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 - I made a pull request and merged the ORCID updates into the `5_x-prod` branch ([#397](https://github.com/ilri/DSpace/pull/397))
 - Improve the logic of name checking in my [resolve-orcids.py](https://gist.github.com/alanorth/57a88379126d844563c1410bd7b8d12b) script
 
+## 2018-10-18
+
+- I granted MEL's deposit user admin access to IITA, CIP, Bioversity, and RTB communities on DSpace Test so they can start testing real depositing
+- After they do some tests and we check the values Enrico will send a formal email to Peter et al to ask that they start depositing officially
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