[tei-council] Statement

[James Cummings]

On 17/08/11 17:19, Julianne Nyhan wrote:
> 3) still a little unwieldy. The problem is the ' in addition to the
> meeting minutes it already publishes'.
> Is that connected to the first or last clause? I want to move it without
> destroying meaning of sentence.
> How about:
>
> 3) The TEI Technical Council desires a greater transparency and
> accountability in TEI Board activities, notwithstanding the minutes of
> meetings it already publishes. Council calls for reforms that introduce
> mechanisms to make TEI Board activities more transparent and built on
> greater consultation with the TEI Community.

Works for me, as a Canadian, I love any clause with 'notwithstanding' in 
it.  This leaves us with:

1) The TEI Technical Council continues to function and wants to get on 
with its job of improving and openly maintaining the Guidelines and 
associated systems and resources on behalf of the TEI Community.

2) The TEI Technical Council is shocked and saddened by the sudden 
actions of the TEI Board in dismissing its chair and the implications 
this may have for the ability of the TEI Board to work effectively as
representatives of the TEI Community.

3) The TEI Technical Council desires a greater transparency and 
accountability in TEI Board activities, notwithstanding the minutes of 
meetings it already publishes. Council calls for reforms that introduce 
mechanisms to make TEI Board activities more transparent and built on 
greater consultation with the TEI Community.

4) The TEI Technical Council believes that the events announced by the 
TEI Board on 15 August 2011, pending greater explanation, have caused 
real harm to the TEI Consortium and wish to know the Board's plans for 
restoring the Consortium's reputation and good standing in the
community.


We could have, of course, done this on the wiki or something sensible 
like that. :-)

-James

-- 
Dr James Cummings, Manager of InfoDev
Oxford University Computing Services
University of Oxford