Dear all,

Recent progress:

Five recently launched hosted portals are featured in a news item on GBIF.org:

• GBIF.us
• Legume Data Portal
• PBIF: Pacific Biodiversity Information Facility
• Rotterdam Natural History Museum
• SiB Colombia

GBIF North America’s regional portal has also since gone live and we gather SANBI-GBIF are soon to follow! Congratulations to all involved.

Final group call- doodle poll:

We would like to invite you to a final group Zoom meeting to close the pilot phase for this work. Please fill in the doodle poll by 22 November to indicate your availability: https://doodle.com/poll/y7zbyn3ff7sk83qp?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link

Draft agenda:

1. Reflections from the GBIF Secretariat on the pilot phase 
2. Round of reflections from the pilot phase teams: How did your experience of participating in the pilot phase compare with your expectations?
3. How do we proceed from here? Discussion based on questions below

Questions to consider in preparation for the call: 

If you have succeeded in launching your hosted portal:

• What was key to your success?
• Do you have any feedback from users of your portal?
• Do you foresee any need for further development in the coming year?

If you have not yet launched your hosted portal:

• Do you still plan to work towards launching a hosted portal, and if so, do you have a timeline for this?
• What barriers have you faced in the work on hosted portals?

For all: 

• Do you have any recommendations on how we can improve hosted portals, documentation, or support as we take this work further?

Looking forward to connecting with you and reflecting together on what we have learned from the pilot phase. If you are unable to attend the call, we would welcome any input via email.

Best,

Mélianie

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Dr. Mélianie Raymond
Senior Programme Officer for Node Development
GBIF Secretariat
Universitetsparken 15
DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Tel.: +45 35 32 14 96
E-mail: mraymond@gbif.org
www.gbif.org