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Proposing Changes to Darwin Core
by Quentin Groom 13 Jun '16

13 Jun '16

Dear All, I thought I'd introduce you to an initiative I've started to make changes to the Darwin Core Standard. This seems to be relevant to the Task Group and something we could point to as a concrete outcome. For a long time I have been bothered by the definition and suggested vocabulary for the establishmentMeans field in Darwin Core ( http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/). It doesn't seem fit for purpose and conflates various concepts. For this reason I've drafted a proposal for the TDWG organisation to change Darwin Core. This involved adding a new term "origin"; changing the definition of occurenceStatus and changing the controlled vocabulary of establishmentMeans. You can read the proposal on GitHub (https://github.com/qgroom/DwC_Proposal.git), but I've also attached a version here. I really welcome your comments and I'd be happy if you want to co-propose it with me. Regards Quentin Dr. Quentin Groom (Botany and Information Technology) Botanic Garden Meise Domein van Bouchout B-1860 Meise Belgium ORCID: 0000-0002-0596-5376 <http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0596-5376> Landline; +32 (0) 226 009 20 ext. 364 FAX: +32 (0) 226 009 45 E-mail: quentin.groom(a)plantentuinmeise.be Skype name: qgroom Website: www.botanicgarden.be

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FW: DFFU_IAS - Update and preparation for next skype discussion
by Dmitry Schigel 02 Jun '16

02 Jun '16

Dear group, Seems like time zone: Berlin in our Doodle voting was not working or was not noticed. I hope, however, that we can anyhow Skype on 8/9 June at the times indicated in the attached table. Please let know in case you have problems with these dates and times. Many thanks. Best regards, Dmitry Schigel From: DFFU_IAS [mailto:dffu_ias-bounces@lists.gbif.org] On Behalf Of Dmitry Schigel Sent: 31 May 2016 00:18 To: Task Group on Data Fitness for Use in Research on Invasive Alien Species Subject: Re: [DFFU_IAS] DFFU_IAS - Update and preparation for next skype discussion Dear Melodie, Here is what I used to plan http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingtime.html?day=8&month=6&year=2… Sorry I might be lost in this and you and Shyama might be indeed on the 9 June already…. I will carefully check tomorrow – Copenhagen time ☺ Many thanks. Best regards, Dmitry Schigel From: DFFU_IAS [mailto:dffu_ias-bounces@lists.gbif.org] On Behalf Of Melodie McGeoch Sent: 31 May 2016 00:11 To: Task Group on Data Fitness for Use in Research on Invasive Alien Species Subject: Re: [DFFU_IAS] DFFU_IAS - Update and preparation for next skype discussion Dear Dmitry Having a look at the Doodle poll do you not mean the skype date to be the 6-8am on the 9th Melbourne time - this was the one ticked by all of us as possible? This might still be the 8th in other time zones. Best Melodie On 30 May 2016 at 21:34, Dmitry Schigel <dschigel(a)gbif.org<mailto:dschigel@gbif.org>> wrote: Hello all, Here are direct links on Melodie’s update below: 1. Survey draft: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AIrL5yFvG-Oj1fyGPS1h9vRbSGCt8FFKD2ZuvIC… 2. Based on votes made so far, our next Skype call will be on Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 09:00-11:00 Auckland = 07:00-09:00 Melbourne = 23:00-01:00 Moscow = 22:00-00:00 Brussels, Cape Town, Copenhagen = 16:00-18:00 Washington: http://doodle.com/poll/u53i9hmdp9pqebx3 3. Updated agenda for the coming Skype call, please add more discussion points: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TECXyiGfuhMi6PLnp55jHngc0rznkqqDqO9hMWb…<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TECXyiGfuhMi6PLnp55jHngc0rznkqqDqO9hMWb…>. If you are shy to edit the doc directly, you might like using the Commenting mode (activated under black pen icon in top right) or by making comments (see button, also top right) – same for all the other docs! 4. Here is your Google Drive folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BzrSPi8wkHZ8YTN1UUhuMnZlMDg Many thanks. Best regards, Dmitry Schigel From: DFFU_IAS [mailto:dffu_ias-bounces@lists.gbif.org<mailto:dffu_ias-bounces@lists.gbif.org>] On Behalf Of Melodie McGeoch Sent: 29 May 2016 06:21 To: Task Group on Data Fitness for Use in Research on Invasive Alien Species Subject: [DFFU_IAS] DFFU_IAS - Update and preparation for next skype discussion Dear Task Group A quick update and a few requests in preparation for our next skype discussion: 1. SURVEY: I have placed a first draft as a word document on the google drive called 'Survey structure and questions'. Please take a look at this and add comments and suggestions. It would be useful if we could finalise this during our upcoming skype discussion with a view to compiling it and sending it to our listed contacts shorty thereafter. 2. AGENDA items for skype discussion: I have suggested some below - please send any additional ones to me or Dmitry. i. Invasive species and Darwin Core- TDWG [Quentin to provide background and update] ii. Survey to GBIF users [MM to lead] iii. Summary report to GIASIP as an input into our task [MM] iv. Essential variables for invasion monitoring - background [MM] v. Scheduling of activities going forward [Dmitry] Many thanks and best wishes Melodie _______________________________________________ DFFU_IAS mailing list DFFU_IAS(a)lists.gbif.org<mailto:DFFU_IAS@lists.gbif.org> http://lists.gbif.org/mailman/listinfo/dffu_ias -- Melodie A. McGeoch Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton Campus (Bld 18, Innovation Walk, Rm 121), Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia. Tel: +61 3 99020464, Mobile: +61 (0) 499 954180, E-mail: melodie.mcgeoch(a)monash.edu<mailto:melodie.mcgeoch@monash.edu>, ISI Researcher ID F-8353-2011, Research Group website: http://melodiemcgeoch.com/ ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3388-2241

