cc: rbradley@geo.umass.edu, mhughes@ltrr.arizona.edu, Dominique Raynaud , p.jones@uea.ac.uk, k.briffa@uea.ac.uk date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 16:37:05 -0500 from: "Michael E. Mann" subject: Re: prospective workshop to: Jonathan Overpeck Thanks Peck, Sounds like it may not work, then, to schedule this workshop in the Fall. Perhaps there is room to get this in the PAGES/CLIVAR pipeline for the following Spring? I think the workshop in question has a unique niche in its combination of empirical and model approaches to paleoreconstruciton, and it would be a great opportunity to get some of the other European groups (e.g. GKSS) involved in the international efforts, so I'm hoping we can all work to get a workshop like this in the pipeline. Keith and Dominique: what do you think? Or what about the possibility of somehow combining the two as Peck suggests (Hans has also suggested this, and I would be happy to help in any way I can if you think something along these lines is possible). Will look forward to hearing back w/ thoughts, and ideas. Thanks, mike At 02:05 PM 3/5/00 -0700, you wrote: >>Hi Mike - Sorry for not getting back to you sooner, but I suspect >>Ray is correct - can the community handle two holocene mtgs in one >>year? I suspect it will be particularly tough to get NSF or PAGES to >>help both, and as Ray points out, Keith's mtg has been in the works >>for a couple years (it takes that long to line up support). Perhaps >>there is a way to combine resources? It might even be too late for >>that, but Keith is the one to ask. I'm cc'g this to Dominique >>Raynaud too, since he's another co-organizer on Keith's mtg. They've >>involved me in the planning, but I'm not the boss (in fact, I >>haven't been too good at anything during the move). Also, Keith and >>Dominique are both still part of the PAGES leadership (unlike Ray or >>me), so they are key to any PAGES support. Let's see what they say. >>Thx, Peck > > > > >>Dear Ray, Malcolm, Peck, Phil, Keith, >> >>As you all know (I think?), I'm trying to coordinate w/ Hans Von Storch of >>GKSS (with additional interest on the part of the Dutch, and Swiss) to hold >>a workshop on paleoclimate data assimilation (empirical and model-based) for >>reconstruction of Holocene climate, which should be complementary to other >>planned PAGES/CLIVAR events in its mission and emphasis. So far, the >>Germans, etc. have tentatively committed to support, but to make it work we >>need it to have the support of PAGES/CLIVAR, Euro, and U.S. funding >>agencies (NOAA/NSF) in particular. I have attached the latest draft >>announcement for your examination. >> >>I undestand from Keith that there is a conflict w/ an already sponsored >>PAGES/CLIVAR workshop in October, so we are proposing to postpone. The >>workshop is to be held in Charlottesville (a great opportunity for you all >>to visit!) >>Virginia, and it should probably be no later than mid November for optimal >>weather conditions, etc. Holding it in the spring of next year would >>probably be too late. >> >>Any suggestions, comments, help would be appreciated. >> >>thanks, >> >>mike >> >>Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:paleo-cville002.doc (WDBN/MSWD) (00009A41) >>_______________________________________________________________________ >> Professor Michael E. Mann >> Department of Environmental Sciences, Clark Hall >> University of Virginia >> Charlottesville, VA 22903 >>_______________________________________________________________________ >>e-mail: mann@virginia.edu Phone: (804) 924-7770 FAX: (804) 982-2137 >> http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/faculty/people/mann.html > >Jonathan T. Overpeck >Director, Institute for the Study of Planet Earth >Professor, Department of Geosciences >715 N. Park Ave. 2nd Floor >University of Arizona >Tucson, AZ 85721 >Direct tel: +1 520 622-9065 >Secretary tel: +1 520 622-9062 >Fax: +1 520 792-8795 >http://www.geo.arizona.edu/Faculty_Pages/Overpeck.J.html >http://www.ispe.arizona.edu/ > > _______________________________________________________________________ Professor Michael E. Mann Department of Environmental Sciences, Clark Hall University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22903 _______________________________________________________________________ e-mail: mann@virginia.edu Phone: (804) 924-7770 FAX: (804) 982-2137 http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/faculty/people/mann.html