date: Fri Jul 30 12:30:37 2004
from: Mike Hulme <m.hulme@uea.ac.uk>
subject: Re: Odd phone call
to: Phil Jones <p.jones@uea.ac.uk>

   Phil,
   No - this is bona fide.  We have had 2-page entries in previous COP booklets (as have lots
   of organisations in science, policy) although we negotiated a lower rate than the one you
   cite.
   The woman we (elaine jones) negotiated with was an ENV graduate!
   Mike
   At 16:47 27/07/2004 +0100, you wrote:

      Mike,
         Just had a very odd phone call from someone purporting to be in a UN Agency
      called something like 'Raising the Awareness of Climate Change'. She asked me
      about our research projects and then said I could take out a 2 page piece on CRU
      for distribution to all govts and all attendees at the COP meeting in Buenos Aires
      later this year. She gave me a long list of orgs. who do this - included CNRS,
      Uni of Berne and the Tyndall Centre ! Then said it would cost 6500 to do this !
         Are you doing this?
         I got more alarmed when she said they expect 10K people to go to Argentina
      because Russia will sign Kyoto at the meeting !
         Sounds like a scam. Is it?
      Cheers
      Phil
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     School of Environmental Sciences    Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784
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