date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:49:05 -0400
from: "Bamzai, Anjuli" <Anjuli.Bamzai@science.doe.gov>
subject: RE: Sent on behalf of Jerry Elwood, Acting Associate Director of
to: "Phil Jones" <p.jones@uea.ac.uk>

   Good. I will use the Nature paper for a weekly, Nobel notwithstanding.



   Please give a read and OK

   Anjuli





   -----Original Message-----
   From: Phil Jones [mailto:p.jones@uea.ac.uk]
   Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 8:29 AM
   To: Bamzai, Anjuli; Carlson-Brown, Karen
   Subject: RE: Sent on behalf of Jerry Elwood, Acting Associate Director of Science for BER

      Anjuli,
          Was reminded about this by your Technical Manpower Survey.
      Everything has been resolved now and the grant is through. The new one
      still yet hasn't been registered, so I can't put the text in I've written. The
      latest one there is the one that ended end of May last year. Maybe this
      will get up in due course.
      The Nature paper got quite a bit of coverage here, but seems to have
      been swamped now with the Nobel Peace prize award for IPCC and Al Gore.
      Cheers
      Phil
     At 17:22 10/09/2007, Bamzai, Anjuli wrote:

     Phil,

     I had no idea Chicago had questions about how UK university staff are paid. I have not
     been asked to provide any clarifications or additional info.

     We are getting close to end of FY (sept 30) and I hope everything gets resolved by
     then...

     Anjuli


          -----Original Message-----
          From: Phil Jones [[1] mailto:p.jones@uea.ac.uk]
          Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 10:54 AM
          To: Carlson-Brown, Karen; Bamzai, Anjuli
          Subject: Re: Sent on behalf of Jerry Elwood, Acting Associate Director of Science
          for BER
           Dear Anjuli and Karen,
               I have written an abstract for what I think of as the current project.
           I cannot submit this as the renewal is still being dealt with by the Chicago
          office.
           There seems to be an inordinate delay in getting it approved. I and
           someone from the University Registry have been in touch with
           someone in Chicago, but it is still not settled.
               It was supposed to start on May 1, 2007, but was delayed by your
           CR. Discussions now seem to be about how in the UK University
           system staff are paid - this differs from the US. This hasn't been
           a problem before, but seems the stumbling block now. The timing hasn't
           been helped by holiday breaks during July and August.
              I am still working on the assumption that it will be approved at
           some point. I will be coming to the meeting in Indianapolis, the week after next,
           but have had to pay for the flights from somewhere else - which I'll
           reimburse when it comes through. I have had to move the staff to
           get paid from elsewhere, which hasn't caused problems yet,
           but it will soon, if the issue isn't resolved by October.
           Best Regards
           Phil
          At 19:54 28/08/2007, you wrote:

          Dear BER Investigator,
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          Jerry W. Elwood
          Acting Associate Director of Science
            for Biological and Environmental Research



          Karen Carlson-Brown
          [7]karen.carlson@science.doe.gov
          301-903-3338
          fax: 301-903-8519

          Prof. Phil Jones
          Climatic Research Unit        Telephone +44 (0) 1603 592090
          School of Environmental Sciences    Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784
          University of East Anglia
          Norwich                          Email    p.jones@uea.ac.uk
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     Prof. Phil Jones
     Climatic Research Unit        Telephone +44 (0) 1603 592090
     School of Environmental Sciences    Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784
     University of East Anglia
     Norwich                          Email    p.jones@uea.ac.uk
     NR4 7TJ
     UK
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