Meeting02192008

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Follow-up on membership meeting

Meeting of February 19, 2008, 3:00 to 4:00 PM, 904 Clemens Hall

Mission

• Intellectual identity of the digital humanities group

Proposed assignment: Cris and Peter to draft "think-tank" language, Maureen and Austin to draft language about training and support.

Budget priorities

• Determine resource allocations for AY 2007-08
  • Travel to other digital humanities centers (UVa, Maryland, Brown, ?)
  • Vancouver workshop support

Proposal: DHI fund attendance to Vancouver workshop (#?)

• • Software licensing
  • Consortium dues (TEI, ACH)

Update: First-year TEI dues will be paid by Brown's NEH grant

• • Other
• Plan resource allocations for subsequent years
• Seek additional revenue
  •  % of overhead on grants secured by members
  • Foundation support

Governance

• Humanities Institute member organization
• Leadership
• Steering Committee
• Charter

Proposal: charter document to be drafted by...?

• Members

Support

• Additional hire in CASet
• Collaboration with University Libraries

Update: Steve Roberts' meeting with Bruce McCombe (Austin)

• Subcontracting with other campus units

Proposed agenda

• Short term:
  • Collect and analyze feedback from meeting participants
  • Form a steering committee
  • Develop name and visual identity for group
  • Draft charter
  • Draft spending proposals
  • Evaluate other models for digital humanities groups
  • Organize brown-bag sessions for work-in-progress
  • Organize follow-up training building on the TEI/XML workshop
  • Identify likely external funding sources for individual and group support
• Long term possibilities:
  • Organize an annual event (showcase / training)
  • Develop regional / trans-border consortium for digital humanities initiatives
  • Host visiting scholars on a regular basis
  • Develop a graduate certificate in digital humanities

Update: discussions on curriculum for digital humanities track for MA degree

• • Explore digital imprint for SUNY Press (see UVa example)