From	Michael E. Mann	Date	Thu, 6 May 1999 13:48:25 -0400 (EDT)
To	Phil Jones
CC	Keith Briffa, Malcolm K. Hughes, ray bradley, Tim Osborn
Subject	Re: Straight to the Point
HI Phil, Thanks for your message. I'm with you 100%, and honestly am very much looking forward to moving towards close collaboration between us. I've already talked a bit w/ Tim about those plans and the possibility of him spending some time in Charlottesville, etc. Will be in touch w/ you guys soon about trying to solidify some of these plans... Yes, I will be in the Lion's den, so to speak. Not sure how much must stands behind his roar though...We do have to deal w/ the skeptics here somewhat directly. At least, to the extent that I do presentations on capitol hill for USGCRP (I do one w/ Jim Hansen and Malcolm on the 17th of this month), I'm a bit in the fray. Mostly, though, I've been trying to help Mike McCracken and company behind the scenes. We all know what happens when a U.S. scientists becomes a thorn in the side of big business... Anyways, I'm really happy that the air is cleared. More soon, mike _______________________________________________________________________ Michael E. Mann ________Current_____________________________Starting Fall 1999_________ Adjunct Assistant Professor | Assistant Professor Department of Geosciences | Dept. of Environmental Sciences Morrill Science Center | Clark Hall University of Massachusetts | University of Virginia Amherst, MA 01003 | Charlottesville, VA 22903 _________________________________|_____________________________________ e-mail: mann@geo.umass.edu; memann@titan.oit.umass.edu (attachments) Phone: (413) 545-9573 FAX: (413) 545-1200 http://www.geo.umass.edu/climate/mike