cc: "keith Briffa" ,p.jones@uea.ac.uk date: Fri, 30 May 2008 12:58:34 +0100 from: Tim Osborn subject: Re: request for your emails to: Caspar Ammann Hi again Caspar, I don't think it is necessary for you to dig through any emails you may have sent us to determine your answer. Our question is a more general one, which is whether you generally consider emails that you sent us to have been sent in confidence. If you do, then we will use this as a reason to decline the request. Cheers Tim At 00:36 28/05/2008, Caspar Ammann wrote: >Oh MAN! will this crap ever end?? > >Well, I will have to properly answer in a couple days when I get a >chance digging through emails. I don't recall from the top of my >head any specifics about IPCC. > >I'm also sorry that you guys have to go through this BS. You all did >an outstanding job and the IPCC report certainly reflects that >science and literature in an accurate and balanced way. > >So long, >Caspar > > > > >On May 27, 2008, at 5:03 PM, Tim Osborn wrote: > >>Dear Caspar, >> >>I hope everything's fine with you. >> >>Our university has received a request, under the UK Freedom of Information >>law, from someone called David Holland for emails or other documents that >>you may have sent to us that discuss any matters related to the IPCC >>assessment process. >> >>We are not sure what our university's response will be, nor have we even >>checked whether you sent us emails that relate to the IPCC assessment or >>that we retained any that you may have sent. >> >>However, it would be useful to know your opinion on this matter. In >>particular, we would like to know whether you consider any emails that you >>sent to us as confidential. >> >>Sorry to bother you with this, >> >>Tim (cc Keith & Phil) >> > >Caspar M. Ammann >National Center for Atmospheric Research >Climate and Global Dynamics Division - Paleoclimatology >1850 Table Mesa Drive >Boulder, CO 80307-3000 >email: ammann@ucar.edu tel: >303-497-1705 fax: 303-497-1348 > > Dr Timothy J Osborn, Academic Fellow Climatic Research Unit School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK e-mail: t.osborn@uea.ac.uk phone: +44 1603 592089 fax: +44 1603 507784 web: http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/~timo/ sunclock: http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/~timo/sunclock.htm