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

[Christian Wittern]

Dear Arianna,

Thanks for reminding us of this pending offer.   I am all in favour, but 
unfortunately I am afraid this does not mean very much in this 
situation.   My sense is that the Council members who have voiced 
opinions so far (alas, not all of them will be there) are in favour of 
accepting this proposal.  But I am a bit hesitant to make a formal 
commitment concerning a matter of such central importance to the working 
of the Council next year.
Could you maybe explain the situation to her and ask him to wait a bit 
more?  If things go well, me might have a new Chair by Christmas, who knows?

All the best,

Christian



Arianna Ciula wrote:
> 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
>
>
>   


-- 
 Christian Wittern 
 Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University
 47 Higashiogura-cho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8265, JAPAN