date: Wed Dec 10 12:44:47 2003
from: Keith Briffa <k.briffa@uea.ac.uk>
subject: Re: abstract for Clivar. Due soon!
to: "Michael E. Mann" <mann@virginia.edu>

   Mike
   I have edited and reformatted the abstract quite a bit , so you had better check it
   thoroughly again. Please note that  have no real objection to Phil being a co author -
   other than a possible lack of balance with two CRU people. This would be helped
   considerably if we considered one more author ( Ray Bradley) perhaps.  What do you think?
   Anyway, I am happy with the abstract now. We could include a whole group of "collaborating
   authors " (as in IPCC reports) to acknowledge the input "the usual subjects" will
   undoubtedly make. Cheers
   Keith
   At 12:36 PM 12/9/03 -0500, you wrote:

     Hi Keith,
     I hope all is well.
     Deadline for submitting our CLIVAR abstract vastly approaches, so I've taken the liberty
     of drafting an abstract, which I've attached in word format. Truth be told, I've
     borrowed liberally from some other recent abstracts, including ones that Phil and I
     wrote jointly--I vote we make Phil a co-author on the abstract for this reason, among
     others--is that ok w/ you?
     Please let me know if you have any comments, and feel free to edit and send me a revised
     version. Its presently exactly at the 400 word limit, so we can't lengthen, but we can
     remove. I need to submit this electronically by Friday, because I'll be travelling and
     away from my email through after the deadline after then. If I don't hear from you by
     Friday, I'll submit as is, w/ our three names on it...
     thanks in advance for any feedback you can provide,
     mike
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