FMRS participated at the 1st Mediterranean Regional Information Network (MedRIN) meeting that took place in Paphos Cyprus on Wednesday the 20th of March 2019. MedRIN which is co-chaired by FMRS and the Cyprus University of Technology is the most recent of the GOFC-GOLD family of networks which are primarily sponsored by the NASA Land-Cover/Land-Use Change Program. MedRIN, one of the GOFC-GOLD networks of resource managers and scientists, provides the key to sustained capability for improving the observing systems and ensuring that the data are being used effectively.