[IAEP] [SLOBS] Governance.

[Walter Bender]

I don't think anyone (on slobs) is on the fence about transparency. I
think that people don't always take the time to think about what list
what message should be sent to. And often times a discussion that
starts in one place evolves into a conversation that belongs in a
another place. Having someone to look over shoulders to remind people
to move the conversation to the appropriate list would be a service.
Woodhouse is quite good at this. But I suppose that rather than having
one person tasked with this, we should all get into the habit of
reminding each other...

-walter

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Michael Stone <michael at laptop.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 08:14:22PM -0500, Walter Bender wrote:
>>
>> Here is my short-term suggestion:
>>
>> Why don't we appoint you as a monitor of the slobs list.
>
> No, thanks -- I don't feel that I can be responsible for SL's organizational
> conscience. Instead, I believe that this is something that we each must be
> responsible to ourselves and to one another for maintaining.
>>
>> Any message that you think should be public, send to iaep (blipping out
>> names
>> if necessary).
>
> I wouldn't want such a monitor to publish documents that the audience
> couldn't
> agree among themselves to publish -- that would be neither transparent nor
> consensus-based. On the other hand, if the audience can agree to publish the
> materials, then why not just send the messages to iaep@ in the first place?
>
>> That'll prevent us form inadvertently keep secrets from the community.
>
> More likely, it will lead people who are on the fence about transparency and
> consensus-based decision-making to communicate by means of a different
> side-channel than slobs at .
> Perhaps a better solution would be to find ways for people who are on the
> fence
> about transparency to adjust to its requirements while still achieving their
> true ends?
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael
>



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Walter Bender
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