date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:24:38 +0000 from: Rob Wilson subject: Re: [supranet] Re: NERC Quantifying Uncertainty Sandpit to: Keith Briffa , Caitlin Buck Hi Keith, it will be interesting to see who will be playing in the sandpit!!! Rob Keith Briffa wrote: Caitlin Sorry to here this .Tim Osborn from the Climatic Research Unit also applied but unsuccessfully - really seems to me that there should be some disquiet about this process ( lack of widespread notification, obscure basis of selection criteria, and subsequent exclusion of non-participants from funding eligibility). What do others think? Keith At 14:32 23/03/2009, Caitlin Buck wrote: Dear Colleagues, This message is only of relevance to colleagues in the UK. Those who have been selected to attend the NERC Quantifying Uncertainty Sandpit should have had notification today. Unfortunately, I am not on to the list. Did any of you get a place? If so, would you be prepared to "carry the SUPRAnet flag"? Best wishes Caitlin -- Prof Caitlin E. Buck Department of Probability and Statistics University of Sheffield Hicks Building Hounsfield Road Sheffield S3 7RH Tel: +44 114 222 3715 (direct line) Tel: +44 114 222 3731 (secretary) Fax: +44 114 222 3809 -- Professor Keith Briffa, Climatic Research Unit University of East Anglia Norwich, NR4 7TJ, U.K. Phone: +44-1603-593909 Fax: +44-1603-507784 [1]http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/people/briffa/ -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Rob Wilson Lecturer in Physical Geography School of Geography & Geosciences University of St Andrews St Andrews. FIFE KY16 9AL Scotland. U.K. Tel: +44 01334 463914 Fax: +44 01334 463949 [2]http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/gg/people/wilson/ ".....I have wondered about trees. They are sensitive to light, to moisture, to wind, to pressure. Sensitivity implies sensation. Might a man feel into the soul of a tree for these sensations? If a tree were capable of awareness, this faculty might prove useful. " "The Miracle Workers" by Jack Vance -----------------------------------------------------------------------