Council's questions for the board

[John Unsworth]

Council members,

The TEI Consortium Board has voted on the questions from the Council's 
recent meeting, and on the further question from the Chair as to the 
permanent appointment of Syd Bauman as North American Editor, replacing 
Steve DeRose, who has resigned.

1. Should TEI Council Members have access to the members-only web area?

A majority of the Board voted yes, so this question is decided in the 
affirmative, but since a majority did not specifically endorse the idea of 
making Council members honorary subscribers for the term of their 
membership on the Council, they will simply be given the password to the 
members-only area of the web site.

Username:  tei
Password:  c0ns0rtium
(note zero for the letter o in "c0ns0rtium")

<p>2. Should the TEI trademark its name?

A majority votes in favor of trademarking the name, but there were no 
really strong feelings in favor.  A number of those voting in favor make it 
clear that this is not something the Consortium should spend a lot of money 
on.  Further investigation with lawyers here suggests that, although an 
online trademark registration is relatively cheap ($125), registration 
through more conventional channels (with possibly more reliable service, in 
terms of research) is significantly more expensive (probably on the order 
of $500-$750.  Therefore, we'll put this aside, at least until $750 doesn't 
seem like a lot of money.

<p>3.  Appointment of Syd Bauman as North American Editor, for a term of five 
years, beginning January 1, 2002.

The board vote was unanimously in favor, and Syd is appointed.

<p>John Unsworth, Chair