2026 July 27 Virtual MEI Board Meeting

Present: Anna Kijas, Anna Plaksin, Benni Bohl, David Weigl, Laurent Pugin

Excused: Jessica Grimmer, Martha Thomae Elias, Kristina Richts-Matthei, Maristella Feustle, Stefan Münnich

Minutes: Anna Kijas

Agenda

• Discussion
  • Investigating a new communication platform
    • Benni created a draft communication requirements document for the board to review
    • We have set up a test instance in Zulip for the board to test out functionality based on identified needs
    • Another possibility that we are exploring is Rocket.chat which NFDI4Culture offered to host for the MEI community
• Calendaring
  • Fall meetings will be scheduled soon and dates will be posted online

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.