date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 13:00:01 +0100
from: "Rachel Warren" <R.Warren@uea.ac.uk>
subject: further to our meeting ...
to: <m.hulme@uea.ac.uk>

   Mike,



   Some additional thoughts following our meeting on June 2nd ....



   I think the idea of a coordinator is a very good idea - certainly themes need this kind of

   support.  However this need is probably not constant over time, so would it be better

   to have coordinators that "floated" between themes?



   Secondly, I think that the arrangement with Andrew and Neil as unpaid theme managers

   works well because they are completely "sold" on Tyndall, they have offices in the same

   building as HQ, and their own research aims are closely allied to that of the themes.

   I am not sure that we will necessarily be able to find two such people for all 4 themes ...

   so I feel it might be difficult to stick absolutely to the ideal of having two unpaid theme

   managers in established long term academic positions.  Perhaps we could

   compromise and have 1 paid position and one unpaid position ...although this creates

   inequity.



   I am still thinking about potential theme 1 managers ... no conclusions yet.

   However, this is where I have got so far ...

   Possibly Tim Lenton, although he'll be new here, he is leader of GENIE,

   I don't know if he will stay leader of GENIE when he moves here.

   However, I really don't know him that well.  Rumour has it that he's a strong

   supporter of GAIA theory so I am not quite sure what that might imply, if anything.

   I don't know what research agenda he'll want to pursue when he gets here.

   But as he will be here soon that will become apparent!

   I wonder if there could be an argument for finding an economist ... if Jonathan

   doesn't stay as theme manager, we wouldn't have an economist on the theme 1 team.....



   Rachel









   Dr Rachel Warren
   Senior Research Fellow
   Tyndall Centre
   Zuckermann Institute
   University of East Anglia
   Norwich NR4 7TJ



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