Meeting Date: Wed Feb 04 2026
Source: Google Doc Link
Summary
Simon introduced their background, including their 2018 Oxford ENCOM degree, London residence, and current two-year role as a sales manager at a sunshine company, and detailed their qualifications and reasons for seeking a new role. CommOps Manager reviewed Simon's CV and discussed Simon's strengths—such as being loyal, hardworking, and punctual—and weaknesses—including sometimes helping others too much and being emotional—along with their organized approach to managing heavy workloads. CommOps Manager offered Simon the job, complimenting their personality and experience, and Simon accepted the full-time position, which requires 40 hours a week from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with a $10,000 monthly salary and benefits, and agreed to start the following day.
Suggested Next Steps
- Tashi Tsering will add the harvesting of data from websites and other sources to the plan and combine it with a developer and Tendrof to ensure data collection and metadata acquisition are automated and improved.
- Tashi Tsering will check other tools besides Transkribus for polygon annotation for line segmentation to annotate approximately 400 images.
- Tashi Tsering will begin the training of script classification models at different levels to distinguish between styles, focusing annotators on low-confidence data to cover 3 million manuscript images.
- Élie Roux will select the script classification data and provide Tashi Tsering with the classification guidelines, including the 12 to 15 expected classes.
- The group will list and consolidate all available scattered transcription data, including the nariel concur data, into one reusable pocket file.
- Tashi Tsering will look at transcribers first for the line annotation of 400 images.
- Élie Roux and Tashi Tsering will meet with Eric to discuss the line segmentation work, including the existing Transkribus data and the goal of separating all line components (vowels, descenders, etc.) to improve the line models.
- ཨེ་མ will talk with Gandhi about splitting the script type assignments between annotators, to manage the issue of some annotators not knowing ume.
- Élie Roux will remove all the PDFs from DDRC for 4K.
- Élie Roux will provide Tashi Tsering with collection W ideas to create a pipeline for taking OCR and putting it in the tool.
Meeting Transcript
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Feb 4, 2026
0001 Testing WB-Content WG - Transcript
00:00:00
CommOps Manager: It's where is it? Go straight and turn right. Got it. Thanks. Nice to meet you, sir. I am Simon. Nice to meet you too. Simon, how did you find about this job? I saw an ad on your website. Tell me something about yourself. I am from London. I have an ENCOM degree from Oxford University. I graduated in 2018. I am working as a sales manager currently. Where are you currently working? I am currently working at a sunshine company. What is your role? I am a sales manager. I manage the meetings and help my clients in their problems. I also take care about sales. How long have you been working there? I have been working there for the last two years. Why do you want to leave your current job? What are your qualifications? I have an incom degree. I have also a diploma in office management.
00:01:38
CommOps Manager: May I see your CV? Here you are. Well done. You got A+ in every semester. What are your strengths? I am very loyal and hardworking. I am punctual as well. I work fast and good. How many words can you type in a minute? I can type 42 words in a minute. What are your weaknesses? Sometimes I help others a lot. I can't sit idle. What is your biggest weakness? I am very emotional. Well, that's not very bad. How do you manage situations if you have a lot of work? I am very organized. I work on weekends if have a lot of work. I have never let my boss down. Where do you see yourself in next 5 years? I will be working as a manager in this company. I will be launching a new app. Your personality is good. You have experience and smart mind. I think you are the right person for this job. I will never disappoint you. Congrats. You got this job. Thank you so much, sir. Do you have some questions about this job? Yes, sir. I have a few questions. May I ask? Sure. Is the job full-time or part-time? This is a full-time job. What are the hours? Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 40 hours a week. How much is the salary? $10,000 a month. That's a great deal. Are there benefits? Yes, we offer free medical insurance and a free tour for two people. Sounds good. When can you join? I need to collect my stuff from my old office. I can join this company after one day.
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