another question to ponder

[Sebastian Rahtz]

Lou Burnard wrote:

>> BTW, what happened to TEI-TECH?  Would it be useful to revive that as
>> a general list for technical discussions as opposed to TEI-L.  I am a
>> bit worried that some readers of TEI-L might be scared away.
>>
> 
> I would be strongly opposed to this suggestion. On the other hand, if 
> someone wants to set up a TEI-fluffy list, I don't mind! (and then there 
> are all the SIGs...)

I am afraid I agree with Christian. If  TEI-L stays in "geek cutting 
edge acronym-loving enthusiast" mode, it'll never rise above niche 
level. We don't want the TEI to become the new TeX, do we?

Sorry to bang on about this, but if the TEI Consortium (as opposed to 
the TEI) is to have a future, it has to be much more proactive about its 
image, its communications, its services etc. A sine qua non for that is 
a single home for mailing lists, with centralized subscription 
management, common searchable archives, and a rational set of lists for 
different aspects of the TEI.

Yes, I know that its easy to say "the TEI should do this or that" in a 
vague way without offering resources or help. I'd love to offer to work 
on it myself; but sadly my waking hours are all dedicated towards P5 at 
the moment :-}


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