cc: Eystein Jansen , Jonathan Overpeck , David Rind , rahmstorf@ozean-klima.de, Bette Otto-Bleisner , cddhr@giss.nasa.gov, joos , "Ricardo Villalba" , Susan Solomon , Jouzel@dsm-mail.saclay.cea.fr, Valerie Masson-Delmotte , Dominique Raynaud , jean-claude.duplessy@lsce.cnrs-gif.fr, john.f.mitchell@metoffice.gov.uk, dolago@uonbi.ac.ke, peltier@atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca, rramesh@prl.res.in, olgasolomina@yandex.ru, derzhang@msn.com date: Fri, 9 May 2008 12:57:43 -0700 from: Jonathan Overpeck subject: Re: request for all correspondence related to IPCC to: Tim Osborn Dear Tim, Keith and Colleagues: I'm sorry to hear that you are been asked to go beyond the IPCC process that we agreed to when we began our involvement with the IPCC AR4. This process was set up in an intergovernmental context, and was designed to be open and transparent. There was no agreement to share email beyond the original senders and recipients. Thus, please do not share any of my email correspondence with you without my prior approval. With regard to your questions, please see my responses below in BOLD. >(i) whether you have any concerns if we were to release any emails >etc. that you may have sent to us (it is entirely possible that any >correspondence that we release may be posted on certain websites); I DO NOT APPROVE OF ANY RELEASE OF ANY EMAIL IN WHICH I WAS EITHER THE SENDER OR RECIPIENT. > >(ii) whether you or your institutions have received similar requests; I DO NOT KNOW OF ANY SIMILAR REQUEST. > >(iii) and, if you have received similar requests, what your response >has been / will be. I DO NOT CONSIDER IT APPROPRIATE TO SHARE MATERIALS, INCLUDING EMAILS, THAT WE AGREED WOULD NOT BE SHARED AS PART OF THE IPCC INTERGOVERNMENTAL PROCESS. Best of luck, Peck -- Jonathan T. Overpeck Director, Institute for the Study of Planet Earth Professor, Department of Geosciences Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences Mail and Fedex Address: Institute for the Study of Planet Earth 715 N. Park Ave. 2nd Floor University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 direct tel: +1 520 622-9065 fax: +1 520 792-8795 http://www.geo.arizona.edu/dgesl/ http://www.ispe.arizona.edu/