date: Fri Aug 18 12:51:14 2006 from: Keith Briffa subject: request for "continued" collaboration to: Colin.Prentice@bristol.ac.uk 18 August 2006 Colin, Despite our best efforts the NERC application we submitted on the Process-Based Standardisation fell at the first hurdle. To be frank, I was not at all happy with the comments but I know how futile it is to argue. I submitted a similar outline proposal to the Leverhulme Trust and this got through the initial screening. I am now submitting the full proposal and I am hoping you will agree again to be named as a collaborator. Ben Smith has agreed to do likewise. I attach the proposal and summary as requested by Leverhulme. The request boils down to one for salary for Tom Melvin plus a little travel money to visit yourself and Ben (and one Austrian collaborator). I am convinced that this work will be significant for dendroclimatology and very likely be of value for tree-growth modelling studies, hence my determination to continue pursuing this. I know you are very busy so I hope you will not mind if I take the liberty of assuming you are willing to agree to this request, unless I hear from you to the contrary. Very best wishes and thanks, -- 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/