cc: n.sheard@uea.ac.uk
date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 12:20:34 +0100
from: Mike Hulme <m.hulme@uea.ac.uk>
subject: Girton meeting and Launch
to: Neil Adger <n.adger@uea.ac.uk>,Nigel Arnell <N.W.Arnell@soton.ac.uk>, Mike Hulme <m.hulme@uea.ac.uk>, Nick Jenkins <jenkins@fs5.ee.umist.ac.uk>, Brian Launder <mcjtsbl@fs1.me.umist.ac.uk>, Simon Shackley <simon.shackley@umist.ac.uk>, John Shepherd <j.g.shepherd@soton.ac.uk>, Andy Watkinson <a.watkinson@uea.ac.uk>

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A few items to bring you up to date with and some requests:

1. Invitations to the launch have now gone out.  You will be aware of a 
request re. poster displays already gone out from Nicola.  Can I add two 
more things to ask you:

(a) we will be preparing a Tyndall poster for each Programme consisting 
primarily just of a very large photograph(s) that captures the Programme 
and a very short piece of text explaining what the Programme aims to do in 
lay terms.  These will have a clear Tyndall identity (other posters will be 
more mix and match since I imagine most will be pre-existing).  Can you 
send me no more than 200 words of text that captures the essence?  I could 
do this myself from the bid, but it's more authentic if you write it 
yourself (it is also a good exercise for you to summarise the Programme 
aims in no more than 200 words!).

(b) breaking science stories that we can plant at (before) the 
launch.  Please ask around to see whether there is any work by you or 
colleagues that is both exciting for the press and relevant for Tyndall 
that we can put into a press release (e.g. reports being released, papers 
being published, workshops being held, etc.).  I am pursuing one story 
myself from work I'm doing in CRU, but it would be good if we can trail 
2-3.  This will massively increase our chances of getting national 
press/media coverage.  Please send any thoughts to me.

2. I hope you are making preparations for the Girton meeting on the 9th 
October and in particular a short 10 minute presentation on your Programme 
area - use this as an opportunity to steer discussion later in the day and 
also to steer the sort of project priorities you would like to see.  I will 
kick off the day with a 10 minute refresher on the Tyndall research 
objectives.  Included in this will be a list of organisations with whom I 
have had substantive contact over recent weeks about collaboration with 
Tyndall Centre (see attached document).  If there are others you have had 
similar dealings with then please let me know so I can add to my list 
(i.e., specifically Tyndall-related dealings/conversations, not a general 
list of all your collaborators!!).  I want to do this so the larger group 
are fully aware of the breadth of organisations who are excited/interested 
in working with us.

3. Invitations to the Advisory Board have started to go out with already 3 
acceptances.  I have two questions about names here.  (a) Paul Jeffriss 
from the Green Alliance has been nominated representing NGOs.  Alternatives 
here included Jonathan Porritt (Commission for Sustainable Development) and 
Stephen Singer (WWF-Europe) and Tony Juniper (FoE).  I don't know Paul 
Jeffriss - does anyone have any strong views on this?  (b) Prof. Jyoti 
Parikh from Indira Ghandi Institute in Mumbai.  Again only know to me 
through her writings.  Do those in the know have any alternatives to her 
from non-Annex I world and academic and ideally a woman?  Or are people happy?

All for now,

Mike



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