[tei-council] Council Chair Elections

[Fabio Ciotti]

Hi James and all,

> So in the good traditions of newly created procedures, we've
> failed to follow them at all. That is, it seems, that there is no
> one who has put forward their name to be Council Chair.

Well, it isn't that we failed to follow the By-laws we gave us, it's
that nobody had the courage to stand to be the Chair... :-)

> I held off because I didn't want to stop anyone else who was thinking of
> doing so (and then because I was examining a DPhil on Friday it
> went clean out of my mind).
>
> I will now put myself forward as Chair of the TEI Technical
> Council for the next year. The reasons I think you should accept
> me are:
>
> 1) I know what the job entails
> 2) I can do the work as part of my post in Oxford rather than in
> my spare time
> 3) I promise to try to be more organized this year
> 4) No one else seems to want to do it
>
> According to
> http://wiki.tei-c.org/index.php/TEI-Council-FAQ#How_is_the_TEI_Technical_Council_Chair_elected.3F
> and common sense I should probably give you a couple days to make
> any strenuous objections or put yourself forward. How about if no
> one has nominated themselves or objected on the mailing list by
> Thursday 5 December at 10am (GMT), then I'll assume an
> acclamation and announce it to the Board and TEI-L.
>
> So silence will indicate agreement. :-)

I firmly and loudly agree :-)

Fabio