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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">NCD,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Attached is the first full draft of the bid to develop the NCD Toolkit which is being prepared for GBIF. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Please look it over and let me have your comments before I submit it to Larry next week. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I am particularly grateful to Wouter and Markus for tackling the technical issues and would ask them to examine the text to see whether I have accurately captured the proposal, since this goes beyond my own technical knowledge.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">With many thanks,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Neil</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-------</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Neil Thomson</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Head of Data & Digital Systems</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Tel: +44 (0)20 7942 5294, </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Fax: +44 (0)20 7942 5559, </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Email: n.thomson@nhm.ac.uk</FONT>
<BR><A HREF="http://www.nhm.ac.uk"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://www.nhm.ac.uk</FONT></U></A><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> </FONT>
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