[MEI-L] CfP MEI Strategy Development Group

Peter Stadler stadler at edirom.de
Tue Jun 11 17:02:30 CEST 2013


Just wanted to second this idea.
Please keep MEI-L informed and don't hide the discussion in another list. (I would go so far to question the need for a separate list at all ...)

Best 
Peter

Am 07.06.2013 um 08:40 schrieb Benjamin Wolff Bohl <bohl at edirom.de>:

> Dear Eleanor,
> thank you very much for your good input concerning organizing the work of the group.
> Mailing out portions of the agenda and having surveys on MEI-L seems a very good idea!
> 
> Sincerely,
> Benjamin
> 
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> Am 07.06.2013 01:34, schrieb Eleanor Selfridge-Field:
>> Hi, Benjamin,
>> 
>> You are starting out with a good steering group.  Perhaps you should mail
>> out small parts of the agenda to a large group and see what responses come
>> in.  Or...you could identify several topics that need to be addressed and
>> put them in a survey.
>> 
>> I'll be happy to read what you come up with, but I doubt I will be able to
>> take an active part in drafting the provisions.  Good luck with the task.
>> 
>> Eleanor
>> 
>> 
>> Eleanor Selfridge-Field
>> Consulting Professor, Music (and, by courtesy, Symbolic Systems)
>> Braun Music Center #129
>> Stanford University
>> Stanford, CA 94305-3076, USA
>> http://www.stanford.edu/~esfield/
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mei-l-bounces+esfield=stanford.edu at lists.uni-paderborn.de
>> [mailto:mei-l-bounces+esfield=stanford.edu at lists.uni-paderborn.de] On
>> Behalf Of Benjamin Wolff Bohl
>> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 9:44 AM
>> To: mei-l at lists.uni-paderborn.de
>> Subject: [MEI-L] CfP MEI Strategy Development Group
>> 
>> Dear List:eners,
>> as mentioned before, in my personal report from the MEI Council Meeting at
>> Mainz, MEI has to find new structures for future community development and
>> participation.
>> Having proposed to initialize formation of this group I hereby invite
>> everyone to join the efforts of
>> 
>>> A *Strategy Development Group*
>>> 
>>> assigned to come up with proposals for a new organization of MEI. This
>>> group should represent the complete MEI Community, including delegates
>>> from peer groups that might not be involved at the moment. For this
>>> reason, it was proposed to use MEI-L to gather interested parties for
>>> this basically open group.
>>> For practical reasons, an initial group of volunteers was set up,
>>> which consists of:
>>> - Axel Teich Geertinger,
>>> - Laurent Pugin, (@Laurent: as you were proposed while shortly absent,
>>> is this your will?)
>>> - Christine Siegert, and
>>> - Benjamin W. Bohl.
>>> 
>>> **Call for Participation** Anyone interested in joining this group
>>> please communicate this by replying to this message via MEI-L.
>>> If there are no objections I would like to volunteer for coordinating
>>> the formation of this group during this initial phase.
>>> 
>>> The preliminary schedule for this group is to draft at least two
>>> proposals for future organization of the MEI Community within the next
>>> year; bringing these proposals to discussion both in MEI Council and
>>> MEI Community, for decision.
>>> It was agreed, that transparency and avoidance of bureaucratic
>>> overhead should be essential features of new structures, and democracy
>>> and participatory aspects should be considered likewise, but without
>>> neglecting efficient and simple structures. This might include careful
>>> reconsideration of the current structures (MEI Council and MEI
>>> Technical Team) that nevertheless have proved to be very helpful and
>>> effective fostering the interest of MEI Community and bringing it to
>>> ist current shape.
>>> It was also agreed that once new structures and forms of organizing
>>> MEI Community should be established, these would be examined after a
>>> number of years, with the option to revert or change to a different
>> model.
>> 
>> If you are interested in joining this group and developing strategies for
>> the future of MEI, please contact me directly. A Mailinglist for internal
>> discussions of this group will be available shortly and I'd be happy to
>> send you an invitation to the list.
>> 
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Benjamin
>> 
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>> Digital"
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>> D–32756 Detmold
>> 
>> Tel. +49 (0) 5231 / 975-669
>> Fax: +49 (0) 5231 / 975-668
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