<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear member of the GBIF mailing list. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">It would be of great help for GBIF if you could complete this survey!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Kind regards,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dimitri</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear GBIF colleagues,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Our collaboration plays an essential role in the value chain of international biodiversity data and bridging data creation, research and policy application.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">In its <a href="https://doi.org/10.35035/ctzm-hz97" target="_blank">Twenty-Year Review of GBIF</a> published in 2020, CODATA offered </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">a </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">recommendation (</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">#</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">4a) </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">to </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">commission a targeted study on "the monetary value of sharing biodiversity data and of the added value that data infrastructures provide to it."<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">To that end, the Secretariat has recently commissioned Deloitte Access Economics to assess the economic value and impact of the GBIF network, its data and its services. I'm writing today to enlist your help in this effort.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Deloitte has prepared a <a href="https://surveyapac.deloitte.com/jfe/form/SV_23JpuX4LK0ofHim" target="_blank">survey</a> that aims to learn more about how biodiversity data users access and apply GBIF-mediated data along with other views and experiences they have about any value they gain from our services. <b>You can help us and improve the results of the survey by distributing the survey within your own network of data users.</b><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The ideal respondents will already access GBIF's global services or your own by downloading data, using an API, or accessing cloud-computing services.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The survey will close on Sunday, 17 July 2022</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">, at 11.59pm GMT (UTC+1), so if you're able, please help us circulate <a href="https://surveyapac.deloitte.com/jfe/form/SV_23JpuX4LK0ofHim" target="_blank">this survey</a> in the coming days.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">If you have any questions about this work</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> or how best to share this with your data user community</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">, please contact us at <a href="mailto:communication@gbif.org" target="_blank">communication@gbif.org</a>. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">You may direct</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">specific questions about the survey</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> to </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:gbifvaluationsurvey@deloitte.com.au" target="_blank">gbifvaluationsurvey@deloitte.com.au</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Very best regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Kyle<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">=====<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Kyle Copas<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Communications Manager<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">+45 28 75 14 75 | office +45 35 32 14 75 | skype kylecopas<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="DA" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">GBIF Secretariat<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DA" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Universitetsparken 15<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DA" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">DK-2100 København Ø<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">DENMARK<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.gbif.org/" target="_blank">https://www.gbif.org</a></span></p></div></div></div>