[tei-council] NASA looking to digitize Wernher von Braun's Notes

[Daniel Paul O'Donnell]

So, shall we propose a TEI answer to the RFI, which helps us position 
ourselves as an organisation, perhaps in cooperation with some members 
who would be interested in proposing a bid in response to and RFP should 
things get that far?

We'd need to run this by the Board if it is to be a TEI answer to the 
RFI, and I'd say we might want to put out a call for interested parties 
to work with us and, if it gets that far, submit any actual bids. But I 
think that might be a very good approach: the TEI as a semi-standards 
organisation is in a good position to give relatively distinterested 
answers to the RFI; and by associating with the TEI on the RFI, members 
who might be interested in submitting a bid help profile themselves 
early in the process.

What do others think?

-dan



David Sewell wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Jun 2009, Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
>
>   
>> certainly I think Oxford would be interested in joining a tender
>> if we get that far. I wonder if NASA would allow non-US offers?
>>     
>
> Considering the background of Wernher von Braun, it would be intensely
> ironic if they did not...
>
>   

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