date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 13:29:55 +0000 from: Tim Osborn subject: SOAP - good news!! to: k.briffa@uea.ac.uk,t.osborn@uea.ac.uk,s.raper@uea.ac.uk, simon.tett@metoffice.com,jonathan.gregory@metoffice.com,cubasch@dkrz.de, schnur@dkrz.de,hans.von.storch@gkss.de,jones@gkss.de, Joel.Guiot@lbhp.u-3mrs.fr,juerg@giub.unibe.ch,wanner@giub.unibe.ch, plao@geo.vu.nl,sandy.tudhope@ed.ac.uk,rob.allan@metoffice.com Dear all, great news about SOAP - we've got an excellent score (92%) in the evaluator's report. The letter that we received today is attached to this email. We now wait for an invitation to begin contract negotiations. Some comments from Keith follow... >Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 11:38:17 +0000 >From: Keith Briffa > >The initial scores and remarks are very positive so it is clear that we >were lucky this time to get sympathetic referees. Even though I truly >believe EC proposals are much of a lottery , it seems we got the balance >between realism and hype about right. >The only real fly in the ointment is the remark about the sea level (WP5) >i.e. that it "is not needed"! We will not concede this without a fight. I >think it is possible to argue strongly for its inclusion - >on the basis of 1,scientific value/public concern 2, timeliness and >efficiency (given current work such as HOLSMEER , and ongoing synergy >with work underway such as at the Hadley Centre), and 3, associated value >for money and leveraging of results for limited funding that arise out of >1 and 2. >Partner 4 please see the remarks relating to your costs, and comment please. >At this point my intention would be to go into contract negotiations >intending to hold out for NO REDUCTION in the award. While nothing is >certain , this overall mark must strongly suggest we have a reasonable >case on the basis of scientific merit and cost effectiveness . At the >moment though, we can all reasonably allow ourselves some muted congratulation. > >-- >Professor Keith Briffa, >Climatic Research Unit >University of East Anglia >Norwich, NR4 7TJ, U.K. > >Phone: +44-1603-593909 >Fax: +44-1603-507784 > >http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/people/briffa/ Best regards Tim Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\SOAPpage1.gif" Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\SOAPpage2.gif" Dr Timothy J Osborn | phone: +44 1603 592089 Senior Research Associate | fax: +44 1603 507784 Climatic Research Unit | e-mail: t.osborn@uea.ac.uk School of Environmental Sciences | web-site: University of East Anglia __________| http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/~timo/ Norwich NR4 7TJ | sunclock: UK | http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/~timo/sunclock.htm