[tei-council] next council meeting: Ireland needs a reply

[Gabriel BODARD]

Sounds nice to me. I don't know that part of the world at all. Does the 
Council normally meet for 2-3 days mid-way through the year like this?

G

Arianna Ciula a écrit :
> Dear all,
> 
> I sent an email just after the TEI members meeting about the next  
> council meeting, but I don?t think the new members were registered on  
> the list yet.
> 
> 
> While discussing informally the date and venue of the next council  
> meeting in Maryland, Malte Rehbein, Marie Curie Research Fellow at the  
> Moore Institute of National University of Ireland in Galway
> (http://www.nuigalway.ie/mooreinstitute/), proposed to host the meeting
> at his institution.
> 
> Some members of the council welcomed the idea on this list. Although I  
> do realize it may seem early to make any decisions about the future  
> work of the council, Malte needs a reply rather soon and has now  
> written to me asking whether we can confirm the following proposal:
> 
> - host and venue: The Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities  
> and Social Studies at NUI, Galway
> - date: 26 - 28 March 2008 (the week after Easter)
> - with a public conference on the 26th and the meeting itself on the
> 27/28th.
> - for the conference:
>     * they would like for two or three Council members to give a paper
> about some ?cool? TEI related stuff, if possible
>     * in addition to that there will be some papers or presentations  
> from people around Ireland about TEI / encoding projects
>     * maybe one keynote speaker
> - they would also like to publish the conference proceedings
> - for the Council meeting itself:
>     * we could use the seminar room of the Moore Institute which  
> provides space, access to a terrace and a view over the River Corrib  
> (he added a smile here?)
>     * WIFI will be available
>     * they can offer coffee and snacks
>     * and can arrange accommodation in a hotel nearby or in the city
> centre (but of course the expenses will need to be covered by the  
> consortium a usual)
> 
> They have also discussed the possibility of having a pre-workshop on  
> the Tuesday afternoon for an introduction to TEI, but have decided  
> that it isn?t feasible.
> 
> They need confirmation on the date as soon as possible (possibly  
> within the next week or maximum two weeks), since they would like to  
> send a call for papers etc.
> 
> I don?t know what is the best way to decide on the matter (especially  
> given the delicate moment of transition and holidays ongoing or coming  
> up), but for sure we need to reply to him, so unless someone else  
> wants to do it, please express your opinion and let me know what I  
> should tell him.
> 
> Best,
> Arianna
> 
> 

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