[Eg-oversight-board] Oversight Board Discussion List - Decision Needed

[Lori Bowen Ayre]

Hi Elizabeth,

I agree with Kathy and Galen.  Any chance to reinstate the people who were
removed from the list?  That might be the best next step since this was not
an attempt to keep our activities secret, simply undoing the damage seems
reasonable.

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On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 7:07 AM, Galen Charlton <gmc at esilibrary.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
> On 05/16/2012 09:46 AM, McKinney, Elizabeth wrote:
>
>> Question: If we make the mailing list open to the world, should we
>> require a name and organization in an attempt to ward off
>> undesirables?
>>
>
> > Question: Do we want to limit the Oversight Board mailing list to
> > members of the Board and those who need to receive our communications
> > directly in order to perform work on our behalf? (ie Shauna, Val,
> > Tara, Chris) Please note that our communications are archived and
> > available publicly.  Of course now that I've upset folks limiting it
> > will be an unpopular decision.
>
> In the interest of full transparency, I think that the Oversight Board
> mailing list should be open to any and all subscribers.  Further, if a
> community member wishes to raise an issue to the board via the mailing
> list, I consider that to be an appropriate venue.  I don't know of any
> instance to date where a community member has abused the mailing list; if
> such an event arises in the future, I would prefer that we deal with it
> first via normal persuasion.
>
> Of course, at times we may want to conduct votes and other formal board
> business on the mailing list, but since we of course know who the members
> are at all times, I wouldn't expect that there would be a problem doing
> tallys.
>
> I don't think that requiring name and organization is necessary at this
> time.  Of course, we no doubt will get spammers subscribing every now and
> again, but we can trust Chris' judgment regarding pruning obvious spam
> accounts as part of normal list maintenance.
>
> While the archives of course are and continue to be available, I know that
> some community members would prefer to get board emails as they occur,
> rather than having to remember to check the archives periodically.
>
> There will no doubt be some occasions where the board will have a reason
> to conduct correspondence in "closed session", but those should be limited
> to the bare minimum necessary.
>
> Regards,
>
> Galen
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