Therefore I have the following suggestions for the 1.5 Million $ project:
I'll add my thoughts on Michael's real questions later, but I need to clarify one small thing. The Moore Foundation has generously made available nearly 1.5 million USD over a 30-month period to address several aspects of the operation of TDWG. This includes some funding for investigation of GUIDs, and there is some additional funding for this from GBIF, but the available funds add up to much less than USD 1.5M.
Donald
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