[MEI-L] CfP MEI Strategy Development Group

Wed Jun 12 18:05:46 CEST 2013

Dear Peter,
thanks for your concerns regarding a separate list for the Structure 
Development Group.
Of course, discussion of the Structure Development Group should be as 
open and transparent as possible!

My first (1) thoughts for a separate mailinglist were that it would make 
it easier to keep together the discussion of the group; second (2), 
being appointed with the task of making up a couple of possible models 
for community organisation I think it is easier to have the possibility 
to develop these models to a certain degree, before prensenting them for 
public discussion.
Third (3) this mailinglist would provide everybody with the possibility 
to directly address the whole Structure Development Group and fourth 
(4), being most important, avoid mails between group members to end in 
personal mail accounts, later forgotten and unavailable to the public by 
providing an archive of the mailinglist.
My idea with this was to have only those wiling to participate in the 
group's work as members of the list but allow (moderated) input from 
anybody.
Of course this would mean, an open list archive and regular reports to 
MEI-L on behalf of the Structure Development Group; and, of course, open 
discussion and (as I could imagine) surveys on MEI-L in order to grasp 
"waht does MEI want?"

But for now I can calm everyone: nothing has been mingled on dark 
secluded mailinlists ;-)
In fact, while making up a preliminary agenda for MEI-Struct during the 
past few days, a couple of mails reached me, concerning the groups work. 
>From the fact that these reached me by means of personal mail accounts 
(not over MEI-L) tells me, that there might be an interest in forwarding 
ideas and fist thoughts on a personal basis first!

I'd be happy to hear other opinions on the above? (Especially from 
contributors to the new Structure Development Group!)

Now to give a short report on current status:
I'm happy to announce that two additional community members have joined 
the Structure Development Group:
David Meredith, and
Giuliano Di Bacco

Best wishes,
Benjamin

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Am 11.06.2013 17:02, schrieb Peter Stadler:
> 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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>> Musikwissenschaftliches Seminar Detmold/Paderborn
>> BMBF-Projekt "Freischütz Digital"
>> Benjamin Wolff Bohl
>> Gartenstraße 20
>> D–32756 Detmold
>>
>> Tel. +49 (0) 5231 / 975-669
>> Fax: +49 (0) 5231 / 975-668
>> E-Mail: bohl at edirom.de
>>
>> http://www.freischuetz-digital.de
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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"
>>> Benjamin Wolff Bohl
>>> Gartenstraße 20
>>> D–32756 Detmold
>>>
>>> Tel. +49 (0) 5231 / 975-669
>>> Fax: +49 (0) 5231 / 975-668
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