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Re: [DFFU_IAS] DFFU_IAS - Update and preparation for next skype discussion
by Dmitry Schigel 30 May '16

30 May '16

Hello all, Here are direct links on Melodie’s update below: 1. Survey draft: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AIrL5yFvG-Oj1fyGPS1h9vRbSGCt8FFKD2ZuvIC… 2. Based on votes made so far, our next Skype call will be on Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 09:00-11:00 Auckland = 07:00-09:00 Melbourne = 23:00-01:00 Moscow = 22:00-00:00 Brussels, Cape Town, Copenhagen = 16:00-18:00 Washington: http://doodle.com/poll/u53i9hmdp9pqebx3 3. Updated agenda for the coming Skype call, please add more discussion points: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TECXyiGfuhMi6PLnp55jHngc0rznkqqDqO9hMWb…. If you are shy to edit the doc directly, you might like using the Commenting mode (activated under black pen icon in top right) or by making comments (see button, also top right) – same for all the other docs! 4. Here is your Google Drive folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BzrSPi8wkHZ8YTN1UUhuMnZlMDg Many thanks. Best regards, Dmitry Schigel From: DFFU_IAS [mailto:dffu_ias-bounces@lists.gbif.org] On Behalf Of Melodie McGeoch Sent: 29 May 2016 06:21 To: Task Group on Data Fitness for Use in Research on Invasive Alien Species Subject: [DFFU_IAS] DFFU_IAS - Update and preparation for next skype discussion Dear Task Group A quick update and a few requests in preparation for our next skype discussion: 1. SURVEY: I have placed a first draft as a word document on the google drive called 'Survey structure and questions'. Please take a look at this and add comments and suggestions. It would be useful if we could finalise this during our upcoming skype discussion with a view to compiling it and sending it to our listed contacts shorty thereafter. 2. AGENDA items for skype discussion: I have suggested some below - please send any additional ones to me or Dmitry. i. Invasive species and Darwin Core- TDWG [Quentin to provide background and update] ii. Survey to GBIF users [MM to lead] iii. Summary report to GIASIP as an input into our task [MM] iv. Essential variables for invasion monitoring - background [MM] v. Scheduling of activities going forward [Dmitry] Many thanks and best wishes Melodie

