cc: ,"Hans Teunissen" , "Stephan Bojinski" date: Tue Jun 14 11:21:26 2005 from: Phil Jones subject: Re: Certificates of Recogniton to: "Hans Teunissen" , , Hans, I am snowed under with visitors in CRU this week and with IPCC. A quick look at the certificates for both the GSN and GUAN indicates that you seem to have covered everything. I was wondering why silent stations were going to get something, but as long as the covering letter explains the three possible levels of performance then PRs should get the message about what needs to be done to improve performance. The GSN letter should include the sentence about historical data. Presumably we don't need to ask the PRs for comments on the system. If they want respond I presume they will. Cheers Phil At 08:36 14/06/2005, Hans Teunissen wrote: Dear All: Further to the AGG recommendations on Certificates of Appreciation for GSN stations, Stephan and I have pursued the details of the process and have come up with the following procedures and proposals. For GSN, there are three categories of stations that should get certificates: 1. Stations in the network lists that are silent 2. Stations that have met some of the criteria defined 3. Stations that have met all of the criteria. Attached are samples of the proposed Certificates for each category. You'll see that we have replaced the 'stars' and their definition with a simple 'tick' box which does the same thing, but in an easier (and clearer, we think) way. We have also changed the name from Cerificate of Appreciation to Certificate of Recognition, partly in response to some sentiments we got here to the effect that it seems odd to be 'appreciating' something while at the same time making it obvious that they are not doing what they are supposed to. This change also helps soften the oddity of sending certificates to stations that are silent. Furthermore, for the silent stations, you'll see we have left off the criteria entirely. These will be included in the covering letter, which will go to all relevant PRs with copies to the Focal Points. A sample letter for GSN is attached. For the GUAN, the approach will be similar. Stephan is currently using the information Tom provided to categorize all the stations. Following that, we'll have to get translations and then print and mail the batches of certificates. The total process will likely take several weeks more, given EC here for the next couple of weeks, but at least we're progressing! Please provide any comments you have on this approach and on the certificates and/or wording. Cheers, Hans (and Stephan). ================================================================= Dr. Hans W. Teunissen Tel: +41.22.730.8086 Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) Fax: +41.22.730.8052 c/o World Meteorological Organization E-mail: [1]HTeunissen@wmo.int 7 bis, Ave. de la Paix CP 2300, CH-1211 Geneva 2 Switzerland ================================================================= 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------