Introduction

GGBN’s business objective is to promote global access to information on the genomic materials maintained by Member Organizations, promote community standards and best practices for the management of genomic samples, and promote the broad understanding for the value of these resources.

The Global Genome Biodiversity Network will make genomic collections discoverable for research through a Networked Community of Biorepositories:
● Provide biorepositories with standardized methods for making genomic collections discoverable;
● Provide biorepositories and contributors with community standards and best practices for the collection and data management of genomic samples;
● Provide contributors with access to a community that provides storage facilities for and access to information on their genomic collections, and
● Provide trusted and transparent access to genomic samples for users and contributors through an ABS framework—supporting the trust from biodiversity-rich countries and organizations.

The purpose of this survey is to gain feedback from GGBN collaborators in order to make an informed decision on how to make the network sustainable.

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* 1. What best describes your institution?

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* 2. Where is your institution located?

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* 3. What is your institution's annual operating budget?

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* 4. Please specify the estimated number of species in your collections (biodiversity biobank, herbarium, botanical garden etc.).

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* 5. Please specify the estimated number of tissue samples in your collections (biodiversity biobank, herbarium, botanical garden, etc.)

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* 6. Please specify the estimated number of DNA samples in your collections (biodiversity biobank, herbarium, botanical garden, etc.)

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* 7. How many times were your collections used by researchers outside of your institution in 2013?

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* 8. What best describes your work?

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* 9. If your institution were willing to pay membership dues, which of the following annual membership dues would your institution be willing to pay in order to 1) make its genomic collections discoverable through the GGBN Data Portal and 2) have access to information on how its data is being used?

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* 10. If your institution were willing to pay registration fees for you to attend an annual international conference on Biodiversity Biobanking to communicate new ideas, new tools, and expertise, which of the following registration fees would your institution be willing to pay?

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* 11. Would your institution be willing to pay up to 5,000 USD in membership dues for the benefit of holding a seat on the Executive Committee with limited rights (can contribute and nominate members, but may not vote)? Additional benefits included in these dues are 1) making your institution’s genomic collections discoverable through the GGBN Data Portal and 2) gaining access to information on how your institution’s data is being used.

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* 12. Would your institution be willing to pay up to 10,000 USD in membership dues for the benefit of holding a seat on the Executive Committee with voting rights, having your institution’s logo posted on the GGBN website as a sustaining member, and having travel and registration fees covered for one person from your institution to attend the GGBN annual conferences? Additional benefits included in these dues are 1) making your institution’s genomic collections discoverable through the GGBN Data Portal and 2) gaining access to information on how your institution’s data is being used.

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* 13. Please use this space to provide any comments that you may have on the questions listed above.

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