conference call (fwd)

[John Unsworth]

At 08:36 AM 6/24/2002 -0500, C. Perry Willett wrote:
>My apologies about the time

<p>Perry, that wasn't your fault, it was mine.  I must have done a faulty 
calculation on the time differential when I first proposed the time, and 
then didn't double-check it.  Apologies to those who missed the call on 
account of my error: I'll get it right next time, I promise.

As there were some people who meant to be there but couldn't be, and since 
I said I'd send my notes to Syd anyway, here's what I recorded, from our 
conversation:

John

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JMU's unofficial minutes

Council voted to accept the RFP (with thanks), pending revision of the 
generic plus two specific RFPs into one general-purpose rfp, with slots for 
the details of specific opportunities, as they come up.  Geoff will talk to 
Martin about the specifics of MM2002 on June 28th, and in a week (July 1) 
will provide the RFP to Oxford, for the web site. Thanks to the training 
group for producing these drafts, and for promoting the idea of the RFP.

Council agreed, on the question of certification, that it prefers the idea 
of reviewing software to the idea of producing a test suite or certifying 
software.  Therefore, we will produce a call for reviews (Matthew and Syd), 
and collectively encourage knowledgeable individuals to submit software 
reviews to TEI-L, and the TEI webmaster will cull from those reviews to 
post on the web site.

On P5, the Council voted to accept the work items and schedule proposed in 
Sebastian Rahtz's email to the council, dated Mon, 24 Jun 2002 00:25:15 
+0100.  Sebastian will contact Peter Robinson (or Syd) to talk about 
fitting in a report on these items at MM2002--particularly Son of ODD, and 
the general outlines of revision for P5.  Thanks to Sebastian for drafting 
a schedule and overview of tasks.

On MSS description, Merrilee and Matthew expect to be able to provide a 
completed report and set of recommendations by MM2002, and the Council 
expects to vote on them, as integrated into P4 by Lou, at its January 
meeting.  JU offered funding for travel, if it were necessary to complete 
this work.  Thanks to Merrilee and Matthew, and also esp. to Consuelo 
Dutschke, for moving this process along.

On character encoding: Lou estimates that this workgroup will keep to its 
schedule, producing a draft report by MM2002, and a final set of 
recommendations by the January Council meeting.  Thanks to Christian 
Wittern for keeping the group on task and on time.

On stand-off markup, little progress so far, but David's planning 
conference calls on a regular schedule beginning next week.  JU will 
inquire as to the feasibility of this workgroup's keeping to the original 
schedule, of a workplan by August 1, a draft report by MM2002, and a final 
report by the January Council meeting.

Future meetings:  Council agreed to stick to one F2F meeting a year, with a 
conference call every few months, on a regular schedule.  Next call should 
come in late sept/early october (Perry agrees to host again), to plan for 
presentations at the MM2002.  Thereafter, probably April, June, 
October.  JU will set a date for the next call, and begin arranging a 
location for the Jan. meeting (London?)