cc: pwil@wpo.nerc.ac.uk
date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 15:33:24 +0100
from: John Shepherd <shepherd@ldeo.columbia.edu>
subject: Re: PRESCIENT
to: Keith Briffa <k.briffa@uea.ac.uk>

Hi Keith
		That's more-or-less what I heard on the grapevine.... It strikes me as
very peculiar/unusual and I begin to suspect skull-duggery. Isn't it about
time you proposers started to blow a few fuses (in the nicest possible way,
of course)?? I would if I were you. At least harrass Simon C-M who must
know what's going on....

	Let me know if there's anything I can do : I'm sufficiently unpopular in
Swindon that I have nothing to lose by becoming more so !!!

	John

At 09:22 15/10/99 +0100, you wrote:
>Dear John
> Mike Hulme passed on your question regarding the status of PRESCIENT. I
>have heard remarkably little ,and effectively nothing officially, for
>months. I had been told some while ago that all was progressing smoothly
>and NERC were considering the appointment of a Steering Committee Chairman.
>The only additional recent news gleaned unofficially is that they have
>approached someone but the position is not yet filled. A budget of 3.5
>million is apparently being mentioned ( much less than the 8 requested). I
>have not heard who will be on the Steering Committee or what the latest
>news is as regards timetable for meetings or launch. The programme is  a
>reality and NERC have let it be known that it is but the wheels seem to
>move cautiously inhouse for the time being.
>                                                               best wishes
>                                                                    Keith
>--
>Dr. Keith Briffa, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia, 
>Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom   
>Phone: +44-1603-592090    Fax: +44-1603-507784
>
>
>
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