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DFFU_IAS - Update and preparation for next skype discussion
by Melodie McGeoch 29 May '16

29 May '16

Dear Task Group A quick update and a few requests in preparation for our next skype discussion: 1. SURVEY: I have placed a first draft as a word document on the google drive called 'Survey structure and questions'. Please take a look at this and add comments and suggestions. It would be useful if we could finalise this during our upcoming skype discussion with a view to compiling it and sending it to our listed contacts shorty thereafter. 2. AGENDA items for skype discussion: I have suggested some below - please send any additional ones to me or Dmitry. i. Invasive species and Darwin Core- TDWG [Quentin to provide background and update] ii. Survey to GBIF users [MM to lead] iii. Summary report to GIASIP as an input into our task [MM] iv. Essential variables for invasion monitoring - background [MM] v. Scheduling of activities going forward [Dmitry] Many thanks and best wishes Melodie

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Travel authorisation forms for Task Group on Data Fitness for Use in Research on Invasive Species
by Susanne Sheldon 27 May '16

27 May '16

Dear all, I am writing to follow up on Dmitry's e-mail to your all below regarding your travel to the task group meeting in Leipzig on 9-11 July 2016. The meeting will take place in the following meeting room at iDiv: Meeting room "Red Queen" German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) 2nd floor Deutscher Platz 5E 04103 Leipzig Germany https://www.google.de/maps/place/German+Centre+for+Integrative+Biodiversity… You can find directions on how to reach the centre at: https://www.idiv.de/meta/directions.html Further information for the meeting will be sent to you closer to the meeting date. If you have not already submitted your travel authorisation form to GBIF for our approval of costs, please do so as soon as possible. I attach the GBIF travel guidelines and travel authorisation form which Dmitry also referred to in the e-mail below. I look forward to receiving your completed forms. With best regards Susanne Sheldon ........................... Susanne Sheldon HR Manager GBIF Secretariat Universitetsparken 15 2100 Copenhagen Denmark Phone: +45-35321470 Direct phone: +45-35321490 Fax: +45-35321480 e-mail: slsheldon(a)gbif.org<mailto:slsheldon@gbif.org> www.gbif.org<http://www.gbif.org/> From: Dmitry Schigel Sent: Friday, April 22, 2016 1:01 PM To: Task Group on Data Fitness for Use in Research on Invasive Alien Species Cc: Marlene Dalsgaard Nielsen; Anne Mette Nielsen; Susanne Sheldon Subject: Action time for the GBIF task group members: send your travel authorisarion forms asap. Importance: High Dear all, Apologies for the delay in my replies caused by my travels. Thanks to collaborative support from GEO BON, our task group meeting in Leipzig will be considered a closed satellite event for the GEO BON conference and will take place at iDIV<https://www.google.de/maps/place/German+Centre+for+Integrative+Biodiversity…>. Technically, it means that we will have the room for the meeting and now you need to send your travel authorization form to GBIF. iDiv will send more info re: logistics to me later. Please carefully read the GBIF travel guidelines: http://links.gbif.org/travel_guidelines.pdf The procedure is that you 1) send the travel authorization form to GBIF, as described in the guidelines 2) get confirmation from GBIF (note today is public holiday in Denmark, so you will have a reply next week), 3) buy your ticket 4) claim travel refund after the meeting as described in the guidelines. We have agreed that meeting is on 9-11 July, so our official travel dates are 8 and 12 July. You can also try to arrive on 9 July morning or leave on 11 July in the evening if that is preferred by you. Note, if you plan to come before the 8th and leave after 12th, GBIF will reimburse the costs of the ticket up to the price of the travel on original travel dates - so you need to know this price anyway, and the hotel is refunded for 8-12 July. Please send you travel forms to travel(a)gbif.org<mailto:travel@gbif.org> cc me, and after you get confirmations and buy tickets, I would also like to have flight numbers, dates and times of your plane tickets copied to me when you have those. ACCOMODATION IDEAS Previously I stayed and plan to stay at http://www.balancehotel-leipzig.de/, maybe it would be nice to be together. If this won't work, and since we are the satellite event to GEO BON, we can use their hotels and the booking code http://conf2016.geobon.org/information/accomodation/, and Melodie is planning to stay in one of those, so we can, too when we know what is it. Let's do the hotel booking after you have tickets. Best regards, Dmitry Schigel, PhD Programme Officer for Content Analysis and Use Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Secretariat Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø DENMARK T +45 35 32 14 85 G +45 30 45 02 25 E dschigel(a)gbif.org<mailto:dschigel@gbif.org> W www.gbif.org<http://www.gbif.org/> [GBIFlogoNO_TEXT_50%]

