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<span style="font-size:24px"><strong><span style="color:#B22222"><a href="https://environmentaldatainitiative.org/" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;color:#007C89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline"><img alt="EDI logo" data-file-id="325751" style="width:100px;height:99px;margin:0px 5px 0px 0px;outline:none" width="100" height="99" align="left" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/c258a774cbd4d34290410d1ea/images/2124a201-79c9-46f1-8d7c-93a5d9ab8d87.png"></a></span></strong></span><span style="font-size:20px"><strong><span style="color:#B22222">ENVIRONMENTAL
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Join our Webinar !</h2>
<div style="text-align:center"><span><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif">Tuesday, 18 Jan. 2022 at 2 p.m. ET (11 a.m. PT)</span></strong></span></div>
<div style="text-align:center"><span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:#B22222"><strong>EDI Town Hall</strong></span></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif">We begin our 2022 monthly webinar series with a Town Hall during which we briefly report on new developments and are happy to answer
your questions regarding everything EDI.<br>
Some topics we would like to discuss are:</span></span></div>
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<li style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif">EDIutils R package is available for use. The package helps</span></span><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif">
search and access existing data in our data repository, evaluate and upload new data, and assist with related data management tasks.
</span></span></li><li style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif">ezEML has a new function to create metadata templates. This supports efficient form-based online creation of metadata for
research site/group.</span></span></li><li style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif">EDI's new data explorer DEX is in staging.</span></span></li><li style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif">EDI support for LTER site renewal proposal preparation.</span></span></li><li style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif">The future of the LTER unit dictionary.</span></span></li><li style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif">EDI's 2022 Fellowship Program.</span></span></li></ul>
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</strong></span></span><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><a href="https://uwmadison.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJApdeyuqzsvGNRRwt-MSQWw5CJWHLqyl8TB" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;color:#007C89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:#0066cc">here</span></a>.</strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif">We are looking forward to seeing you at our Town Hall!</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif">The EDI-Team</span></span></span></div>
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