date: Thu, 14 May 2009 09:09:24 +0100 from: "peter.thorne" subject: [Fwd: RE: Are you still the man to talk to about MoU's?] to: Phil Jones -- Peter Thorne Climate Research Scientist Met Office Hadley Centre, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB tel. +44 1392 886552 fax +44 1392 885681 www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs Received: from EXXMAIL01.desktop.frd.metoffice.com ([151.170.110.53]) by EXXMAIL02.desktop.frd.metoffice.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Thu, 14 May 2009 09:06:40 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Return-Path: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 May 2009 08:06:40.0986 (UTC) FILETIME=[E9BCDBA0:01C9D46A] Subject: RE: Are you still the man to talk to about MoU's? Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 09:06:37 +0100 Message-ID: <1DB93763ADBC4E4D96F87FF4E75AD4870133433A@EXXMAIL01.desktop.frd.metoffice.com> In-Reply-To: <1242228296.27535.66.camel@eld443.desktop.frd.metoffice.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Are you still the man to talk to about MoU's? Thread-Index: AcnT3vlNAmfsbH8QQWGvwkhxFYiPvwAiuTZQ References: <1242228296.27535.66.camel@eld443.desktop.frd.metoffice.com> From: "Briar, Tony" To: "Thorne, Peter (Climate Research)" Peter Whilst an MoU is the appropriate way to document this type of relationship, it won't be possible, even with prudent drafting, for it to be used as a shield against requests for information under the FOI Act. If you can detail the our relationship (the nature of the collab')with UEA in an email to the 'legal' email inbox, one of the team will be in touch to take this forward. Regards Tony >Tony Briar CertLegalStud(Open) F.Inst.Pa Customer Contracts Manager Legal and Procurement >Met Office FitzRoy Road Exeter EX1 3PB United Kingdom >Tel: +44 (0)1392 88 4170 Fax: +44 (0)870 900 5050 >E-mail: tony.briar@metoffice.gov.uk http://www.metoffice.gov.uk Please note that I am only in the office Tuesday to Friday -----Original Message----- From: Thorne, Peter (Climate Research) Sent: 13 May 2009 16:25 To: Briar, Tony Subject: Are you still the man to talk to about MoU's? Tony, we need to resolve our relationship with UEA's Climatic Research Unit as shown by the current FOI request on the surface temperature record. We have nothing in writing and that puts us on a sticky wicket. We'd like to have writing for the next time it all blows up. Are you still the man to talk to about setting up a MoU on all our collaboration? If not then who is? Thanks Peter -- Peter Thorne Climate Research Scientist Met Office Hadley Centre, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB tel. +44 1392 886552 fax +44 1392 885681 www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs