TEI Board Meeting: 27 March 2025

Attending: Diane Jackaki, Magdalena Turska, Hugh Cayless, Elisa Beshero-Bondar, Constance Crompton, James Cummings

Agenda Items

  • Approval of February meeting minutes

    • Magdalena Turska proposes acceptance; James Cummings seconds

  • Community Slack Access

    • Sign up Google Form with 30 day link
    • Strategy around CoC grey areas is needed

  • Conferences

    • TEI2025 September 16-20 2025
      • 3 keynotes for the Kraków conference (one for each day)
      • One proposed by the board, potentially in the "interview with" format to record the TEI's history
      • Diane Jakacki will do outreach
      • Ideal Scheduling:
        • 21 April CfP deadline
        • May 5th extended CfP deadline
        • June 15th notifications of acceptance
        • July 1st Early Bird registration deadline
        • Aug 1st revised abstracts and requests for rooms (e.g. SIG)

  • Rahtz Prize

    • Elisa Beshero-Bondar will chair

  • Elections

    • forthcoming
    • Diane Jakacki and James Cummings will serve on the committee

  • TEI Consortium Membership Drive

    • Value proposition for soft launch at the conference
    • Community member impact stories 'We are the TEI'
    • New funding bids page: https://www.tei-c.org/support/bids/

  • Other Business

    • Hugh Cayless has taken over the Bly Sky account