date: Wed, 04 Jul 2001 17:28:00 +0200 from: Martin Welp subject: ECF: Circular No. 2 to: roger.harrabin@bbc.co.uk, klaus.hasselmann@dkrz.de, stephan.herbst@volkswagen.de, nhohne@unfccc.de, David.C.Hone@SI.shell.com, hourcade@centre-cired.fr, m.hulme@uea.ac.uk, saleemul.huq@iied.org, siegfried.jacke@dlr.de, carlo.jaeger@pik-potsdam.de, ffu@zedat.fu-berlin.de, ola.johannessen@nrsc.no, e.l.jones@uea.ac.uk, p.kabat@alterra.wag-ur.nl, bernd_kasemir@harvard.edu, kemfert@uni-oldenburg.de, kohl.harald@bmu.de, julia-maria.kundermann@cec.eu.int, tloster@munichre.com, prbuero@uni-hamburg.de, mccaffi@bp.com, G.Meran@ww.tu-berlin.de, a-michaelowa@hwwa.de, jane.milne@abi.org.uk, horst.minte@volkswagen.de, eckard.minx@daimlerchrysler.com, annette.muenzenberger@dlr.de, adelbert.niemeyer@gerling.de, t.oriordan@uea.ac.uk Dear friends of ECF, ECF is taking shape and we expect to make good progress at the preparatory meeting next week (12 July). The steering committee had a telephone conference on Monday, 2 July. Two important decision were made: First, that ECF should be created as an association and not as a foundation as was envisaged earlier. After consulting knowledgeable people in this field (Dr. Gretz and Dr. Voscherau, notary public, former mayor of Hamburg), we came to the conclusion that an association suits our purposes better, gives us more flexibility, and is easier and faster to realise. The second important decision was that ECF should be established as an association already at the preparatory meeting in Brussels on 12 July. Organisations can join the ECF later simply by signing the membership form and paying the one-time membership fee. We will send you soon the statute of the association, prepared by Dr. Gretz with the assistance of Dr. Voscherau on the basis of the earlier statute of the foundation. We expect to meet more than 25 friends of ECF at the preparatory meeting in Brussels. Anvar Ghazi will attend the dinner and the meeting and Christian Patermann will join later and give a welcoming address at the lunch break. The updated programme is attached to this mail. Those who have not registered themselves yet, but intend to come, please send a short note to Ms. Sengbusch (Email: sengbusch@dkrz.de). The evening dinner will take place on 11 July at 18.00 in Hotel Leopold, Rue du Luxembourg 35. The venue of the workshop on 12 July is: EU Commission Research, DG 12 Square de Meeûs 8 (Meeting room 9E, 9th floor). Here is the description of how to get from the airport to the Hotel Leopold and the Meeting Place: At Zaventem airport, take the train to Brussels "Gare du Midi". At the Gare du Midi, take the subway (metro) direction Simonis until the metro station "Trone". When you leave the metro station "Trone" take the exit "Rue du Luxembourg". Hotel Leopold is situated at Rue du Luxembourg. The meeting place Square de Meeûs, 8 is located at the small park in the middle of Rue du Luxembourg. A map can be found at: http://www.hotel-leopold.be/html/acces/21.htm. The ECF flyer is ready now and copies of it will be available at the meeting in Brussels. The ECF website has also been updated and has a new design. Check: http://www.European-Climate-Forum.net/. Documents related to ECF can be found in the members area: http://www.european-climate-forum.net/internal/ Best regards, Martin Welp Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\Programme Brussels 12.07.01.rtf" -- Dr. Martin Welp Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) P.O. Box 601203, 14412 Potsdam, Germany Tel. +49 (0)331 288 2619 Fax +49 (0)331 288 2620 E-mail: martin.welp@pik-potsdam.de Internet: http://www.pik-potsdam.de http://www.pik-potsdam.de/~welp/index.html http://www.european-climate-forum.net/