Merge pull request #775 from music-encoding/april-7-board-meeting-minutes

Create 2025-04-07_Virtual-Board-Meeting.md

Author: musicEnfanthen

community/mei-board.md

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 * [2025-01-07, Virtual Board Meeting](mei-board/protocols/2025-01-07_Virtual-Board-Meeting.html)
 * [2025-02-03, Virtual Board Meeting](mei-board/protocols/2025-02-03_Virtual-Board-Meeting.html)
 * [2025-03-03, Virtual Board Meeting](mei-board/protocols/2025-03-03_Virtual-Board-Meeting.html)
+* [2025-04-07, Virtual Board Meeting](mei-board/protocols/2025-04-07_Virtual-Board-Meeting.html)
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+title: "2025-04-07 Virtual MEI Board Meeting"
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+# 2025 April 7 Virtual MEI Board Meeting
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+Present: Anna Kijas, Martha Thomae Elias, Maristella Feustle, Stefan Münnich, Benjamin Bohl, David Weigl, Anna Plaksin
+Absent: Johannes Kepper, Laurent Pugin
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+Minutes: Anna Kijas
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+## Agenda
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+Updates: MEC 2025 (Anna P.)
+- Preparing program and plan to publish on website soon
+- Registrations have started to come in
+- Bursaries have been awarded
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+Updates: Social Media Outreach
+- BlueSky and Mastodon accounts are live
+    - https://bsky.app/profile/music-encoding.bsky.social
+    - https://mastodon.social/@MusicEncoding
+- MEI Community can use [content curation form](https://forms.gle/u8fj95149x1SzcDp9) to send announcements and updates relevant to the MEI community.
+- Questions can be directed to Maristella Feustle (maristella.feustle at unt.edu)
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+Updates: MEC 2026
+- Provide information about MEI branding and logos as well as make the logo files easily discoverable on MEI website
+- Stefan will create a dedicated page for branding and publish it under “Resources” on the MEI website
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+Call for updates: MEI Community Forum on April 8
+- Technical Team, MEC 2025, and MEI Board updates will be added to the [slidedeck](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vTJdYSJ4Yt776yGp9bhXB-9dNwoEdGbJ9de2rWZtpeo/edit?usp=drive_link) for the community forum
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+Next Board meeting: May 12 at 10 AM (EDT) / 4 PM (CEST)
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+**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.