been impossible to pass through her.
His comments re Giving Pledge are harsh — but we heard the same from him directly.
I do think that getting him to give to a specific cause — HIV — and that way act as an example to communities and friends is the right way of going forward.
Boris
At some point I need to figure out my whole East Coast schedule.
There are a lot of things possible including the dinner Jeffrey proposed and some stuff you proposed.
It would be good to figure out which things we should lock in in the next week or so.
Lauren is helping. I asked her to give me all times/slots. Please do not forward message below. Getting Geffenn would be great Thank you B
From: Bill Gates Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 5:46 PM To: Boris Nikolic Cc: Larry Cohen; Yeon Cramer; Lauren Jiloty Subject: RE:
At some point I need to figure out my whole East Coast schedule.
There are a lot of things possible including the dinner Jeffrey proposed and some stuff you proposed.
It would be good to figure out which things we should lock in in the next week or so.