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third attempt to schdule a Skype call and missing data
by Dmitry Schigel 26 May '16

26 May '16

Hello group, Thanks to all for the recent mails and activities, and good that we are over limited availability = slow communication period. It was impossible to find a suitable time for a Skype call, so unfortunately we need to try third time. Here is the link using information in Melodie's availability http://doodle.com/poll/u53i9hmdp9pqebx3 Please vote asap, I am sorry to make you click again, but we are all busy and we need to find the day that suits all. Please update yourself with the information in our Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BzrSPi8wkHZ8YTN1UUhuMnZlMDg I remind you that a few expert names are missing from the table (Gregory, Varos, Melodie and Shyama did not reach the goal of 10 contacts yet) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Byyg7vYAqPoWCdkI_wU6PLsycQw6nq4J4ZS… You may also find it useful to check other files and docs, including latest Skype minutes. Most importantly, ideas and content need to start coming to the report draft: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FOX4m6FAF38jcuXieIVK-nuy86Jfl2hnUo4LmSB… Note, that occasional references and links I am passing by you through this mailing list are not added to the draft, as I will not co-author the report. This includes recent Kew document and other recent refs. Here is the agenda doc for the next Skype call, please contribute: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TECXyiGfuhMi6PLnp55jHngc0rznkqqDqO9hMWb… Thank you in advance. Best regards, Dmitry Schigel, PhD Programme Officer for Content Analysis and Use Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Secretariat Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø DENMARK T +45 35 32 14 85 G +45 30 45 02 25 E dschigel(a)gbif.org W www.gbif.org<http://www.gbif.org/> [GBIFlogoNO_TEXT_50%]

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FW: State of the world's plants
by Dmitry Schigel 24 May '16

24 May '16

Hello, Here comes a useful link, the report includes a section on almost 5K IA plant species, via Siro Masinde. Is it ok I am sending links and refs like that? They can easily get lost and forgotten, and I'd like to make sure you have all possible latest resources. Many thanks. Best regards, Dmitry Schigel From: Siro Masinde Sent: 23 May 2016 13:46 To: participation Cc: Donald Hobern; Tim Robertson Subject: State of the world's plants Dear all, This may be of interest to you if you have not seen it already: https://stateoftheworldsplants.com/ An 84 page synthesis of data and information on the state of the worlds plants; but also very well summarised with interactive graphics on the cover webpage. GBIF is cited as a useful data resource in carrying out global extinction risk and threat assessments. There is also a chapter on invasive alien plant species. Siro

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varia that needs attention
by Dmitry Schigel 19 May '16

