Fwd: Re: TEI call for participation

[John Unsworth]

Ah me.   Suggestions?

J.

>Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 13:22:12 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
>From: Natalia Smith <nsmith at email.unc.edu>
>To: John Unsworth <jmu2m at virginia.edu>
>Subject: Re: TEI call for participation
>X-X-Sender: nsmith at imap.unc.edu
>
>John:
>
>First, sorry for not replying right away - I was out of town for a couple
>of days, just long enough to be impolite for not answering promptly...
>
>John, I want to assure you and the Council that I consider your offer as
>an honor for which I am extremely grateful. Please believe me that it
>means a lot to me.
>
>Regretfully, I must decline the offer. Putting aside my first reaction and
>willingness to say yes, I have to admit - on the second thought - that I
>will be simply not capable to carry this big responsibility in upcoming
>months. Our work situation here at UNC has been recently complicated by
>two projects dropped (physically, not metaphorically) unexpectedly on my
>desk.  I cannot and should not complain for *having* work, but the fact is
>that it will greatly overlap with my workplan here and the NEH timeline. I
>am sorry, really sorry for not being able to accept such a great offer,
>but I thought it would be better for everybody (and for the project) if I
>act more realistically instead of following my first impulsive reaction.
>
>And, finally, I truly hope that I still will be given an opportunity to
>serve on the workgroup with other "representatives from projects with
>significant TEI SGML holdings." I hope that I will have a chance to
>contribute my interest, knowledge and expertise.
>
>All the best,
>Natasha
>
>Natalia (Natasha) Smith
>Digitization Librarian
>Wilson Library, CB#3918
>University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
>Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
>email: natalia_smith at unc.edu
>tel. (919) 962-9590
>fax (919) 962-4452
>http://docsouth.unc.edu/
>
>
>On Fri, 29 Mar 2002, John Unsworth wrote:
>
> > Natasha,
> >
> > Would you be willing to chair the NEH funded TEI workgroup on SGML-XML
> > migration?  There have been a good number of qualified and interesting
> > volunteers, and we would hand that list over to you with some
> > recommendations, but you'd be free to invite others to participate, or to
> > choose not to accept the offer of service from any of those who have
> > volunteered.   There's a budget of about $65,000 for travel and meetings,
> > etc.; I include the relevant part of the NEH workplan, below.   At least
> > one of the meetings should probably  coincide with the October TEI members
> > meeting in Chicago. Timeline for the whole thing is about a year, starting
> > now. The Council is all in favor of your appointment, so if you are
> > willing, let me know.  I would be very happy to hear you say yes.
> >
> > John
> > ----------------------
> >
> > Year 2:
> > 4.      Task Force on SGML to XML conversion of legacy TEI data, in which
> > selected TEI experts and editors (8 people, total) work closely with
> > representatives from projects with significant TEI SGML holdings 
> (another 10
> > people) to diagnose and document the problems, methods, and tools necessary
> > to design and effect a migration from SGML to XML, in TEI.  One start-up
> > meeting with editors and experts only; one mid-term meeting with project
> > representatives; one final meeting with editors and experts.  Participation
> > from TEI technical writer for four months, participation of TEI editors and
> > executive director for two months. Travel to two one-day meetings for 8
> > people, travel to one two-day meeting for 18 people.  $67533.33
> >
> > 5.      Specifications for software tools in response to results of 
> task force.
> > Specifications generated by TEI editors, travel to one meeting.  $6548.46
> >
> >