From: "Alex Haxeltine" <Alex.Haxeltine@uea.ac.uk>
To: "Armin Haas" <haas@pik-potsdam.de>, "Alexander Wokaun" <wokaun@psi.ch>, "Anco Lankreijer" <lana@geo.vu.nl>, "Andrew Jordan" <a.jordan@uea.ac.uk>, "Antoni Rosell" <antoni.rosell@uab.es>, "Antonio Navarra" <navarra@ingv.it>, Asbjørn Torvanger <asbjorn.torvanger@cicero.uio.no>, <baldur.eliasson@ch.abb.com>, Benito Müller <benito.mueller@philosophy.oxford.ac.uk>, "Bert Metz" <bert.metz@rivm.nl>, <bhare@ams.greenpeace.org>, "Brian O'Neill" <oneill@iiasa.ac.at>, "Carlo Carraro" <ccarraro@unive.it>, "Carlo Jaeger" <carlo.jaeger@pik-potsdam.de>, "Catherine Boemare" <boemare@centre-cired.fr>, "Christian Azar" <frtca@fy.chalmers.se>, "Christian Flachsland" <christian.flachsland@pik-potsdam.de>, "Christos Giannakopoulos" <cgiannak@meteo.noa.gr>, "Claudia Kemfert" <kemfert@uni-oldenburg.de>, "Daniel Droste" <d.droste@consultants.mvv.de>, "Eberhard Jochem" <eberhard.jochem@isi.fhg.de>, "Eberhard Jochem" <jochem@cepe.mavt.ethz.ch>, "Elas Hunfeld" <els.hunfeld@falw.vu.nl>, "Felicity Thomas" <ft@ier.uni-stuttgart.de>, "Ferenc Toth" <toth@iiasa.ac.at>, "Francis Johnson" <francis.johnson@sei.se>, "Frank Thomalla" <frank.thomalla@pik-potsdam.de>, "Fred Langeweg" <Fred.Langeweg@rivm.nl>, "Gary Yohe" <gyohe@wesleyan.edu>, <gberz@munichre.com>, "Gernot Klepper" <gklepper@ifw.uni-kiel.de>, "HALLEGATTE Stephane" <Stephane.Hallegatte@lmd.jussieu.fr>, "Harald Bradke" <hb@isi.fhg.de>, "Heike Zimmermann-Timm" <heike.zimmermann-timm@pik-potsdam.de>, "Helga Kromp-Kolb" <kromp-ko@tornado.boku.ac.at>, "Henning Jappe" <h.jappe@consultants.mvv.de>, "Henning Niemeyer" <h.niemeyer@consultants.mvv.de>, "Henry Neufeldt" <neufeldt@ife-le.de>, "Herve Le Treut" <letreut@lmd.ens.fr>, "Jaap C. Jansen" <j.jansen@ecn.nl>, "Jan Rotmans" <j.Rotmans@icis.unimaas.nl>, "Jean Palutikof" <j.palutikof@uea.ac.uk>, "Jean-Charles Hourcade" <hourcade@centre-cired.fr>, "Jeroen van der Sluijs" <j.p.vandersluijs@chem.uu.nl>, "Joan David Tabara" <jdtabara@terra.es>, "John Schellnhuber" <h.j.schellnhuber@uea.ac.uk>, "John Turnpenny" <j.turnpenny@uea.ac.uk>, "Jon Hovi" <jon.hovi@stv.uio.no>, Jonathan Köhler <j.kohler@uea.ac.uk>, <juergen.engelhard@rwerheinbraun.com>, Jürgen Kurths <jkurths@agnild.uni-potsdam.de>, Jürgen Kurths <juergen@lenne.agnld.uni-potsdam.de>, "Katrin Gerlinger" <Katrin.Gerlinger@pik-potsdam.de>, Klaus Böswald <klaus.boeswald@factorag.ch>, "Klaus Hasselmann" <klaus.hasselmann@dkrz.de>, "Kornelis Block" <K.Blok@chem.uu.nl>, "Leen Hordijk" <hordijk@iiasa.ac.at>, "Lennart Olsson" <lennart.olsson@miclu.lu.se>, "Liudmila Romaniuk" <Romaniuk@mail.lanck.net>, "Marco Berg" <marco.berg@factorag.ch>, "Marcus Lindner" <Marcus.Lindner@efi.fi>, "Marina Fischer-Kowalski" <marina.fischer-kowalski@univie.ac.at>, "Marjan Minnesma" <Marjan.Minnesma@ivm.vu.nl>, "Mark Rounsevell" <rounsevell@geog.ucl.ac.be>, "Martin Claussen" <Martin.Claussen@pik-potsdam.de>, "Martin Kaltschmitt" <kaltschmitt@ife-le.de>, "Martin Parry" <martin.parry@uea.ac.uk>, "martin.welp" <martin.welp@pik-potsdam.de>, "Mike Hulme" <m.hulme@uea.ac.uk>, "Monika Ritt" <Monika.ritt@falw.vu.nl>, "MVV C&E Berlin Tom Mansfield" <mansfield@euweb.de>, "MVV C&E Hanan Abdul-Rida" <h.abdulrida@consultants.mvv.de>, "Nakicenovic" <naki@iiasa.ac.at>, "Neil Adger" <n.adger@uea.ac.uk>, Niklas Höhne <n.hoehne@ecofys.de>, "Ola Johannessen" <ola.johannessen@nersc.no>, "Ottmar Edenhofer" <Ottmar.Edenhofer@pik-potsdam.de>, "Pal Prestrud" <prestrud@cicero.uio.no>, Pål Prestrud <pal.prestrud@cicero.uio.no>, "Pavel Kabat" <P.Kabat@Alterra.wag-ur.nl>, "Philippe Ambrosi" <ambrosi@centre-cired.fr>, "Pier Vellinga" <pier.vellinga@falw.vu.nl>, "Pier Vellinga" <vell@geo.vu.nl>, "Pim Martens" <P.Martens@icis.unimaas.nl>, "Reinhard G. Budich" <budich@dkrz.de>, "Renaud Crassous" <crassous@centre-cired.fr>, "Richard Klein" <Richard.Klein@pik-potsdam.de>, "Rik Leemans" <rik.leemans@rivm.nl>, "Roger Kasperson" <roger.kasperson@sei.se>, "Rupert Klein" <Rupert.Klein@pik-potsdam.de>, "S.E. van der Leeuw" <vanderle@wanadoo.fr>, "S.E. van der Leeuw" <vanderle@mae.u-paris10.fr>, "Saleemul Huq" <saleemul.huq@iied.org>, "Sebastian Gallehr" <gallehr@e5.org>, "Simone Ullrich" <SU@ier.uni-stuttgart.de>, <SSinger@wwfepo.org>, "Stephane Hallegatte" <hallegatte@centre-cired.fr>, "Sybille van den Hove" <s.vandenhove@terra.es>, "Tim O'Riordan" <t.oriordan@uea.ac.uk>, "Tobias Kampet" <t.kampet@consultants.mvv.de>, "Tom Downing" <tom.downing@sei.se>, "Tom Kram" <Tom.Kram@rivm.nl>, "Tony Patt" <tonypatt@pik-potsdam.de>, "V.K. Dochenko" <donchenkovk@mail.ru>, "Wim Turkenburg" <W.C.Turkenburg@chem.uu.nl>, "Wolfgang Cramer" <Wolfgang.Cramer@pik-potsdam.de>, "Wolfgang Lucht" <Wolfgang.Lucht@pik-potsdam.de>
Subject: Re: AMS proposal
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 17:36:46 -0000



