term of service of TEI council members

[Susan Schreibman]

sorry for taking so long to reply -- I'm on the road -- sounds like a
terrific idea -- I also agree

usan

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> On Fri, 31 Oct 2003, Christian Wittern wrote:
>
> > Syd Bauman <Syd_Bauman at brown.edu> writes:
> >
> > > I'm going to go out on a limb, here, and say that I think it would be
> > > better for the organizational health of the TEI if a councilor's term
> > > started on the 01 Jan following the election, lasting for two years
> > > (i.e., until the 31 Dec roughly 26 months after the election).
> > > Besides addressing the concerns above, this also gives incoming
> > > councilors the opportunity to read up on minutes and issues and query
> > > their outgoing colleagues before "taking the helm". I think it should
> > > be standard operating procedure that the councilors-elect be
> > > permitted to join council conference calls (at TEI expense), but not
> > > face-to-face meetings (at least not at TEI expense), without a vote.
> > > Probably should sign 'em up on the council list, too.
> >
> > I fully agree to this proposal, wich in fact aligns nicely with my
> > memory of the constituing meeting of the TEI Council January 2002 in
> > London, where my impression was that the terms had started with the
> > beginning of the year.
> > > Suggested Course of Action
> > > --------- ------ -- ------
> > > 1. Council should discuss my proposal and decide to endorse it or not
> > >    immediately.
> > > 2. If council decides to endorse it, someone (Christian or I) should
> > >    draft a quick request to the Board that they consider this
> > >    problem, along with our recommended solution, at their meeting on
> > >    Sun 09 Nov.
> >
> > I second this.  If the other council members agree to this course of
> > action, I would like to ask Syd to draft the request (for which most
> > of the work is already done).
> >
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > Christian
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> >  Christian Wittern
> >  Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University
> >  47 Higashiogura-cho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8265, JAPAN
> >
> >
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