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

[Lou Burnard]

Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
> Gabriel BODARD wrote:
>   
>> 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?
>>   
>>     
> yes, thats been the norm - meet for a 2 day session in early
> spring; the last 2 years it has been combined with a 1-day
> outreach session.
>
> I reckon we should close on the offer. It's not
> as cheap as a meeting in the UK would be, but
> it should still be relatively economical,
> and the outreach is built-in.
>
> BUT (and it's a very big BUT), we have no
> Council chair yet. The proposed changes to
> the TEI Consortium make this position
> even more powerful and important than it
> already is, and its worrying to arrange the
> meeting without having the chair in place.
> There is the horrible possibility that the chosen
> person could not make the meeting dates!
>
> I'd still risk it.
>
>   
Seems clear to me that (a) we should be accepting this offer
 (b) we should move as soon as possible to getting a new chair for the 
council.