From	Edward R. Cook	Date	Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:24:05 -1000
To	Phil Jones
CC	Edward R. Cook
Subject	Re: Support letter request
Hi Phil, Thanks for this. Here is a support letter from Matt Collins that you can use as a guide on what to say. It was forwarded to me by Lowell. Cheers, Ed ================================== Dr. Edward R. Cook Doherty Senior Scholar and Director, Tree-Ring Laboratory Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Palisades, New York 10964 USA Email: drdendro@ldeo.columbia.edu Phone: 845-365-8618 Fax: 845-365-8152 ================================== On Mar 17, 2009, at 3:13 AM, Phil Jones wrote: > > Ed, > I can do this. Do you have any details of what you'd like me to > say? > Does Lowell have any in yet? > Away all next week. > > Cheers > Phil > > > At 03:09 17/03/2009, you wrote: >> Hi Phil, >> >> I wonder if you would be willing to write a letter of support for a >> fairly massive NSF Science and Technology Center (STC) proposal that >> will be submitted in mid-April. The STC would be the Center for >> Regional Decadal Climate Projections. This is a 5-year, $25 million >> dollar, effort spearheaded by Lowell Stott (Department of Earth >> Science, University of Southern California). It is multi- >> institutional >> with both climate modelers and palaeoclimatologists (including me) >> involved in an effort to develop skillful climate prediction >> capability on decadal time scales. See the attached project summary >> from the pre-proposal that was was accepted by NSF for a full >> proposal >> to be submitted. If you are willing to write a letter of support, it >> is probably best that it be written to Lowell: >> >> Dr. Lowell Stott >> Department of Earth Science >> University of Southern California >> Los Angeles, CA 90089 >> >> However, you should send the letter to me for forwarding on to >> Lowell. >> The letter emailed to me as a pdf with electronic signature works >> fine. Thanks for any help you can give me. I am happy to answer any >> questions you might have as well. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Ed >> >> ================================== >> Dr. Edward R. Cook >> Doherty Senior Scholar and >> Director, Tree-Ring Laboratory >> Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory >> Palisades, New York 10964 USA >> Email: drdendro@ldeo.columbia.edu >> Phone: 845-365-8618 >> Fax: 845-365-8152 >> ================================== >> >> >> >> Hi Phil, >> >> I wonder if you would be willing to write a letter of support for a >> fairly massive NSF Science and Technology Center (STC) proposal >> that will be submitted in mid-April. The STC would be the Center >> for Regional Decadal Climate Projections. This is a 5-year, $25 >> million dollar, effort spearheaded by Lowell Stott (Department of >> Earth Science, University of Southern California). It is multi- >> institutional with both climate modelers and palaeoclimatologists >> (including me) involved in an effort to develop skillful climate >> prediction capability on decadal time scales. See the attached >> project summary from the pre-proposal that was was accepted by NSF >> for a full proposal to be submitted. If you are willing to write a >> letter of support, it is probably best that it be written to Lowell: >> >> Dr. Lowell Stott >> Department of Earth Science >> University of Southern California >> Los Angeles, CA 90089 >> >> However, you should send the letter to me for forwarding on to >> Lowell. The letter emailed to me as a pdf with electronic signature >> works fine. Thanks for any help you can give me. I am happy to >> answer any questions you might have as well. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Ed >> >> >> ================================== >> Dr. Edward R. Cook >> Doherty Senior Scholar and >> Director, Tree-Ring Laboratory >> Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory >> Palisades, New York 10964 USA >> Email: drdendro@ldeo.columbia.edu >> Phone: 845-365-8618 >> Fax: 845-365-8152 >> ================================== > Prof. Phil Jones > Climatic Research Unit Telephone +44 (0) 1603 592090 > School of Environmental Sciences Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784 > University of East Anglia > Norwich Email p.jones@uea.ac.uk > NR4 7TJ > UK > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Phil, Thanks for this. Here is a support letter from Matt Collins that you can use as a guide on what to say. It was forwarded to me by Lowell. Cheers, Ed Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\Axel_support.doc" ================================== Dr. Edward R. Cook Doherty Senior Scholar and Director, Tree-Ring Laboratory Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Palisades, New York 10964 USA Email: [1]drdendro@ldeo.columbia.edu Phone: 845-365-8618 Fax: 845-365-8152 ================================== On Mar 17, 2009, at 3:13 AM, Phil Jones wrote: Ed, I can do this. Do you have any details of what you'd like me to say? Does Lowell have any in yet? Away all next week. Cheers Phil At 03:09 17/03/2009, you wrote: Hi Phil, I wonder if you would be willing to write a letter of support for a fairly massive NSF Science and Technology Center (STC) proposal that will be submitted in mid-April. The STC would be the Center for Regional Decadal Climate Projections. This is a 5-year, $25 million dollar, effort spearheaded by Lowell Stott (Department of Earth Science, University of Southern California). It is multi-institutional with both climate modelers and palaeoclimatologists (including me) involved in an effort to develop skillful climate prediction capability on decadal time scales. See the attached project summary from the pre-proposal that was was accepted by NSF for a full proposal to be submitted. If you are willing to write a letter of support, it is probably best that it be written to Lowell: Dr. Lowell Stott Department of Earth Science University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089 However, you should send the letter to me for forwarding on to Lowell. The letter emailed to me as a pdf with electronic signature works fine. Thanks for any help you can give me. I am happy to answer any questions you might have as well. Cheers, Ed ================================== Dr. Edward R. Cook Doherty Senior Scholar and Director, Tree-Ring Laboratory Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Palisades, New York 10964 USA Email: [2]drdendro@ldeo.columbia.edu Phone: 845-365-8618 Fax: 845-365-8152 ================================== Hi Phil, I wonder if you would be willing to write a letter of support for a fairly massive NSF Science and Technology Center (STC) proposal that will be submitted in mid-April. The STC would be the Center for Regional Decadal Climate Projections. This is a 5-year, $25 million dollar, effort spearheaded by Lowell Stott (Department of Earth Science, University of Southern California). It is multi-institutional with both climate modelers and palaeoclimatologists (including me) involved in an effort to develop skillful climate prediction capability on decadal time scales. See the attached project summary from the pre-proposal that was was accepted by NSF for a full proposal to be submitted. If you are willing to write a letter of support, it is probably best that it be written to Lowell: Dr. Lowell Stott Department of Earth Science University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089 However, you should send the letter to me for forwarding on to Lowell. The letter emailed to me as a pdf with electronic signature works fine. Thanks for any help you can give me. I am happy to answer any questions you might have as well. Cheers, Ed ================================== Dr. Edward R. Cook Doherty Senior Scholar and Director, Tree-Ring Laboratory Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Palisades, New York 10964 USA Email: [3]drdendro@ldeo.columbia.edu Phone: 845-365-8618 Fax: 845-365-8152 ================================== Prof. Phil Jones Climatic Research Unit Telephone +44 (0) 1603 592090 School of Environmental Sciences Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784 University of East Anglia Norwich Email [4]p.jones@uea.ac.uk NR4 7TJ UK ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- References 1. mailto:drdendro@ldeo.columbia.edu 2. mailto:drdendro@ldeo.columbia.edu 3. mailto:drdendro@ldeo.columbia.edu 4. mailto:p.jones@uea.ac.uk