Looking forward to meeting you again.

From the Ecclesiastical Uncle, an old retired bureaucrat in a field only remotely related to climate with minimal qualifications and only half a mind.

I shall not be there which is probably a blessing for all those who will.

But will someone who is there impress upon the good lady Donna my concern that she does not allow casual mentions of the 97%, dicta by that impartial body - the IPCC, and the like, pass unopposed, even if only by a subsequent one or two word dismissal when her turn to speak comes. We don't want so eminent a witness to seem to accept these canards.

You would not want me in the pub going on and on about that, would you?

I plan to be there

I hope to be there. Not a regular commentator but have enjoyed all the posts here. 95% sure.

I'm 90% certain to be there. For those of us not "on the inside track" and who won't necessarily recognise those who are, (and who certainly won't be recognised ourselves) should we wear name tags? (sticky labels would do).

I hope to make it.

From the Ecclesiastical Uncle, an old retired bureaucrat in a field only remotely related to climate with minimal qualifications and only half a mind.

Robin Guenier,

Well, we can hope that the committee will want to investigate how widely the scientific community endorses CAGW but they may choose to investigate its nuts and bolts rather than the support the idea receives. If they take the 'investigate' course the 97% might not even get a casual mention.

I am pretty sure that very few committee member will have the patience to read through written submissions like yours and that they will base their questions on what they perceive to be pressing political concerns explicable in words of one or two syllables - "Is the world getting warmer? Does it matter? How much will it cost to stop it?"

Best of luck, though! But if they do go along these lines, casual mentions have to be enough to provoke an indignant but equally brief rebuttal. Acquiescence will not do.

There in spirit (SORREE...!) - but can't wait to see the video of her evidence....

Ok. Have got my train ticket and am coming down from Leeds. Will not have had a chance to review what Donna and co.have said and how it went down.......and what is its importance? A little, a bit, nothing? Any chance of a summary being produced and printed?- willing to pay!

Anyway, having come back from China just for a few days am looking forward too this!

Now 99% sure of being there- barring British Rail or personal accidents!

I'm perhaps getting a bit bureaucratic now but perhaps a sign in sheet "for the record"?

I have donated, but I'm in the sister expedition of rhoda's investigating the temperatures in the Gulf of Siam - actually been cold, but you get that with global warming I'm told.

Actually Richard, I've said elsewhere we could have Maxwell-Einstein-Pauli speaking for the sceptical side but the committee (chairman on £166000/annum from renewable energy companies) will find that AR5 as been too cautious with its prognostications. It's a slam dunk.