Conference call, Meeting

[Christian Wittern]

Syd Bauman <Syd_Bauman at brown.edu> writes:

> 27 Jan should be fine for conference call for me, too.

So it seems this is the date most convenient to most members.  I'd
therefore like to ask Perry to set the call up for us on that date at
the usual time (1300 GMT).

>
> While the idea of a trip to Gent is *very* intriguing, and I hate to
> be thought of as a bean-counter, I feel compelled to remind the group
> that the TEI-C is currently very underfunded. Until we get more
> members[1] we should really consider cost when choosing a meeting
> place.
>

Indeed.  But I am glad that you arrive at the same conclusion as most
other members. :-) And while the TEI-C is of course prepared to cover
the travel costs for attending Council members, it welcomes cases where the funding for this can be provided from other sources due to a clever combination of itinaries.

The next task then would be to think about a date.  As
I said, I would like to see the meeting happen in the second half of
May.  If we follow the pattern from last year (which was quite
successful, me thinks), we could start on a Thursday afternoon at a
time that allows Europeans to travel that same day, e.g. ca. 1400.  We
would then plan for another full day on Friday and might leave the
Saturday morning as an option in case we do not finish our agenda
(which might actually be the case this time).  In the second half of
May, that would leave us with 20-22 or 27-29.  

With this said, I would like to ask you to show preferences for one of
these dates or, if both turn out to be impossible for you to suggest
an alternative.  It would be good if we could fix the date in the next
two or three weeks.

All the best,

Christian

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 Christian Wittern 
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