Dear TDWG Member,

Apologies for any cross postings. This is the announcement of Donald Hobern's departure from GBIF with attached advert for the vacant position of Head of Informatics at the GBIF Secretariat.

Éamonn Ó Tuama

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Éamonn Ó Tuama, Ph.D. (eotuama@gbif.org), Senior Programme Officer for Data Access & Database Interoperability (DADI),

Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, DENMARK Phone: +45 3532 1494; Fax: +45 3532 1480

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Dear All

It is with much regret that we announce Donald Hobern’s intended departure from the GBIF Secretariat towards the end of 2007. Donald is leaving to take up the role of Project Director for the Atlas of Living Australia, which is seeking to develop a web-based encyclopaedia integrating knowledge of Australia’s biodiversity. As such, not only do we wish Donald all the very best in his new venture whilst thanking him for his huge contribution to GBIF’s success to date, we also look forward to continuing to work closely with Donald, the ALA and all contributors to ABIF and to his continued expert inputs to GBIF’s further development.

We will communicate more details on Donald’s departure later, but in the meantime, request that you forward the accompanying vacancy advert for a ‘Head of Informatics’ at the GBIF Secretariat to as wide a network of suitable candidates as possible – this is a key position for GBIF and we need to source the best possible candidate.

Best wishes

Nick

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Dr Nicholas King Executive Secretary/Director Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Denmark

www.gbif.org http://www.gbif.org nking@gbif.org Tel: +45 35 32 14 71 Fax: +45 35 32 14 80 Cell: +45 28 75 14 71