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MEMBERS’ ACCESS TO THE BSBI’S DISTRIBUTION DATABASE
heBSBIisexcitedtowelcomeSarahWoodsto itsstaffteamastheSociety’srstFundraising he plan to provide members with access to the Manager. Sarah will be looking to diversify the BSBI’sDistributionDatabaseDDb) ( wasrst incomeofthecharity,supportingexistingprojects mooted by BSBI’s former president Chris Metherell such as Atlas 2020 and the work of our Country twoyearsagoandfollowingextensivediscussionwe Ofcers,aswellasseekingoutnewfunding are now able to announce that this will take place opportunities. You can read more about Sarah and later this year. This will provide members with the the skills she brings to the BSBI in this interview for ability to access the Society’s c. 50 million botanical our News & Views blog: https://lnkd.in/dbG2FdC records. In many cases the records will be available at full resolution including accompanying notes and Louise Marsh site details but, for privacy reasons, recorder names will not be included. To safeguard certain vulnerable BSBI FIELD MEETINGS sites and rare plants some records will be ‘blurred’ to ith road maps for lockdown emerging from our reduced precision and with site details hidden. The governments it begins to look possible that default level of access available to BSBI members therewillbeeldmeetingsthisyear.Itislikely willthat vary across the country, to accommodate the some of the early meetings, particularly those with a concerns of our Vice-county Recorders. We’re residential component, will be cancelled and others grateful for the help and support of Vice-county will be restricted in numbers. Any updates will be Recorders who have helped to ensure that we can posted on the meetings web page, along with the takethissignicantsteptowardopendatawithout latest coronavirus advice from the Trustees. endangeringimportantsitesandtaxaordamaging I have revised the BSBI Guidance for participants relations with data providers or landowners. ateldmeetingstoincludementionofcoronavirus. How can data be used? In particular, all participants must follow the The BSBI is providing access to members for coronavirus protocols and any other safety advice personaluseonlyandisspecicallyexcludinguse required by the leader on the day. By the time this of data to assist with any professional or commercial April issue of BSBI News comes out I’m hoping to activity. Members will be able to download subsets haveheldmyrstlocalgroupmeetingoftheyear of records for analysis, but incorporating data into and the beginners’ meeting for the BSBI will not be a separate database, publishing records or sharing far off. If you have been putting off signing up for a data with third parties is not permitted in either a meeting do get in touch with the organisers, if only professional or personal capacity. togiveanexpressionofinterest.Youwillbemade BSBI members are bound by the society’s very welcome. Code of Conduct (bsbi.org/wp-content/uploads/ Jonathan Shanklin dlm_uploads/Code-of-Conduct-v5-final.pdf) which Hon. Field Meetings Secretary expresslyprohibitsactivitythatdamageswildplac fieldmeetings@bsbi.org this includes foraging. Many records in the database are from private land or locations with restricted access and it is important to note that inclusion of BOOK ORDERS sites in the database does not imply any right of ll orders for the BSBI Handbook ‘Monograph of access. British and Irish Hieracium section Foliosa and Wearecondentthatmemberswillrespect section Prenanthoides ‘ were posted by early March. these constraints, but access to the database will be If you have not received your copy please notify me entirely at BSBI’s discretion and we would take swift at the address below. action if data were misused.
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When will the access changes take place?
WearestillnalisingarrangementswithourVicecounty Recorders who will need some time to discuss the changes with local stakeholders and to
