<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><div>Please get involved.</div><div>NG</div><div><br></div></div><div>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> marta sanz-solé <<a href="mailto:marta.sanz@ub.edu">marta.sanz@ub.edu</a>><br><b>Date:</b> November 1, 2010 7:24:29 PDT<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:birs-director@birs.ca"><a href="mailto:birs-director@birs.ca">birs-director@birs.ca</a></a><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Fwd: ESI Appeal</b><br><br></div></blockquote><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Dear Nassif,<div><br></div><div>I hope all is well with you.<br><div><br></div><div>Please look at the message below.</div><div>These are very bad news for mathematicians no only</div><div>in Europe but everywhere. Many researchers have</div><div>benefitted form the scientific activities organized by ESI.</div><div><br></div><div>The EMS is organizing a broad response to the Austrian</div><div>Minister of Science and Research to this catastrophe.</div><div>Could you please help us with this? A short letter will be</div><div>very much appreciated.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance for your collaboration.</div><div><br></div><div>With best wishes,</div><div><br></div><div>Marta</div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#000000" style="font: 13.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Helvetica">Klaus Schmidt <<a href="mailto:klaus.schmidt@univie.ac.at"><a href="mailto:klaus.schmidt@univie.ac.at">klaus.schmidt@univie.ac.at</a></a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#000000" style="font: 13.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Helvetica">1 November 2010 11:45:09 GMT+01:00</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#000000" style="font: 13.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Helvetica">Undisclosed-recipients: <>;</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#000000" style="font: 13.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Helvetica"><b>ESI Appeal</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><div>Dear Colleague,<br><br>On Monday, October 25, 2010, the Erwin Schroedinger Institute (ESI) was informed -- without prior warning -- that its funding by the Austrian Ministry of Science will be terminated with effect from January 1, 2011.<br><br>The reason given for this decision was a 'radical structural change in the consolidation of Austrian extrauniversity research', apparently affecting more than 100 scientific institutions in Austria.<br><br>As it stands, this decision means that the ESI will have to terminate its activities in early 2011.<br><br>It may not be too late to reverse this step, but time is running short.<br><br>If you wish to express support for continued funding (and, indeed, existence) of the ESI we ask you to communicate urgently your views to the minister responsible:<br><br>Dr. Beatrix Karl<br>Federal Minister of Science and Research<br>Minoritenplatz 5, A-1014 Vienna<br>Telephone: +43 1 53 120-0<br>Email: <a href="mailto:beatrix.karl@bmwf.gv.at"><a href="mailto:beatrix.karl@bmwf.gv.at">beatrix.karl@bmwf.gv.at</a></a><br><br>Yours sincerely,<br><br>Joachim Schwermer (Scientific Director, ESI)<br>Jabob Yngvason (Scientific Director, ESI)<br>Klaus Schmidt (President, ESI)<br><br>---------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Erwin Schroedinger Institute <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Tel: +43-1-4277 28282 <br>Boltzmanngasse 9 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Fax: +43-1-4277 28299 <br>A-1090 Vienna, Austria <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> www: <a href="http://www.esi.ac.at"><a href="http://www.esi.ac.at">http://www.esi.ac.at</a></a><br>---------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></div></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Marta Sanz-Solé</div><div>Facultat de Matemàtiques</div><div>Universitat de Barcelona</div><div>Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 585</div><div>E-08007 Barcelona</div><div>phone (office): +34 934021655</div><div>cell phone: +34 646440759</div><div><a href="http://www.mat.ub.es/~sanz"><a href="http://www.mat.ub.es/~sanz">http://www.mat.ub.es/~sanz</a></a></div><div><br></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div></div></blockquote></body></html>