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<div>Dear MEDIN Standards Working Group,</div>
<div>Please advertise the MEDIN Workshops to anyone who may benefit from attending.</div>
<div>Best wishes,</div>
<div>Clare</div>
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<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: center; "><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="6"><b>MEDIN Workshops</b></font></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3">MEDIN are pleased to announce the dates for their upcoming workshops. The workshops are FREE to attend and run from 09:30-16:00 on the days shown below. </font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="5"><b>MEDIN Metadata Standards and Tools Workshop </b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3"><b>Aim: To improve the knowledge and use of MEDIN standards and provide practical advice on using the tools that support them. </b>This workshop comprises a series of talks, demonstrations and practicals. No prior
knowledge is assumed. Two dates are available for this workshop.</font></div>
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<li style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 4pt; ">16<font size="1"><sup>th</sup></font> September, Southampton.</li><li style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 4pt; ">4<font size="1"><sup>th</sup></font> December, London</li></font>
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<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="5"><b>MEDIN Data Guideline Workshop </b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3"><b>Aim: To provide hands on experience of using the MEDIN data guidelines. </b>This workshop comprises a series of talks and practicals. No prior knowledge is assumed. Two dates are available for this workshop.</font></div>
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<li style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 4pt; ">21<font size="1"><sup>st</sup></font> October, Edinburgh</li><li style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 4pt; ">Date TBA, Plymouth</li></font>
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<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="5"><b>Further Details</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3">Further details about the workshops are available here <a href="http://www.oceannet.org/marine_data_standards/workshops.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oceannet.org/marine_data_standards/workshops.html</u></font></a>.
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<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="5"><b>About MEDIN</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3">The Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) is a partnership of UK organisations committed to improving access to marine data. Our partners are both public and private sector. Visit our website
at <a href="http://www.oceannet.org/"><u>http://www.oceannet.org/</u></a></font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="5"><b>Register</b></font></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3">Places are limited on these popular workshops so please contact Clare Postlethwaite (cfpo@bodc.ac.uk) to register, stating the date and location of the workshop you are interested in.</font></div>
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<div>Dr. Clare Postlethwaite</div>
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<div>MEDIN - Marine Environmental Data and Information Network</div>
<div><font size="2"><i>British Oceanographic Data Centre</i></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><i>6 Brownlow Street</i></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><i>Liverpool</i></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><i>L3 5DA</i></font></div>
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<div>Tel: 0151 7954949</div>
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