19 May '16

Hello all, NEW PAPER Did you see this? http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v533/n7603/full/533321c.html COLLECTING NAMES I have also identified two more contacts for out name collection, will add them to the table directly. I have also made empty lines for the contacts you need to provide, look for your name and the yellow color here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Byyg7vYAqPoWCdkI_wU6PLsycQw6nq4J4ZS…. Would be great to fix this before we Skype at the end of May. ACTION REQUIRED Please remember to vote for Skype call http://doodle.com/poll/rdedcdxt2qg8firf (Melodie, Gregory, John) and to send the travel authorisation form<http://links.gbif.org/travel_guidelines.pdf> for your Leipzig trip (Gregory, John - form missing and Melodie - correction only). COMMUNICATION Gregory, I am not sure I am using the correct e-mail address that you check frequently - I wonder if these group e-mails and reminders reach you? Please confirm, otherwise I will try to skype or call you to make sure that communication is in order. Best regards, Dmitry Schigel, PhD Programme Officer for Content Analysis and Use Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Secretariat Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø DENMARK T +45 35 32 14 85 G +45 30 45 02 25 E dschigel(a)gbif.org W www.gbif.org<http://www.gbif.org/> [GBIFlogoNO_TEXT_50%]

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IAS Skype and tasks
by Dmitry Schigel 18 May '16

