cc: Scott Rutherford <srutherford@gso.uri.edu>
date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 12:37:58 -0400
from: "Michael E. Mann" <mann@virginia.edu>
subject: Revised Version!
to: "Raymond S. Bradley" <rbradley@geo.umass.edu>, Keith Briffa <k.briffa@uea.ac.uk>, Tom Crowley <tcrowley@duke.edu>, Caspar Ammann <ammann@ucar.edu>, Phil Jones <p.jones@uea.ac.uk>, Michael Oppenheimer <omichael@princeton.edu>, Kevin Trenberth <trenbert@ucar.edu>, mann@virginia.edu, Tom Wigley <wigley@ucar.edu>, jto@u.arizona.edu

   Dear all,
   Here is my best attempt to incorporate everyone's suggestions, views, etc. One major change
   you'll notice is that the final item (the one on co2 increase and recent warming) was
   eliminated, because it seemed to open a can of warms, and also distract from the central
   message. Note that, with the number of references we have, we are currently just about at
   the word limit for the piece. We shouldn't go over 1400 words, which puts some tight
   constraint on any additions, etc.
   I hope to forward a draft of Figure 1 later on this afternoon.  I'm assuming that Phil can
   take care of Figure 2 (Phil?--Scott has graciously indicated his willingness to help if
   necessary), but its pretty clear what this figure will show, so I don't thinks its that
   essential that we have that figure done  to try to finalize the draft.
   I'll attempt one final(?) revision of the text based on any remaining comments you may
   have--please try, if possible, to keep the suggested changes minimal at this point. I'll
   assume that anyone we haven't yet heard back from in the author list over the next day or
   so is unable to be a co-author, and will respectfully drop them from the author list any
   related future emailings.
   Thanks all for your help. Its rare to have every single co-author make substantial
   contributions to improving the draft, and that was clearly the case here...
   mike

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                       Professor Michael E. Mann
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                         University of Virginia
                        Charlottesville, VA 22903
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