[tei-council] Finalizing statement

[Laurent Romary]

Message sent. Thanks all of you for your strong presence!
Laurent

Le 18 août 2011 à 09:07, Laurent Romary a écrit :

> Dear all,
> It may be difficult to converge through further iterations and would like to issue the text below.
> May I ask anyone with a major problem to shout or I'll send this by noon my time.
> Cheers.
> Laurent
> 
> Le 18 août 2011 à 05:33, Martin Holmes a écrit :
> 
>> Could we dispense with the repetition of "The TEI Council" and go with 
>> "We" in some of the sentences? And could some of the sentences be joined 
>> into paragraphs?
>> 
>> This is the sort of thing I mean:
>> 
>> ###
>> = A statement from the TEI Technical Council on the recent actions of
>> the TEI Board of Directors =
>> 
>> The TEI Technical Council is shocked and saddened by the sudden actions
>> at the TEI Board of Directors which led to the resignation of its chair
>> and the implications this may have for the ability of the TEI Board of
>> Directors to work effectively as representatives of the TEI community.
>> 
>> The TEI Technical Council appreciated the willingness of the outgoing
>> chair to provide a vision for the TEI that could have contributed to
>> reforming the TEI Consortium as an organization. We believe that the 
>> events announced by the TEI Board of Directors on 15 August 2011, 
>> pending greater explanation, have caused real harm to the TEI 
>> Consortium, and we wish to know the Board's plans for restoring the 
>> Consortium's reputation and good standing in the community.
>> 
>> 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. We hope 
>> that the TEI Board of Directors will consider the issues that the 
>> outgoing chair raised as it moves forward, and we desire a greater 
>> transparency and accountability in TEI Board of Directors activities, 
>> notwithstanding the minutes of meetings it already publishes. We call 
>> for reforms that introduce mechanisms to make TEI Board of Directors 
>> activities more transparent and built on greater consultation with the 
>> TEI community.
>> ###
>> 
>> On 17/08/2011 6:42 PM, Kevin Hawkins wrote:
>>> I meant to offer the version below as well but got distracted.  I
>>> maintain the ordering (first background and then proposed actions),
>>> which I feel is critical.  I have also added a title, which could be
>>> used as a subject line.
>>> 
>>> ###
>>> 
>>> = A statement from the TEI Technical Council on the recent actions of
>>> the TEI Board of Directors =
>>> 
>>> The TEI Technical Council is shocked and saddened by the sudden actions
>>> at the TEI Board of Directors which led to the resignation of its chair
>>> and the implications this may have for the ability of the TEI Board of
>>> Directors to work effectively as representatives of the TEI community.
>>> 
>>> The TEI Technical Council appreciated the willingness of the outgoing
>>> chair to provide a vision for the TEI that could have contributed to
>>> reforming the TEI Consortium as an organization.
>>> 
>>> The TEI Technical Council believes that the events announced by the TEI
>>> Board of Directors 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.
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> The TEI Technical Council hopes that the TEI Board of Directors will
>>> consider the issues that the outgoing chair raised as it moves forward.
>>> 
>>> The TEI Technical Council desires a greater transparency and
>>> accountability in TEI Board of Directors activities, notwithstanding the
>>> minutes of meetings it already publishes.
>>> 
>>> The TEI Technical Council calls for reforms that introduce mechanisms to
>>> make TEI Board of Directors activities more transparent and built on
>>> greater consultation with the TEI community.
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> Laurent Romary
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Laurent Romary
INRIA & HUB-IDSL
laurent.romary at inria.fr