cc: Tim Osborn <t.osborn@uea.ac.uk>, Eystein Jansen <Eystein.Jansen@geo.uib.no>, Jonathan Overpeck <jto@u.arizona.edu>, David Rind <drind@giss.nasa.gov>, rahmstorf@ozean-klima.de, Bette Otto-Bleisner <ottobli@ncar.ucar.edu>, cddhr@giss.nasa.gov, joos <joos@climate.unibe.ch>, Ricardo Villalba <ricardo@lab.cricyt.edu.ar>, Susan Solomon <Susan.Solomon@noaa.gov>, Jouzel@dsm-mail.saclay.cea.fr, Valerie Masson-Delmotte <Valerie.Masson@cea.fr>, Dominique Raynaud <raynaud@lgge.obs.ujf-grenoble.fr>, jean-claude.duplessy@lsce.cnrs-gif.fr, john.f.mitchell@metoffice.gov.uk, dolago@uonbi.ac.ke, peltier@atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca, rramesh@prl.res.in, olgasolomina@yandex.ru, derzhang@msn.com, Keith Briffa <k.briffa@uea.ac.uk>, Phil Jones <p.jones@uea.ac.uk>
date: Thu, 8 May 2008 17:48:18 -0400
from: David Rind <drind@giss.nasa.gov>
subject: Re: request for all correspondence related to IPCC
to: Jean-Claude Duplessy <Jean-Claude.Duplessy@lsce.ipsl.fr>

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To my knowledge we have not received any similar 
requests. As to what my position would be, I 
doubt that it could be a personal one - as a U.S. 
government employee, there are likely rules that 
would have to be followed, over which I probably 
don't have discretionary behavior.

David

>Tim Osborn a crit :
>>Dear colleagues,
>>
>>our university has received a request under the 
>>UK's Freedom of Information Act for all 
>>correspondence (emails, letters, faxes) 
>>relating to our work as IPCC authors, including 
>>those that we sent to you, but also those that 
>>you may have sent to us!
>>
>>We've attached a copy of this request; you are 
>>all named explicitly in the request (though the 
>>request is not limited to correspondence with 
>>just those listed).
>>
>>We have not yet decided how to respond to this 
>>request, because of the huge number of emails 
>>that we would have to search through and 
>>consider, and the amount of work involved.
>>
>>We have been advised by the UEA information 
>>officer to request some information from you, 
>>specifically:
>>
>>(i) whether you have any concerns if we were to 
>>release any emails etc. that you may have sent 
>>to us (it is entirely possible that any 
>>correspondence that we release may be posted on 
>>certain websites);
>>
>>(ii) whether you or your institutions have received similar requests;
>>
>>(iii) and, if you have received similar 
>>requests, what your response has been / will be.
>>
>>If we do release any such material, we would 
>>expect to inform you, so that you are fully 
>>aware of what we have released.  We would 
>>really appreciate it if you would do the same, 
>>if you also release similar material.
>>
>>Note that this email, together with any 
>>responses you might make by email/letter/fax, 
>>might also need to be released.  To save time 
>>or effort on your part, you can always phone us 
>>if you prefer (Keith: +44 1603 593909, Tim: +44 
>>1603 592089).
>>
>>Best wishes
>>
>>Keith and Tim
>>Dr Timothy J Osborn, Academic Fellow
>>Climatic Research Unit
>>School of Environmental Sciences
>>University of East Anglia
>>Norwich  NR4 7TJ, UK
>>
>>e-mail:   t.osborn@uea.ac.uk
>>phone:    +44 1603 592089
>>fax:      +44 1603 507784
>>web:      http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/~timo/
>>sunclock: http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/~timo/sunclock.htm
>>
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>
>I have the same feeling as Stefan.
>
>According to the French law, e-mails are private 
>communications and they do not constitute formal 
>documents like a signed letter.
>
>I do not understand how such a request can be legaly made.
>
>Best regards
>
>jean-Claude
>
>--
>Jean-Claude DUPLESSY
>laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement
>Btiment 12
>Parc du CNRS
>F - 91198 Gif sur Yvette cedex
>
>- tel (33) 01 69 82 35 26
>- fax (33) 01 69 82 35 68
>
>- e-mail : Jean-Claude.Duplessy@lsce.cnrs-gif.fr


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