cc: ppn@nerc.ac.uk, cvy@nerc.ac.uk, cg1@soc.soton.ac.uk, nth@nerc.ac.uk, nrc@nerc.ac.uk, lw@nerc.ac.uk date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 10:34:37 +0100 from: Meric Srokosz subject: decision required to: lkeigwin@whoi.edu, plemke@awi-bremerhaven.de, ewwo@bas.ac.uk, r.r.dickson@cefas.co.uk, Simon.J.Brown@defra.gsi.gov.uk, mccave@esc.cam.ac.uk, haugan@gfi.uib.no, studhope@glg.ed.ac.uk, B.Turrell@marlab.ac.uk, rwood@meto.gov.uk, sfbtett@meto.gov.uk, j.m.slingo@reading.ac.uk, p.j.valdes@reading.ac.uk, j.lowe@rhbnc.ac.uk, jym@soc.soton.ac.uk, pc@soc.soton.ac.uk, a.j.watson@uea.ac.uk, k.briffa@uea.ac.uk, m.hulme@uea.ac.uk Dear all - after consultation with her co-Is, Julia Slingo has decided to postpone submission of her modelling proposal to a future Rapid AO, rather than submit a full proposal at this point. I understand that the aim is to get some infrastructure in place first and then to submit a more Rapid focused proposal later. As a result we have slight problem with regard to the outline bid submitted by Rowan Sutton, which was rejected to a large extent on the basis that it should be subsumed into Julia's full bid. Having spoken to one of the introducers of the Sutton outline bid (the other unfortunately is abroad) the suggestion is that Rowan should now be allowed to proceed with a full bid (obviously taking account of the comments made on his outline bid). The decision I require from the Steering Committee is whether, in the changed circumstances, we allow Rowan Sutton to now submit a full bid? Can you pease e-mail a YES (proceed) or NO (leave things as is) by next Tuesday (if he is to submit a full bid that will give him 3 weeks to the deadline). Regards, Meric -- Dr. Meric Srokosz, Room 254/43,Southampton Oceanography Centre (SOC) Empress Dock, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK Tel:+44-(0)23-80596414 (direct line); Fax: +44-(0)23-80596400 e-mail: mas@soc.soton.ac.uk or M.Srokosz@soc.soton.ac.uk http://www.soc.soton.ac.uk/JRD/SAT/pers/mas.html Science Coordinator NERC Rapid Climate Change Programme http://rapid.nerc.ac.uk/