date: Mon, 12 May 2008 13:17:15 +0100 from: Keith Briffa subject: Proposed alternative response to Holland letter to: M.Mcgarvie@uea.ac.uk,David.Palmer@uea.ac.uk,t.osborn@uea.ac.uk, Phil Jones Dear Michael, David,Tim, and Phil attached , as promised , are the original letter from David Holland to myself, along with two alternative responses. I am waiting comments from Phil , but both myself and Tim lean towards showing some degree of apparent cooperation by sending the longer ,detailed response. Tim is forwarding the combined responses from our collaborators/co-authors regarding our earlier message asking their opinion were we to send copies of their correspondence with regard to Holland's FOIA request. You will see that they are universally opposed. Please also see the message from Susan Solomon (via Tim), copying her response to John Mitchell's message related to Holland's earlier request to him. The FOIA request is , I know, separate from the issue of the specific list of questions from Holland of me, but we must also consider whether my decision to send one or other of the alternative responses will influence our decision of how to respond to the FOI request. My interpretation of Susan's message (though originally drafted in response to John Mitchell - a review editor rather than a lead author of the IPCC) is that she would consider the shorter response appropriate. If I sent this it would certainly not be considered sufficient to negate the FOIA request. I would value your opinion as to the best course of action to take ,i.e. which letter - or indeed neither - from here on. regards Keith -- Professor Keith Briffa, Climatic Research Unit University of East Anglia Norwich, NR4 7TJ, U.K. Phone: +44-1603-593909 Fax: +44-1603-507784 http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/people/briffa/ Attachment Converted: "c:\documents and settings\tim osborn\my documents\eudora\attach\KRB letter to DavidHolland- Version2 - 12.05.08.doc" Attachment Converted: "c:\documents and settings\tim osborn\my documents\eudora\attach\KRB letter to DavidHolland- Version1 - 12.05.08.doc" Attachment Converted: "c:\documents and settings\tim osborn\my documents\eudora\attach\Hollandrequest1.pdf"