date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 10:31:10 -0000 from: "Janice Darch" subject: Re: RE: Your renewal proposal to: "Phil Jones" HI Phil, This is worrying in terms of staff contracts . Do you have any other funding for David Lister? If not I must start redundancy proceedings ,which I'm loathe to do but I am also duty bound to do. Janice _____________________________________________________________________________ Dr J. P. Darch Research Manager School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ UK Tel :+44 (0)1603 592994 Mobile:+44 (0)7796932595 Fax: +44 (0)1603 592535 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Jones" To: ; Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 9:28 AM Subject: Fwd: RE: Your renewal proposal > > Janice, Clare, > Here's the latest news on the USDoE renewal. I'll > be seeing Anjuli in the US the week of March 11-13 so > will check again then. > > Not sure what the language means below. > > Cheers > Phil > >>X-Server-Uuid: 87BB9E4A-4151-4022-A858-5442C0A5AC6D >>Subject: RE: Your renewal proposal >>Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 16:25:43 -0500 >>X-MS-Has-Attach: >>X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: >>Thread-Topic: Your renewal proposal >>Thread-Index: AcdKDXgE0lVxII8yReKWaFU9SGWSqgAA8phg >>From: "Bamzai, Anjuli" >>To: "Phil Jones" >>X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Feb 2007 21:25:43.0620 (UTC) >> FILETIME=[5BBD4040:01C74A35] >>X-WSS-ID: 69D62DDD2C41056565-01-01 >>X-UEA-Spam-Score: 0.0 >>X-UEA-Spam-Level: / >>X-UEA-Spam-Flag: NO >> >>Phil, >> >>Things are moving, but slowly. The house approved an omnibus >>appropriation, still awaiting the Senate approval. House mark for DOE is >>couple hundred million less than the President's budget. Don't know >>final numbers yet. >> >>The current CR ends Feb 15. If we have an appropriations by then, we >>will have a DOE FY 07 budget, however it will take time before it >>trickles down to program budgets. >> >>Regarding the status of your proposal, it now lies in Chicago >>Operations. They have the final expending authority. All we program >>managers do is recommend an award be made. Right now Chicago is waiting >>for the CR to be lifted. My recommendation lies in the queue there. It >>may take a while for things to straighten, even after the CR is lifted. >> >>There is a 90-day pre-award spending that Univ of East Anglia might >>grant you at their discretion, but given the uncertainty in start date, >>not sure they will be inclined to do so since it's not clear action on >>this will be completed within the next 90 days. >> >>I wish I could be more helpful. Feb 15 we will know if the CR is >>continued (further delay at Chicago) or we have appropriations >>(translating to program budgets and Chicago acting on pending action >>items). >> >>It'll be nice to get first-hand impression of the Paris meeting from >>you, perhaps at the IDAG next month. I watched on C-SPAN and recognized >>faces. >> >>Anjuli >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Phil Jones [mailto:p.jones@uea.ac.uk] >>Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 11:16 AM >>To: Bamzai, Anjuli >>Subject: Re: Your renewal proposal >> >> >> >> Anjuli, >> I heard whilst in Paris last week, that some parts of the US >> Depts will soon be off continuing resolution including DoE. >> Is this correct? If so when do you reckon you might be able >> to issue a new contract? >> >> I hope you are all pleased with the IPCC outcome. Those of >> us there were very happy, even if completely exhausted at the >> end of the week. The US wasn't the problem - concerns mainly >> came from China. >> >> Best Regards >> >> Phil >> >> >>At 00:55 16/12/2006, you wrote: >> >Phil, >> > >> >Thanks to your email response to the reviewer concerns. I believe you >> >have given careful consideration to the issues raised by them. I'm >> >recommending an award at the requested level. I look forward to >> >continued contributions to CCPP from your team. >> > >> >There is further processing and approvals that need to take place. I'm >> >going to be on annual leave Dec 18-Jan 12, so I'm requesting Wanda to >> >keep the paperwork moving.(Thanks Wanda, file is in Karen's inbox). >> > >> >We are still on Continuing Resolution and don't have FY 07 program >> >budgets yet. We don't expect to receive these in the near future. I >> >hope this will not affect renewals. I'm not sure what an extended CR >> >implies. >> > >> >Happy holiday season and best wishes for the new year. >> > >> >Anjuli >> >>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 >>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>---- > > 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------