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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">We would like to share some important updates with you and plan for our next group meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Global Nodes Meeting</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">We have been very busy with the virtual Global Nodes Meeting held last week. In case you missed it, you can see a
</span><a href="https://vimeo.com/565590504"><span lang="EN-GB">video update from Morten on the hosted portals work</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> prepared for that meeting. This received interest and support from the broader nodes community, who were already
starting to consider how we can take this work further beyond the pilot phase.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Privacy policy and terms of service</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">We have been following up with legal advisors to develop these and hope to have something ready to circulate to you all soon. You can track how we plan to implement the privacy policy in this
</span><a href="https://github.com/gbif/hosted-portals/issues/16"><span lang="EN-GB">issue</span></a><span lang="EN-GB">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">First portals ready to launch</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">We are working with the teams for the </span>
<a href="https://hp-sprep.gbif-staging.org/"><span lang="EN-GB">Pacific Biodiversity Information Portal</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> and
</span><a href="https://hp-nhm-rotterdam.gbif-staging.org/"><span lang="EN-GB">Natural History Museum Rotterdam</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> to get ready to launch in the coming weeks. This will represent an important milestone in our pilot phase and we hope
that many more of your portals will reach this stage in the coming months.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">New Zealand joining the group</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">We received an expression of interest from the recently appointed New Zealand node to join the pilot phase, identifying this as the right time to try to expand national activity. This was approved and we are happy to
have one more participant in the pilot phase!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Lower capacity over the Copenhagen summer</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Many of us will be taking holidays over the Copenhagen summer months (July and early August) so please be prepared for slower response times in this period.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Next call</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><br>
We would like to have our next call on our return from the holidays. Please complete the following doodle poll by 8 July 2021 to show your availability:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://doodle.com/poll/gevezsaevxvrfzpq"><span lang="EN-GB">https://doodle.com/poll/gevezsaevxvrfzpq</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">We would like to use this call to get updates from all of you on the progress of your portals and to hear your ideas on the future of the hosted portals work in GBIF - moving beyond the pilot phase.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Looking forward to speaking with you all after the summer. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Best regards,<br>
Hosted portals team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:FR">----------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:FR">Dr. Mélianie Raymond<br>
Senior Programme Officer for Node Development<br>
GBIF Secretariat<br>
Universitetsparken 15<br>
DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark<br>
Tel.: +45 35 32 14 96<br>
E-mail: <a href="mailto:mraymond@gbif.org"><span style="color:blue">mraymond@gbif.org</span></a><br>
<a href="http://www.gbif.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.gbif.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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