18 May '16

Hello all, As Melodie is not available before 25 May we need to find the date and time not this, but next week. I have to ask you again to fill a new doodle poll http://doodle.com/poll/rdedcdxt2qg8firf Those of you that have not yet send the travel authorization forms, please do asap, as approval is needed before you book your hotel and tickets for Leipzig Many thanks. Best regards, Dmitry Schigel From: DFFU_IAS [mailto:dffu_ias-bounces@lists.gbif.org] On Behalf Of Melodie McGeoch Sent: 05 May 2016 04:57 To: Task Group on Data Fitness for Use in Research on Invasive Alien Species Subject: Re: [DFFU_IAS] Vote, send, fill and update - a few tasks for this week Hi Dmitry I am away from 12-25th May and won't be able to easily group skype over that period unfortunately Melodie On 4 May 2016 at 23:42, Dmitry Schigel <dschigel(a)gbif.org<mailto:dschigel@gbif.org>> wrote: Dear group, Many thanks for being active and for work done so far. I send you here some reminders on what is missing still: • If you have not sent your travel authorization form as decribed in http://links.gbif.org/travel_guidelines.pdf, please do asap. I think we got those only from three of you… • Once you have the form approved, please buy your tickets to Leipzig. The lower are the costs of travel to Germany, the more is left for the second meeting. • Once you have tickets, book your hotel, please. Melodie and most likely me will be staying in Balance hotel Leipzig http://www.balancehotel-leipzig.de, perhaps it is easier with dinner and informal evening plans if we all are in the same place. Since we are the satellite event to GEO BON, we can use their hotels and the booking code http://conf2016.geobon.org/information/accomodation/ • Biographies – all done, except Gregory. Once ready, it will be used in making the GBIF news about your group: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PfD4bXdnqeFUWKpwShVESujRAI7YVr8nV-pnSlg… • Expert to contact – please try to reach the goal of locating 10 unique contacts. Some of your provided less than 10: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Byyg7vYAqPoWCdkI_wU6PLsycQw6nq4J4ZS… * Add your ideas for the work plan and for the the report straight to the google doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PEvOpbkNJq-ISpd63fkhEOB_o_wqLJBs5edaAfM… * Explore GBIF.org by using a set of dummy or real questions you ask when using the portal. Perhaps it help to have a real or imaginary IAS use in mind. Please remember to log what you do – the use, the questions, the experiences, the suggested fixes. * Next Skype call. We agreed to have the second one in May, I am back from holidays on 17 May. Please vote here http://doodle.com/poll/rdedcdxt2qg8firf or let me know if none of the slots fits your schedule. Melodie, please add if I missed something. It would be really good to have the tables, polls, docs updates by the end of this week – the sooner the better of course. Part of my task is to be a reminder wasp for you – please let me know if I become too pressy. Personally, I appreciate deadlines and reminders, hope you are ok with the current frequency? I will be on leave on 5-16 May in Moscow, but occasionally reading work mail. I will also have a meeting with Varos Petrosyan and his IAS colleagues in Russia. Many thanks. Best regards, Dmitry Schigel From: DFFU_IAS [mailto:dffu_ias-bounces@lists.gbif.org<mailto:dffu_ias-bounces@lists.gbif.org>] On Behalf Of Quentin Groom Sent: 27 April 2016 06:49 To: Task Group on Data Fitness for Use in Research on Invasive Alien Species Subject: Re: [DFFU_IAS] Action time for the GBIF task group members: send your travel authorisarion forms asap. Hi Melodie and Dmitry, I have the same problem, but found it downloads using Internet Explorer, rather than Chrome. Perhaps it would be better to convert it to a PDF, rather than a Word doc. Regards Quentin Dr. Quentin Groom (Botany and Information Technology) Botanic Garden Meise Domein van Bouchout B-1860 Meise Belgium ORCID: 0000-0002-0596-5376<http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0596-5376> Landline; +32 (0) 226 009 20 ext. 364 FAX: +32 (0) 226 009 45 E-mail: quentin.groom(a)plantentuinmeise.be<mailto:quentin.groom@plantentuinmeise.be> Skype name: qgroom Website: www.botanicgarden.be<http://www.botanicgarden.be> On 