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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">Dear MEDIN colleagues,
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Marine Data Exchange (MDE) Industry Data Discoverability and Accessibility study seeks to understand how MDE users search for data, how quickly and effectively they can find what they are looking for and how the MDE could be improved
to increase industry data accessibility and discoverability. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We would greatly appreciate it if members from your team would be interested in filling out this
<a href="https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=FuxA4ZasREO79HXHwfeTs_9XOMnDMBZGigWkFw_k5VZUMDQxWjhXVDQ1OVEyNFRNUEdUQzM0NVkyQS4u">
questionnaire</a> <b>(*even if you don’t currently use the MDE already*).</b> It is a short survey and should take an absolute maximum of 10 minutes (more like 3-5). We would be especially grateful if individuals regularly searching for marine data would be
happy to take part in the second phase of the questionnaire/study (option to opt in in the questionnaire).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>We are searching for individuals to take part who are:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Searching for data to use in marine natural capital assessments<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Searching for data to use/feed into EIA/HRAs/environmental reporting<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Searching for data to use in nature recovery/habitat creation projects<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Developer/industry representatives uploading data as part of the leasing/data sharing agreement<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Searching for data to use in feasibility modelling for future offshore projects<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Searching for data to inform my university studies<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Searching for data to inform cultural/social/marine archaeological studies<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please feel free to forward this questionnaire to other teams within your organisation. We hope to get as many responses as possible before Christmas.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><a href="https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=FuxA4ZasREO79HXHwfeTs_9XOMnDMBZGigWkFw_k5VZUMDQxWjhXVDQ1OVEyNFRNUEdUQzM0NVkyQS4u">https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=FuxA4ZasREO79HXHwfeTs_9XOMnDMBZGigWkFw_k5VZUMDQxWjhXVDQ1OVEyNFRNUEdUQzM0NVkyQS4u</a><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">If you have any questions, please contact Harriet Baldwin (cc’d).
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Charlotte <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Charlotte Miskin-Hymas</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> | she/her | MEDIN Communications
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