Rebel..

don't set your expectations too high..that is when you get hurt the most..sometimes we set them so high that when the call or the email is returned and the response is not what we wanted, our expectations are so let down that we forget what it was that we originally set out to do..but yes, think about what you want to say to him before hand..or do what seeker said and send him a friendly note and start out light and then get into the heavier stuff later on, when you are more confortable about it all.