Here's a chart of what the TEI offers/would like to offer, along the
lines of what Geoffrey posted.
Currently:
1. A web site, www.tei-c.org, which serves two audiences: it provides
the general TEI-using public with resources (DTDs, TEI Guidelines,
information on tools, guidance on how/why to join the TEI) and it
provides TEI members with access to internal resources (meeting
reports, training resources, etc.).
2. An annual meeting/conference aimed at TEI members (offering
training, reports, updates, opportunities to meet with other TEI
users)
3. A listserv, TEI-L
4. TEI training services (offered at the annual conference and on
request, for a fee); also web resource which lists training resources
available and reviews training materials
5. Assistance with grant-writing (to help people write the TEI into
grant proposals)
The areas where I think the TEI would like to expand its activities are:
1. More extensive documentation, aimed at different audiences
(information for novices; information targeted at particular
disciplines)
2. More extensive conference presence (perhaps as an allied
organization at other people's conferences)
3. TEI consulting services, provided to members (preferably
subsidized or free) and to the general public (perhaps as a
revenue-generating services)
4. More extensive training services, again preferably subsidized or
free to members
5. Alliances with related encoding standards which serve particular
communities; the goal here would be to use existing work and
incorporate it into the TEI as a DTD subset rather than have TEI
reinvent it
6. Information-gathering about our community and the needs of TEI
users (and potential users)
Since there are several other TEI people on this list, I invite them
to weigh in and add to/comment on the above.
Best, Julia
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