cc: hufischer@awi-bremerhaven.de,juerg.beer@eawag.ch,Valerie Masson-Delmotte date: Tue Feb 1 14:30:09 2005 from: Keith Briffa subject: Re: IMPRINT WP1 to: "IC Prentice, Earth Sciences" Colin thanks - I will pas on to the Task Leaders(Jurg Beer and Hubertus Fischer). I presume Fortunat has had a chance to discuss the London meeting with you. In many ways the process of putting this proposal together is very unsatisfactory. There has been little opportunity for the majority of people to discuss the science, still less to argue about the various budgeting decisions. As is usual , the request for total budget (and its as yet nominal distribution) has been largely random, influenced by competing requirements for "critical mass" and "lack of conflict" - as regards what could have been competing proposals .We find ourselves with a current situation in which Work Package 1 will request 3.7 million Euro - to fund 5 Tasks . The Task leaders will co-ordinate the writing of Science and weighing of budget requests in this light , and later Valerie Masson and I will try to balance the whole Workpackage. A message will come round soon, with requests for help and details of how to submit spreadsheet budgets. thanks again Keith 1/01/2005, you wrote: Keith, I attach a suggested budget for our participation in WP1. Best wishes Colin Prentice ---------------------- IC Prentice, Earth Sciences Colin.Prentice@bristol.ac.uk -- Professor Keith Briffa, Climatic Research Unit University of East Anglia Norwich, NR4 7TJ, U.K. Phone: +44-1603-593909 Fax: +44-1603-507784 [1]http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/people/briffa/