Dear All

Further to my request for feedback (and Sotira's), here's some thoughts from
Francisco - it looks like the basis of an AAE contribution.

Regards

Robert

Dr Robert Massey
Royal Observatory
Greenwich
London SE10 9NF
Tel: +44 (0)20 8312 6735
Fax: +44 (0)20 8312 6734
www.rog.nmm.ac.uk


Hi Robert,

Just wondering if the AAE is planning to send a contribution for the
consultation process. I think it will be very important. Please let me
know, deadline next week. This is what to do:


HOW TO RESPOND
7.2 The consultation period will begin on 22 March 2006 and run for 12
weeks until 16 June 2006. Please ensure that your response reaches us by
that date. Please send responses to this consultation document to:
Science Consultation
c/o Fiona Mackay
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Office of Science and Technology
1 Victoria Street
London SW1H 0ET
Tel. (+44) (0) 207 215 5689
Fax (+44) (0) 207 251 3830
Email: scienceconsultation@...

cheers

francisco


PS below the one I am sending myself, which I copied to you before.

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On Wed, 17 May 2006, Francisco Diego wrote:

>
> Hi Robert,
>
> I hope we can do something about this problem....
>
> Apart from serious concerns about the proposed dilution of PPARC sciences
> into larger organisations and, more important, the danger of splitting the
> funding of facilities from the grants to run them and to support
> fundamental research and teaching, there is an important potential loss.
>
> One of my main concerns is the future of PPARC's excellent and imaginative
> programme of science, the public and schools, that has been growing for
> many years. With dozens of wall charts, magazines, posters, a variety of
> awards, fellowships, etc, PPARC's Science and Society programme has been
> extremely successful in exciting the young minds and the general public by
> addressing the fundamental questions about the origin and destiny of
> everything around us, including ourselves and the amazing ways in which
> the human mind is dealing and even answering some of these questions,
> specially in recent times.
>
> Ideally, the structure and the people behind the production of such a
> valuable contribution to society should be, not changed, but enhanced and
> encouraged.
>
> I am attending the IoP Meeting in June the 14th. Are you?
>
> Best wishes
>
> Francisco Diego
>

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