27 April 2016 at 06:43, Melodie McGeoch <melodie.mcgeoch(a)monash.edu<mailto:melodie.mcgeoch@monash.edu>> wrote: Hi Dmitry Please could you send us the travel authorisation form as an attachment - for some reason it doesn't download properly from the link. Thanks Melodie On 22 April 2016 at 21:00, Dmitry Schigel <dschigel(a)gbif.org<mailto:dschigel@gbif.org>> wrote: Dear all, Apologies for the delay in my replies caused by my travels. Thanks to collaborative support from GEO BON, our task group meeting in Leipzig will be considered a closed satellite event for the GEO BON conference and will take place at iDIV<https://www.google.de/maps/place/German+Centre+for+Integrative+Biodiversity…>. Technically, it means that we will have the room for the meeting and now you need to send your travel authorization form to GBIF. iDiv will send more info re: logistics to me later. Please carefully read the GBIF travel guidelines: http://links.gbif.org/travel_guidelines.pdf The procedure is that you 1) send the travel authorization form to GBIF, as described in the guidelines 2) get confirmation from GBIF (note today is public holiday in Denmark, so you will have a reply next week), 3) buy your ticket 4) claim travel refund after the meeting as described in the guidelines. We have agreed that meeting is on 9-11 July, so our official travel dates are 8 and 12 July. You can also try to arrive on 9 July morning or leave on 11 July in the evening if that is preferred by you. Note, if you plan to come before the 8th and leave after 12th, GBIF will reimburse the costs of the ticket up to the price of the travel on original travel dates – so you need to know this price anyway, and the hotel is refunded for 8-12 July. Please send you travel forms to travel(a)gbif.org<mailto:travel@gbif.org> cc me, and after you get confirmations and buy tickets, I would also like to have flight numbers, dates and times of your plane tickets copied to me when you have those. ACCOMODATION IDEAS Previously I stayed and plan to stay at http://www.balancehotel-leipzig.de/, maybe it would be nice to be together. If this won’t work, and since we are the satellite event to GEO BON, we can use their hotels and the booking code http://conf2016.geobon.org/information/accomodation/, and Melodie is planning to stay in one of those, so we can, too when we know what is it. Let’s do the hotel booking after you have tickets. Best regards, Dmitry Schigel, PhD Programme Officer for Content Analysis and Use Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Secretariat Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø DENMARK T +45 35 32 14 85<tel:%2B45%2035%2032%2014%2085> G +45 30 45 02 25<tel:%2B45%2030%2045%2002%2025> E dschigel(a)gbif.org<mailto:dschigel@gbif.org> W www.gbif.org<http://www.gbif.org/> [GBIFlogoNO_TEXT_50%] _______________________________________________ DFFU_IAS mailing list DFFU_IAS(a)lists.gbif.org<mailto:DFFU_IAS@lists.gbif.org> http://lists.gbif.org/mailman/listinfo/dffu_ias -- Melodie A. McGeoch Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton Campus (Bld 18, Innovation Walk, Rm 121), Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia. Tel: +61 3 99020464<tel:%2B61%203%2099020464>, Mobile: +61 (0) 499 954180<tel:%2B61%20%280%29%20499%20954180>, E-mail: melodie.mcgeoch(a)monash.edu<mailto:melodie.mcgeoch@monash.edu>, ISI Researcher ID F-8353-2011, Research Group website: http://melodiemcgeoch.com/ ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3388-2241 _______________________________________________ DFFU_IAS mailing list DFFU_IAS(a)lists.gbif.org<mailto:DFFU_IAS@lists.gbif.org> http://lists.gbif.org/mailman/listinfo/dffu_ias _______________________________________________ DFFU_IAS mailing list DFFU_IAS(a)lists.gbif.org<mailto:DFFU_IAS@lists.gbif.org> http://lists.gbif.org/mailman/listinfo/dffu_ias -- Melodie A. McGeoch Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton Campus (Bld 18, Innovation Walk, Rm 121), Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia. Tel: +61 3 99020464, Mobile: +61 (0) 499 954180, E-mail: melodie.mcgeoch(a)monash.edu<mailto:melodie.mcgeoch@monash.edu>, ISI Researcher ID F-8353-2011, Research Group website: http://melodiemcgeoch.com/ ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3388-2241

