The newsletter could be improved as follows: - Under the heading "a new approach", explain how the new approach aligns with the recently GRA-IRG harmonized approach paper and the "related project" which is now described under the heading "how could you be involved" (the heading should possibly read: 'How you might be involved").
- Page 2: propose to change "to determine any change in soil carbon across different broad land uses and management regimes", to :"  to determine any change in soil carbon across different from the aforementioned five broad land uses and management regimes"
- Integrate paragraph on page 2 "The monitoring system ......using consistent methods", under the heading "a new approach" to reduce repetition.
- Under the heading " how you might be involved", integrate the sentence "This initiative will provide defensible data for national and international reporting on whether and how soil carbon stocks in New Zealand are changing" , with something like " This initiative will not only provide improved data for.... , but also ... " and include something about the practical and managerial implications/advantages at farm level, so people will actually be happy to give you permission to sample....