cc: rbattarb@geog.ucl.ac.uk, K.Briffa@uea.ac.uk, jacques-louis.2-beaulieu@VMESA12.U-3MRS.FR, beaulieu@dialup.francenet.fr, gex012@coventry.ac.uk, WME@WPO.NERC.AC.UK, fellous@medias1.cst.cnes.fr, joel.guiot@VMESA12.U-3MRS.FR, lakes@dungbeatle.planteco.lu.se, lakes@dungbeatle.planteco.lu.se, E.Gibert-Massault@iaea.org, Stephen.Juggins@newcastle.ac.uk, s.kroe@uni-koeln.de, Stein.Lauritzen@geol.uib.no, s.leroy@qub.ac.uk, magri@uniroma1.it, jan.mangerud@geol.uib.no, fmitchll@sun1.tcd.ie, neg@gfz-potsdam.de, matti.saarnisto@gsf.fi, bmueller@geo.unibe.ch, paul.sinclair@arkeologi.uu.se, seret@page.ucl.ac.be, F.A.Street-Perrott@swansea.ac.uk, Michael.Talbot@geol.uib.no, fabio@boigm2.igm.bo.cnr.it, vanj@geo.vu.nl, oldfield@pageigbp.unibe.ch date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 16:46:46 +0100 from: gasse@geol.u-psud.fr ( françoise gasse) subject: EUROPEP failure to: daniel@erdw.ethz.ch Daer all, 1- EUROPEP FAILURE. I am sorry. I was waiting for the official information from Bruxelles, that I received today, about the failure of our EUROPEP concerted action proposal.The reviewers were unconvinced about the usefullness and/or the efficiency of a pluriproxy data base. The marks given at Stage 1 were not too bad, but those of stage 2 (i:European dimension and added EU value; iii) Economic, societal and enviornmental benefits or risks; iv) relevance and contribution to Union policies) were relatievly very low........... I can of course send the details of the report by mail on request. So, I have just to thank you for your enthousiasm and your help concerning the died EUROPEP 2. A PEP III-brochureincluding the BIERVILLE WORKSHOP REPORT. I was also waiting for the EU results to finalize the report; the presentation and conclusions would have been different... .In attachement, you will find the draft, that Frank Oldfield and I have worked on. Every suggestions, additions, corrections will be welcome.. It is still time to add a short abstract on your field research if not done...It should help to sail PEP III elsewhere.... Sorry for disturbing you again but: THE URGENT QUESTION IS ILLUSTRATIVE MATERIAL. MAY I RENEW MY REQUEST FOR GOOD ILLUSTRATIONS: photographies, graphs.... preferentially by e-mail in PICT or TIFF format (scanned photographies). It is still time to add a short abstract on your field research if not done (I did not receive so many....). The report must be achieved by August 20 for publication in 1997. Thanks again to all of you Yours Francoise Francoise Gasse URA CNRS 723- Laboratoire d'hydrologie et geochimie isotopique Bat 504 - Universite PARIS XI - 91405 ORSAY FRANCE tel : 33 (0) 1 69 15 67 56 - Fax : 33 (0) 1 69 15 49 32 ou 49 17 e-mail: gasse@geol.u-psud.fr