Do you have such boilerplate guidelines that we could adopt in our
bylaws?
--David
On Dec 2, 2008, at 4:49 PM, Chris Messina wrote:
On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Martin Atkins
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Chris Messina wrote:
>
> This present case is mild on the whole, and represents a good case
where
> any potential legal actions should be discussed in confidence. I
don't
> disagree with that. But bounding the kinds of conversation that take
> place on the private list to a specific set of topics or items which
> match a public set of criteria is desirable, if it's not already
been done.
>
Chris,
There is a standing policy that everything sent to the private list
must
begin with a justification for it being private. Other board members
can
and often do reject these justifications and the discussions move to
the
public list.
However, I agree that it would be good to make public exactly what
justifications are allowed and ensure that any private conversations
fit
into one of these categories.
I've amended the page on the fan wiki with this statement. That
helps to explain current practice; it does not, however, constitute
an official or regular policy that might set a framework for what
falls within the realm of necessarily private.
My intention is not force any uncomfortable situation, simply to
arrive at clarity and transparency so that questions in the future
can be treated in an expected and normal way. In other words, the
original trademark conversation might have been handled in a uniform
way had there been a stated policy governing the discussion of legal
concerns.
There is nothing the OIDF bylaws that addresses matters like this,
even as a conventional approach to dealing with sensitive matters.
Surely we could borrow and tweak some existing boilerplate
guidelines having to do with such issues?
Chris
--
Chris Messina
Citizen-Participant &
Open Technology Advocate-at-Large
factoryjoe.com # diso-project.org
citizenagency.com # vidoop.com
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