tei report call proposals future tei report final invitation proposals 1 background information reported list early september text encoding initiative considering options future organization funding actively exploring possibility consortium cooperative organization support maintenance extension tei guidelines 3 4 october tei executive committee met representatives tei sponsoring organizations ach acl allc prospective host institutions purpose note report community steps taken toward goal new organization tei outline concerned current schedule events leading toward final decision reiterate invitation institutions interested hosting tei organization contact tei soon possible order ensure proposals receive full consideration 2 issues list course meeting elaborated list issues must resolved course decision tei future organization structure proposal organizing hosting tei structure expected address questions intellectual property rights tei sponsoring organizations taking steps clarify current status rights tei new structure needs make clear rights managed future strong conviction new organizational structure results tei work must remain publicly accessible governance legal status proposed organization must described essential legal structure one allows full participation institutions individuals countries particular institutions european north american countries tei activity use currently common equal footing proposals need specify plausible business plan indicate level fees funding needed make proposed organization selfsustaining executive committee sponsoring organizations particular requirements topic beyond hope membership fees prohibitively expensive prospective hosts must take account cultural differences europe america regards fees membership consortia cooperative organizations geography strong wish international flavor tei maintained regard membership governance provision service tei organization tei developed structure set procedures organizing carrying intellectual work maintaining guidelines proposals tei future need specify far procedures retained changed proposals tei organization contain provisions describing happen organization unsuccessful fallback plan provide among things reversion tei original sponsoring organizations future role current sponsoring organizations future guidance tei must spelled principle broad range possibilities practice current sponsoring organizations wish active role governance tei least initial period order ensure continuity project demonstrate continuing support tei goals scope proposed organization cooperative must also clear cope may described terms discipline type activity common bases foci activities sponsoring organizations recognize standards many kinds may relevant activities members expect continue collaborating standards mutual concern whatever institutional organizational framework set tei must position collaborate flexibly future initiatives sponsoring organizations well continuing tei involvement work related standards like xml 3 timetable timetable decision future organization tei follows 31 october 1998 initial proposals received prospective hosts november 1998 review committee consisting tei executive committee additional representatives sponsoring organizations review discuss proposals ask proposers explanations clarification matters detail proposals 30 november 1998 cutoff discussion process deadline submission revised proposals full institutional commitments early mid december 1998 short list proposals selected proposers notified invited give final presentations meeting january 1999 mid january 1999 meeting review committee receive final presentations following sponsoring organizations decide future arrangements tei 31 january 1999 public announcement decision made sponsoring organizations made end january 4 invitation institutions interested proposing organize host tei organization make proposal future tei contact tei secretariat soon possible address information since initial proposals expected end october final proposals including full institutional commitments due 30 november members sponsoring organizations users tei would like express views issues outlined suggest issues considered invited comment tei l contact appropriate bodies within association write directly tei executive committee care address c sperberg mcqueen university illinois chicago lou burnard oxford university tei secretariat c sperberg mcqueen tei uic edu