cc: t.osborn@uea.ac.uk,sandy.tudhope@ed.ac.uk
date: Wed Nov 22 09:41:05 2000
from: Keith Briffa <k.briffa@uea.ac.uk>
subject: Fwd: Re: PRESCIENT
to: p.j.valdes@reading.ac.uk

   Below is the response from Neville regarding my question about the value or otherwise of
   our (the PRESCIENT SSC) lobbying Lawton in support of the continuation of the programme.

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     Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 09:06:14 +0000
     From: "Neville Hollingworth" <nth@nerc.ac.uk>
     To: <k.briffa@uea.ac.uk>
     Subject: Re: PRESCIENT
     Hi Keith
     Apologies for the delay , and thanks for your e mail. As you may know
     the chief executive (John Lawton) reluctantly had to suspen spend on
     new thematic programmes pending the outcome of the revised CSR 2000
     spending review. Originally it was thought that we would know the
     outcome by late October but dure to one political delay an another by
     OST the provisional outcome will not be known util the 22nd (Today
     1030am). Notwithstanding the financial allocations to individual
     councils may not be known until Mid December. I will not know until
     December at the earliest whether PRESCIENT will still proceed but as
     far as we are concerned it will until we are informed otherwise. The
     worst case at the moment is that there is a delay..but as soon as we
     have an indication one way or the other then it is planned to launch
     the programme next Spring.
     I know this is frustrating but a letter at this stage will not help
     matters as all of the above is out of our direct control and rests
     with the aspirations of OST.If you want to discuss give me a ring and
     I can fill in the detail. I am out of the office today but will be in
     AM tomorrow.
     Best wishes
     Neville
     Dr Neville Hollingworth
     Earth Sciences Team
     NERC. Polaris House
     North Star Avenue
     Swindon
     SN2 1EU
     Tel 01793 411527
     Mobile. 07899 953903
     Fax 01793 411545
     e mail.nth@nerc.ac.uk

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   Dr. Keith Briffa, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia,
   Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
   Phone: +44-1603-592090    Fax: +44-1603-507784
