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<div>Dear MEDIN Standards Working Group,</div>
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<div>MEDIN are delighted to announce a new MEDIN Data Guideline, covering Geotechnical Site Investigations, is now available for download from the MEDIN website at <a href="http://www.oceannet.org/marine_data_standards/medin_data_guidelines.html"><font color="blue"><u>http://www.oceannet.org/marine_data_standards/medin_data_guidelines.html</u></font></a>.
This guideline, developed by Cathie Associates, takes account of all major geotechnical investigation types and further extends the wide range of data categories covered by MEDIN.</div>
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<div>Regards,</div>
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<div>Sean Gaffney</div>
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<div> <font color="#00B0F0"><b>Dr Sean Gaffney</b></font> </div>
<div> Manager, MEDIN Standards and Guidelines Work Stream</div>
<div> Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool L3 5DA</div>
<div> w: <a href="http://www.oceannet.org/"><font color="blue"><u>www.oceannet.org</u></font></a>; e: <a href="mailto:sgaf@bodc.ac.uk"><font color="blue"><u>sgaf@bodc.ac.uk</u></font></a>; t: +44 (0) 151 795 4950</div>
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<div>Come and<font color="red"> </font>learn about marine data management at a free MEDIN workshop! </div>
<div>Choose from September, November & January. </div>
<div>See <a href="http://www.oceannet.org/marine_data_standards/workshops.html"><font color="blue"><u>http://www.oceannet.org/marine_data_standards/workshops.html</u></font></a></div>
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