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From: Troy Timmons <ttimmons@westgov.org> To: "Johnson, Ashley A" <ashley_johnson@ios.doi.gov>, "Gustafson, Daniel G" <daniel_gustafson@ios.doi.gov> Cc: Amanda Nelson <amanda@westgov.org>, Kevin Doran <kdoran@westgov.org>, Sarah Olsen <solsen@westgov.org>
Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] Food for Saturday Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:47:01 +0000
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And...didn't include the ROS earlier. Apologies!
From: Troy Timmons Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2025 16:22 To: Johnson, Ashley A <ashley_johnson@ios.doi.gov>; Gustafson, Daniel G <daniel_gustafson@ios.doi.gov> Cc: Amanda Nelson <amanda@westgov.org>; Kevin Doran <kdoran@westgov.org>; Sarah Olsen <solsen@westgov.org> Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] Food for Saturday
Hi all:
Attached is the updated list - we may still get a few more, but hopefully it's pretty complete at this point.
So you don't have to dig through it, the additions since last night:
Cabinet:
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Lee Zeldin
Governors:
Governor Jared Polis of Colorado Governor Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota
State Staff:
Colorado: Kelly Watkins, Olivia Neece North Dakota: Aaron Weber Washington: Rose Minor
Also attached is the latest run of show doc. Holler if you see there's anything missing in it.
Nice to get over there this afternoon and see the space. This is going to be a fun and memorable meeting for everyone!
I'll let you know if we get more stragglers. Thanks, everyone, for all your work on this. Troy
From: Johnson, Ashley A <ashley_johnson@ios.doi.gov> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 21:53 To: Gustafson, Daniel G <daniel_gustafson@ios.doi.gov>; Troy Timmons <ttimmons@westgov.org>
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Cc: Amanda Nelson <amanda@westgov.org>; Kevin Doran <kdoran@westgov.org>; Sarah Olsen <solsen@westgov.org> Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Food for Saturday
Haha not sure I would have loved it but sounds like home with the week they're having in ND!
Should not be an issue to get caterers in early but I'll double check on that tomorrow.
Thanks for the list and let me know what else you need from us! Have our facilities team working on a plan for the table and need to work out a few logistics but things are looking great!
Best,
Ashley Johnson
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From: Troy Timmons <ttimmons@westgov.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 8:54:08 PM To: Johnson, Ashley A <ashley_johnson@ios.doi.gov>; Gustafson, Daniel G <daniel_gustafson@ios.doi.gov> Cc: Amanda Nelson <amanda@westgov.org>; kdoran@westgov.org <kdoran@westgov.org>; Sarah Olsen <solsen@westgov.org> Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] Food for Saturday
Hey Ashley:
Safe flight, but pretty miserable. They clearly forgot how to heat the aircraft, and it was -71 outside (well, that's what the flight data thing said). With your North Dakota roots, you would have loved it, but everyone on my row, at least, was bundled up in coats, hats, and gloves. Quite uncomfortable.
On to actual stuff: sounds like we're on track, and moving ahead with Allspice for food. Sarah Olsen, who will be joining us Saturday and is copied here, is taking lead on that outreach for now. One question we've got is how early the caterers can get in there for setup; in the past, we've done that at least a couple of hours in advance (so, like 6:00 am would be great, if that works for everyone). Sarah may have additional questions, but I'll let her pose those.
Danny gave me instructions on Govs bios and possible Qs, which I'll deliver separately.
One thing I promised you today is a list of attendees for security. That's attached as an Excel file; if you need more information than what we've got here, let me know. I'll also get you a list by 6:00 pm tomorrow with any additional folks.
Thanks; please holler if you need anything else! Troy
From: Johnson, Ashley A <ashley_johnson@ios.doi.gov> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 19:12 To: Troy Timmons <ttimmons@westgov.org>; Gustafson, Daniel G <daniel_gustafson@ios.doi.gov> Cc: Amanda Nelson <amanda@westgov.org>; Kevin Doran <kdoran@westgov.org> Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] Food for Saturday
Hope you all had a safe flight! Happy to chat this evening if needed.
Thanks!
Ashley
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From: Troy Timmons <ttimmons@westgov.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 11:35 AM To: Johnson, Ashley A <ashley_johnson@ios.doi.gov>; Gustafson, Daniel G <daniel_gustafson@ios.doi.gov> Cc: Amanda Nelson <amanda@westgov.org>; kdoran@westgov.org Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] Food for Saturday
Hey Ashley: We'll get on it - much appreciated! Kevin and I are about to jump on a plane to get out there, but happy to bug you more later today. Thanks, Troy
From: Johnson, Ashley A <ashley_johnson@ios.doi.gov> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2025 14:59 To: Gustafson, Daniel G <daniel_gustafson@ios.doi.gov>; Troy Timmons <ttimmons@westgov.org> Cc: Amanda Nelson <amanda@westgov.org>; Kevin Doran <kdoran@westgov.org> Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Food for Saturday
Hi Troy!
Apologies for the late response - had to make sure we were following procedures on our end and took a while for staff to locate formerly used caterers. Sounds like we are good to use Allspice or any of these folks, will leave the decision to you!
Occasions https://occasionscaterers.com/
Root and Stem https://rootandstemdc.com/
La Prima https://www.laprimacatering.com/
Other than that, we're still working with facilities to make sure we have a good set up in the Secretary's Office and also waiting on confirmation on a photographer in our end, will follow back up on that tomorrow. Let me know what else you need from us!
Best,
Ashley Johnson
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Hi Danny and Ashley:
Hope everything is going well, and that we're still on track to have the Governors over there on Saturday.
A few updates:
See the latest run of show for the list of Governors and Cabinet attending - we're up to 11 Governors and 3 Cabinet members. And thanks for your help with outreach to those folks - it's really appreciated! At this point, we've also got 19 staff RSVPs, so at least 30 folks trying to get in your door, not including security detail. We'll get you the current list at some point tomorrow, and let you know of any additional folks by 6:00 pm EST on Wednesday, as previously discussed. I'm sure we'll get some stragglers Tuesday and Wednesday.
Sorry if there was confusion around the question of a side room / overflow room. From our initial conversation, it sounded like you were planning to have some space not in the Secretary's office for food setup and with some chairs for staff if everyone couldn't fit. From Kevin, it sounded like that plan had changed. I just want to make sure we've got room for everyone, even if it's not in the actual room. If you look at the run of show, we're not promising that folks will be able to see or hear conversation in the Secretary's office, just that they'll have some proximity to what's going on.
I still haven't heard back on catering options. If it's useful, we used Allspice Catering last time DOI hosted the Governors. We're happy to reach out to them; just let us know if that's alright and we'll go from there.
Have a good Presidents Day, and we're looking forward to seeing you later this week! Troy
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