Students for Carbon Divedends
| Submitted | Feb. 7, 2019 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Staff 5
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
I request correspondence, documents, and other records exchanged between representatives of Students for Carbon Dividends (https://www.facebook.com/StudentsforCarbonDividends/) and faculty at University of Houston or University of Houston's College Republicans (uofhcollegerepublicans@gmail.com) from February 1, 2018 until February 1, 2019.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Daniel Sherwood
From:
Good afternoon Mr. Sherwood,
This e-mail is in response to your Texas Public Information Act request below.
In accordance with Texas Government Code ยง 552.222, the University seeks to discuss with you how your request might be narrowed. The University would like to see if you would be willing to narrow the scope of your request to e-mail correspondences exchanged between the faculty advisor for the University of Houston's College Republicans and any representative of Students for Carbon Dividends from February 1, 2018 until February 1, 2019.
The Texas Public Information Act allows a governmental entity to charge requestors for the cost of providing copies of public information. The scope of your request is broad and may require a substantial amount of personnel time to produce this information, it will likely result in a high cost being imposed on you. The narrowing suggestion should minimize the cost of your request.
Please simply respond to this e-mail and let me know if you are willing to narrow the scope of your request in the manner suggested. The University is required to inform you that if you fail to respond to this e-mail seeking to narrow the scope of your request within 61 days, your request will be considered withdrawn.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Regards,
Cecilia Alvarez
Assistant General Counsel
University of Houston System
4302 University Drive
Suite 311 Ezekiel W. Cullen Building
Houston, Texas 77204-2028
Direct: (713) 743-6319
Fax: 713-743-9179
Notice: Unless otherwise specifically indicated, the information contained in this e-mail message is an attorney-client communication and/or attorney work product and is, therefore, intended only for the review and use of the above-named person(s). If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that the sender does not waive any privilege accorded to this information, and that the recipient is strictly prohibited from any use, storage, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication. If you have received this email message in error, please immediately notify us by telephone at the number above and return the original message to us at the address above. Thank you.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Texas Public Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 7, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From:
Mr. Sherwood,
The University is in receipt of your e-mail below. Please note that I sent you the attached narrowing request on Wednesday, February 20 at 4:19 PM. Please simply respond to this attached e-mail and let me know if you are willing to narrow the scope of your request in the manner suggested. The University is required to inform you that if you fail to respond to this e-mail seeking to narrow the scope of your request within 61 day of the original narrowing request, your request will be considered withdrawn.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Regards,
Cecilia Alvarez
Assistant General Counsel
University of Houston System
4302 University Drive
Suite 311 Ezekiel W. Cullen Building
Houston, Texas 77204-2028
Direct: (713) 743-6319
Fax: 713-743-9179
Notice: Unless otherwise specifically indicated, the information contained in this e-mail message is an attorney-client communication and/or attorney work product and is, therefore, intended only for the review and use of the above-named person(s). If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that the sender does not waive any privilege accorded to this information, and that the recipient is strictly prohibited from any use, storage, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication. If you have received this email message in error, please immediately notify us by telephone at the number above and return the original message to us at the address above. Thank you.
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IR05758 Sherwood Narrowing
From: Staff 5
Ms. Alvarez:
Thank you for the correspondence, I appreciate it. I had a technical difficulty on my end.
I am withdrawing this request.
Best,
Daniel Sherwood