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Vote, send, fill and update - a few tasks for this week
by Dmitry Schigel 05 May '16

05 May '16

Dear group, Many thanks for being active and for work done so far. I send you here some reminders on what is missing still: · If you have not sent your travel authorization form as decribed in http://links.gbif.org/travel_guidelines.pdf, please do asap. I think we got those only from three of you… · Once you have the form approved, please buy your tickets to Leipzig. The lower are the costs of travel to Germany, the more is left for the second meeting. · Once you have tickets, book your hotel, please. Melodie and most likely me will be staying in Balance hotel Leipzig http://www.balancehotel-leipzig.de, perhaps it is easier with dinner and informal evening plans if we all are in the same place. Since we are the satellite event to GEO BON, we can use their hotels and the booking code http://conf2016.geobon.org/information/accomodation/ · Biographies – all done, except Gregory. Once ready, it will be used in making the GBIF news about your group: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PfD4bXdnqeFUWKpwShVESujRAI7YVr8nV-pnSlg… · Expert to contact – please try to reach the goal of locating 10 unique contacts. Some of your provided less than 10: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Byyg7vYAqPoWCdkI_wU6PLsycQw6nq4J4ZS… * Add your ideas for the work plan and for the the report straight to the google doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PEvOpbkNJq-ISpd63fkhEOB_o_wqLJBs5edaAfM… * Explore GBIF.org by using a set of dummy or real questions you ask when using the portal. Perhaps it help to have a real or imaginary IAS use in mind. Please remember to log what you do – the use, the questions, the experiences, the suggested fixes. * Next Skype call. We agreed to have the second one in May, I am back from holidays on 17 May. Please vote here http://doodle.com/poll/rdedcdxt2qg8firf or let me know if none of the slots fits your schedule. Melodie, please add if I missed something. It would be really good to have the tables, polls, docs updates by the end of this week – the sooner the better of course. Part of my task is to be a reminder wasp for you – please let me know if I become too pressy. Personally, I appreciate deadlines and reminders, hope you are ok with the current frequency? I will be on leave on 5-16 May in Moscow, but occasionally reading work mail. I will also have a meeting with Varos Petrosyan and his IAS colleagues in Russia. Many thanks. Best regards, Dmitry Schigel From: DFFU_IAS [mailto:dffu_ias-bounces@lists.gbif.org] On Behalf Of Quentin Groom Sent: 27 April 2016 06:49 To: Task Group on Data Fitness for Use in Research on Invasive Alien Species Subject: Re: [DFFU_IAS] Action time for the GBIF task group members: send your travel authorisarion forms asap. Hi Melodie and Dmitry, I have the same problem, but found it downloads using Internet Explorer, rather than Chrome. Perhaps it would be better to convert it to a PDF, rather than a Word doc. Regards Quentin Dr. Quentin Groom (Botany and Information Technology) Botanic Garden Meise Domein van Bouchout B-1860 Meise Belgium ORCID: 0000-0002-0596-5376<http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0596-5376> Landline; +32 (0) 226 009 20 ext. 364 FAX: +32 (0) 226 009 45 E-mail: quentin.groom(a)plantentuinmeise.be<mailto:quentin.groom@plantentuinmeise.be> Skype name: qgroom Website: www.botanicgarden.be<http://www.botanicgarden.be> On 27 April 2016 at 06:43, Melodie McGeoch <melodie.mcgeoch(a)monash.edu<mailto:melodie.mcgeoch@monash.edu>> wrote: Hi Dmitry Please could you send us the travel authorisation form as an attachment - for some reason it doesn't download properly from the link. Thanks Melodie On 22 April 2016 at 21:00, Dmitry Schigel <dschigel(a)gbif.org<mailto:dschigel@gbif.org>> wrote: Dear all, Apologies for the delay in my replies caused by my travels. Thanks to collaborative support from GEO BON, our task group meeting in Leipzig will be considered a closed satellite event for the GEO BON conference and will take place at iDIV<https://www.google.de/maps/place/German+Centre+for+Integrative+Biodiversity…>. Technically, it means that we will have the room for the meeting and now you need to send your travel authorization form to GBIF. iDiv will send more info re: logistics to me later. Please carefully read the GBIF travel guidelines: http://links.gbif.org/travel_guidelines.pdf The procedure is that you 1) send the travel authorization form to GBIF, as described in the guidelines 2) get confirmation from GBIF (note today is public holiday in Denmark, so you will have a reply next week), 3) buy your ticket 4) claim travel refund after the meeting as described in the guidelines. We have agreed that meeting is on 9-11 July, so our official travel dates are 8 and 12 July. You can also try to arrive on 9 July morning or leave on 11 July in the evening if that is preferred by you. Note, if you plan to come before the 8th and leave after 12th, GBIF will reimburse the costs of the ticket up to the price of the travel on original travel dates – so you need to know this price anyway, and the hotel is refunded for 8-12 July. Please send you travel forms to travel(a)gbif.org<mailto:travel@gbif.org> cc me, and after you get confirmations and buy tickets, I would also like to have flight numbers, dates and times of your plane tickets copied to me when you have those. ACCOMODATION IDEAS Previously I stayed and plan to stay at http://www.balancehotel-leipzig.de/, maybe it would be nice to be together. If this won’t work, and since we are the satellite event to GEO BON, we can use their hotels and the booking code http://conf2016.geobon.org/information/accomodation/, and Melodie is planning to stay in one of those, so we can, too when we know what is it. Let’s do the hotel booking after you have tickets. Best regards, Dmitry Schigel, PhD Programme Officer for Content Analysis and Use Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Secretariat Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø DENMARK T +45 35 32 14 85<tel:%2B45%2035%2032%2014%2085> G +45 30 45 02 25<tel:%2B45%2030%2045%2002%2025> E dschigel(a)gbif.org<mailto:dschigel@gbif.org> W www.gbif.org<http://www.gbif.org/> [GBIFlogoNO_TEXT_50%] _______________________________________________ DFFU_IAS mailing list DFFU_IAS(a)lists.gbif.org<mailto:DFFU_IAS@lists.gbif.org> http://lists.gbif.org/mailman/listinfo/dffu_ias -- Melodie A. McGeoch Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton Campus (Bld 18, Innovation Walk, Rm 121), Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia. 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