TEI-Council-FAQ

So you've been elected to the TEI Technical Council and have some questions about how things work. This page has been set up to answer questions that new council members may have. It is entirely unofficial. See in first instance, http://www.tei-c.org/Council/

Who funds what?
Meaning: does the consortium fund the participation of the council members to the meetings? (and if yes to which meetings? Just the council meetings I suppose) or do our institutions need to pay for this?

The TEI funds the participation of the council members in the meetings. Though I don't know of anyone claiming back telephone conferencing costs, I suppose that is possible as well, in most cases the council members' institutions probably swallow that.

If the council as a meeting in strange-foreign-place, then the council members' travel, hotel, etc. will be reimbursed with proper receipts. I'm assuming for all expenses one uses the TEI Travel expense form available here: http://www.tei-c.org/Members/TEI_travel_form.pdf

Council members are not funded to attend the TEI Members' Meeting, however, there has been discussion concerning whether the council should also officially meet here as well.

How are the teleconferences held?
Currently the TEI Council uses the teleconferencing facilities provided by the institution of a council member. This involves a long distance call for most people participating in the teleconference. The TEI Council has been investigating other forms of teleconferencing, specifically VOIP-related software. Skype (by itself) is not an option because it limits conference calls to 5 people. (However, there are things which use skype to group people into larger teleconferences). So far the other options tried have not been satisfactory.

The specific details of what number to dial and what access code is needed will be circulated on the council list shortly before the meeting.

Where are the minutes of previous meetings?
The minutes of previous meetings are stored on the TEI website, see http://www.tei-c.org/Council/