   Dear Colleagues,


   In the email from Armin Haas (signed by Carlo and Klaus) on 5th March, we were informed
   that a strategy committee and a research committee had been formed; with the latter being
   primarily responsible for the preparation of the proposal.


   WE NOW HAVE ONLY 20 WORKING DAYS LEFT UNTIL THE PROPOSAL HAS TO BE SUBMITTED!!!

   And while I am aware and involved in a number of parallel activities addressing the writing
   of text for specific work domains and work packages, I have not received any formal
   communication about what role is expected of me as a member of the research committee (that
   has primary responsibility for the preparation of the proposal).


   Needless to say I find this extremely worrying, and suggest that we URGENTLY need
   clarification about 1) exactly what the research committee should do; 2) how it should do
   it; 3) what responsibility for making decisions this committee will have/how it should
   liaise with the strategy committee.


   It seems clear that in order to finalize an overall project structure we will need to meet
   face-to-face for at least 36 hours, and that this needs to happen with the utmost urgency.
   I have made a provisional booking of a facility very near Stanstead airport in the UK for
   next Monday and Tuesday (17th and 18th March), and offer this as a possible time and place
   to meet; but am of course open to other suggestions. I would imagine that in addition to
   the research committee assigned so far, we would need to co-opt the writers of several of
   the work packages and the work domains leaders for the purpose of this meeting.


   With warm regards and the utmost sense of urgency,


   Alex Haxeltine


   Dr Alexander Haxeltine
   International Science Co-ordinator
   Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
   School of Environmental Sciences
   University of East Anglia
   Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK


   Tel: +44 1603 593902
   Fax: +44 1603 593901
   Website: [1]http://www.tyndall.ac.uk

References

   1. http://www.tyndall.ac.uk/

