2025 January 7 Virtual MEI Board Meeting
Present: Anna Kijas, Martha Thomae Elias, Maristella Feustle, Stefan, Münnich, Benjamin Bohl, David Weigl, Anna Plaksin, Laurent Pugin
Regards: Johannes Kepper
Minutes: Anna Kijas
Agenda
Welcome to newly elected MEI Board members for the 2025-2027 term
- Martha Thomae Elias
- Benjamin W. Bohl
- Anna Kijas
Assigning Board Roles
- Anna K. will continue as Administrative Chair
- Benni and Stefan will remain as Technical Co-Chairs, and Martha will assist as future co-chair
- Johannes will continue as Financial Officer
- Additional responsibilities (unofficial roles) assigned:
- Social Media & Outreach: Maristella
- Liaison to conference and dev workshop: Anna P. (current PC), Johannes
- Mailing List & Elections Administrators: Laurent and Martha
Changes to Social Media Presence
- Leaving X for Bluesky and Mastodon
- Next steps will be shared at February Board meeting
Documentation clean-up
- Documenting and reviewing details for various accounts and log-ins
Calendaring
- ODD meeting dates to be set
- MEI Board meeting dates
- February 3, 2025 (11 AM EST / 5 PM CET)
- March 3, 2025 (10 AM EST / 4 PM CET)
- April 7, 2025 (10 AM EDT / 4 PM CEST)
Music Encoding Conference
- MEC 2025
- 49 submissions received and assigned to reviewers (view timeline)
- Future conferences
- Host identified for MEC 2026
- Call for Hosts for MEC 2027 will go out in 2025
MEI Community: If you have questions or agenda items you would like the MEI Board to consider in a future meeting, please reach out to Anna Kijas (anna.kijas at tufts.edu) with your input.
