Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to request information under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please can you provide me with the minutes of all meetings of the
Russell Group of Universities taking place on or after 1 January
2007.

Yours faithfully,

John Cross

Dear Mr Cross

Thank you for your enquiry which was received on 14 July 2008. You ask for copies of the minutes of all the meetings of the Russell Group of Universities since 1 January 2007.

It should be noted that The Russell Group of Universities is a company limited by guarantee.

Please can you re-phrase your question and thus clarify what information you are requesting. Are you asking for information relating to the limited company and if so, please can you confirm what types of information you looking for?

Please note we are not able to process your request further without this clarification.

Yours sincerely

FOIA
The University of Birmingham

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Dear FOI, I am writing to clarify my request of 14 July 2008. I
would like to receive a copy of all minutes held by the University
of meetings called or administered by the Russell Group of
Universities ("Russell Group") for the specified period.

As you stated this organisation is a limited company. Any minutes
of general meetings (including annual general meetings) of the
company or meetings of the company's directors, managers or staff
would fall within my request. The request would also include
minutes of meetings of the universities in the Russell Group to
discuss Russell Group policy.

To answer your questions:

(1) yes, I am requesting information relating to the limited
company.

(2) The types of information I am looking for are the contents of
minutes of meetings for the period specified in my request.

Please acknowledge receipt and confirm that the clarification
provided is sufficient to process my request further.

Many thanks,

John

Dear Sir or Madam, Please could you look into my request. It would
appear that the legal deadline was 15 August 2008.

Yours sincerely,

John Cross

Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to ask for an internal review of
the handling of my Freedom of Information request for minutes of
Russell Group meetings. Please acknowledge receipt.

Yours sincerely,

John Cross

Dear Mr Cross

Thank you for your email dated 17 July 2008 clarifying the nature of your request for information. I am sorry that due to staff absences the response to your request has been delayed.

I am in the process of checking within the University for the sources of information covered by your request and will respond in more detail as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely

FOIA
The University of Birmingham

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