date: Fri Jul 30 12:30:37 2004 from: Mike Hulme subject: Re: Odd phone call to: Phil Jones Phil, No - this is bona fide. We have had 2-page entries in previous COP booklets (as have lots of organisations in science, policy) although we negotiated a lower rate than the one you cite. The woman we (elaine jones) negotiated with was an ENV graduate! Mike At 16:47 27/07/2004 +0100, you wrote: Mike, Just had a very odd phone call from someone purporting to be in a UN Agency called something like 'Raising the Awareness of Climate Change'. She asked me about our research projects and then said I could take out a 2 page piece on CRU for distribution to all govts and all attendees at the COP meeting in Buenos Aires later this year. She gave me a long list of orgs. who do this - included CNRS, Uni of Berne and the Tyndall Centre ! Then said it would cost £6500 to do this ! Are you doing this? I got more alarmed when she said they expect 10K people to go to Argentina because Russia will sign Kyoto at the meeting ! Sounds like a scam. Is it? Cheers Phil 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------