[IAEP] [SLOBS] Governance.

[Samuel Klein]

You could try something like sharing the catalog of discussions but
not discussions themselves.  A private tech list I remember (a private
version of wikitech-l?) made a point of publishing the subject lines
of its archives so that people understood what it was being used for,
or could ask for specific discussions to be made public / summarized,
&c.

SJ


On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 10:32 PM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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