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date: Fri, 21 May 2004 11:15:19 -0400
from: "Lloyd D. Keigwin" <lkeigwin@whoi.edu>
subject: RE: RAPID statement -round 2
to: "Bob Dickson EQ CEFAS" <r.r.dickson@cefas.co.uk>

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Dear Bob, and all others,
	I have followed the recent discussion but have not chimed in 
because we at Woods Hole are on the hot seat as well.  NSF calls it 
"outreach," but if I reach out much farther my shoulders will 
dislocate.
	Instead of "Day after Tomorrow," I am responding to the 
threat of your resignation letter that is "still on the stocks." 
When I agreed  to chair the SC of RAPID it was based on three things: 
(1) what I knew of the original proposal, (2) the opportunity to 
lever complementary efforts at other international funding agencies, 
and (3) the names of a few people I was assured would be on the SC. 
You were among them.
	I think you are irreplaceable.  In addition to being a 
distinguished physical oceanographer, what you bring to the committee 
is your insight to problems on the "paleo" time scale.  That is very 
unusual and is something I have cultivated in P.O. colleagues here 
for >20 yrs.  If I'm not mistaken, you have been working with 
geologists for at least 20 yrs (eg., Rob Kidd, Nick McCave).  We need 
that cross fertilization on the SC.  And we also need people who 
don't have vested interests.
	So I hope I'm speaking for the entire committee when I 
threaten that your resignation letter will never be accepted.  I 
recommend you watch the movie when it opens, chill out (so-to-speak), 
and try to guess which character is you.  Cheers, Lloyd
-- 
Lloyd D. Keigwin 			(Lkeigwin@whoi.edu)
McLean Lab., m/s 8
Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.
360 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole, MA 02543

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