From belgianbif at bebif.be Thu Jun 23 15:28:20 2022 From: belgianbif at bebif.be (Belgian GBIF Contact Group) Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2022 15:28:20 +0200 Subject: [Belgianbif] Data user survey: help us assess the value of GBIF Message-ID: Dear member of the GBIF mailing list. It would be of great help for GBIF if you could complete this survey! Kind regards, Dimitri Dear GBIF colleagues, Our collaboration plays an essential role in the value chain of international biodiversity data and bridging data creation, research and policy application. In its Twenty-Year Review of GBIF published in 2020, CODATA offered a recommendation (#4a) to commission a targeted study on "the monetary value of sharing biodiversity data and of the added value that data infrastructures provide to it." 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. Deloitte has prepared a survey 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. *You can help us and improve the results of the survey by distributing the survey within your own network of data users.* The ideal respondents will already access GBIF's global services or your own by downloading data, using an API, or accessing cloud-computing services. *The survey will close on Sunday, 17 July 2022*, at 11.59pm GMT (UTC+1), so if you're able, please help us circulate this survey in the coming days. If you have any questions about this work or how best to share this with your data user community, please contact us at communication at gbif.org. You may direct specific questions about the survey to gbifvaluationsurvey at deloitte.com.au. Very best regards, Kyle ===== *Kyle Copas* Communications Manager +45 28 75 14 75 | office +45 35 32 14 75 | skype kylecopas *GBIF Secretariat* Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 K?benhavn ? DENMARK https://www.gbif.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From belgianbif at bebif.be Tue Jun 28 17:10:24 2022 From: belgianbif at bebif.be (Belgian GBIF Contact Group) Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 17:10:24 +0200 Subject: [Belgianbif] Interested in a position in GBIF governance? Call for nominations for GBIF officials at GB29 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear colleagues, The 29th GBIF Governing Board meeting (GB29) will take place in Brussels on 3 - 5 October. As in the previous two years, the elections for positions on the GBIF committees will take place electronically prior to the start of the GB29 meeting, with elections starting from 19 September 2022. The election results will be announced at the beginning of the GB29 meeting on 3 October 2022. There will be elections for a number of positions on the GBIF committees. The Governing Board Chair elected this year, along with new chairs of the Science and Budget committees, will be critical to GBIF?s success as we implement the strategies outlined in our 2023-2027 Strategic Framework. *Positions*: - Governing Board Chair - Governing Board 2nd Vice-chair - Budget Committee Chair - Budget Committee 1st Vice-chair - Science Committee Chair - Science Committee 2nd Vice-chair - Science Committee 3rd Vice-chair *Requirements for nominees:* *Expertise* To ensure that the work for GBIF is recognized and given the sufficient time allocation and funding, all positions should be filled with candidates with a high level of expertise in subject areas relevant to GBIF and be able to provide advice to the Board, the Executive Committee and the Secretariat. *Time commitment*Heads of Delegation should ensure that the nominees are well informed about the post they are nominated for and that they are prepared to set aside the required time to serve, if elected. The nominees should secure support from their Head of the Institution/Department/Agency. It is essential that elected members of committees are able to attend the annual Governing Board meeting and the mid-term meetings normally held in late April in Copenhagen. They are also expected to be available for bi-monthly telephone conferences. *Member of Participant*Candidates should be part of a delegation. If not already on the list for GB29, the Head of Delegation should confirm in the nomination that the candidate will be part of the delegation. *Funding* The nominating Participant or the nominee is responsible for funding the nominee?s attendance at the face-to-face GB meetings as well as the committee meetings held back-to- back with the GB meeting. These costs will not be covered by the Secretariat. Participation at other meetings such as the mid-term meetings is usually met by the Secretariat. Rules of procedure for the GBIF Governing Board Closing date for nominations is 8 August 2022. Please contact Andr? Heughebaert , Head of Delegation GBIF Belgium for more info or if you are interested in being nominated. Kind regards, Dimitri -- Belgian BiodiversityPlatform Dimitri Brosens https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0846-9116 Biodiversity Research Liaison Officer GBIF Node Manager Research Institute for Nature and Forest Havenlaan 88 bus 73 1070 Brussels ORCID: 0000-0002-0846-9116 www.inbo.be www.biodiversity.be d.brosens at biodiversity.be *WATCH OUR BELGIAN BIODIVERSITY PLATFORM MOVIES ON:* http://vimeo.com/114955090 (data publication activities) http://vimeo.com/114955160 (science-policy activities) http://vimeo.com/114955193 (our general mission) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: