I think this is all correct, but just speaking off the cuff as an ex-local records centre manager without double checking my facts or knowing the detail of what is happening in your area:
- You can ask your records centre to remove your records from their database at any time (although it would be great if you could let them keep a copy to make sure the records continue to be used for local planning and conservation purposes, even though they aren't able to provide you with the online dissemination service you would like them to at the moment - this could be a temporary situation because they have other recorders/county recorders with licensing concerns that will take time to work out).
- You can ask for a copy of all your records from the records centre at any time. It shouldn't take them too long to provide you with this, because assuming they are using Recorder 6 or similar database they should be able to search for your name easily.
- You can pass a copy of your records to whoever else you like. In this case, assuming they are of a variety of taxa you should probably be looking to upload them to iRecord. I am not sure if iRecord has a spreadsheet upload facility, but it probably does, so this might not take you too much time. Don't worry unduly about duplication - this is an issue data users are used to dealing with.
- It will then depend on the taxa you are recording how long it takes for those records to get as far as the NBN Atlas from iRecord. Some taxa national recording schemes have enough verifiers and arrangements with BRC to get data from iRecord to the atlas quickly, but others don't.
- There isn't a way for individuals to provide records to the NBN atlas (to help ensure data quality) but if you are part of a group (e.g. a natural history society) then you could perhaps talk to the NBN team about other options. However, I'd encourage you to keep talking to your records centre about this and let them know it is important to you. It might take time but they might be able to find out which recorders want data to be shared and deal with their records separately. However it really does depend on the records centre and what their resources and priorities are - record centres are no longer funded to put data on the NBN nationally (in England as least), so the resources to do so need to be found by the record centre themselves. (And having uploaded a few datasets to NBN in my time, I know significant resources are needed both on the technical side and the liaison with data suppliers/recorders side.)
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Teresa Frost | Wetland Bird Survey National Organiser | BTO
Other hat | National Forum for Biological Recording Council
(Old hats | NBN Board, ALERC Board, CBDC, KMBRC)