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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> Evans, Gaynor
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<b>Sent:</b> 30 November 2022 09:30<br>
<b>To:</b> Evans, Gaynor <gaev@noc.nerc.ac.uk><br>
<b>Subject:</b> We need your help! Let's make searching for marine data easier<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2><span style="color:windowtext">The </span><a name="_Hlk117858453"></a><a href="https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk117858453"><span style="color:windowtext">MEDIN Discovery Metadata Portal</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk117858453"></span></a><span style="color:windowtext">
is an important online resource that provides the gateway to discovery of over 17K marine datasets across more than 600 UK organisations. Next year, we are planning to refresh the portal and would like to get your ideas on the changes you would like to see
us make.<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<h2><span style="color:windowtext">To capture your thoughts, we have created a </span>
<a href="https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DGRTT8C"><b><span style="color:windowtext">short questionnaire</span></b></a><span style="color:windowtext"> which won’t take up too much of your time and will provide valuable insight for us.
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<h2><span style="color:windowtext">Many thanks in advance for taking part and please remember to fill this survey out by December 20<sup>th</sup> 2022 so we can get to work on developments in the New Year.<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<h2><span style="color:windowtext">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<h2><span style="color:windowtext">Gaynor <o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dr Gaynor Evans</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
(she/her) | MEDIN Portal, Products and Services Lead</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#445A5A;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">National Oceanography Centre, 6 Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L3 5DA</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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