On 2012-12-19, at 4:15 PM, Mitchell Baker <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > I'm proposing we create an Internet Public Policy Module, as described below. > I'm also proposing the Module Owner be Harvey Anderson. Harvey's been > leading the global side of our public policy issues for a while now. Having > a Module notes this, and also makes it easier to know where to go for policy > topics. > > For now, I've proposed this newsgroup as the discussion point, but I'm not > sure that's right. Perhaps a new discussion forum would be better. My belief is that this group (which I think is an excellent idea) will draw in passionate and talented people who are deeply committed to a better internet, but not _that_ interested in Mozilla's internal policy discussions. Thinking about the discussion that happened in the past on issues from ITU to COPPA, I doubt the membership of this group is the right "default" audience. I believe having to "join" an internet policy discussion would make it easier for people to seek out background information and start with a learning stance. If Harvey in particular agrees, we should probably create a bespoke place of discussion (both discussion forum & bugzilla component). I also wonder whether influencing public policy is something that, possibly controversially, sometimes will need a non-public space to discuss possible actions. In a somewhat paradoxical way, making it possible for the Internet Public Policy Module to have private conversations may make it easier for Harvey et peers to effectively collect the input of a broader set of informed contributors. Whether or not there's a secondary semi-private group, I'm sure Harvey will encourage people who have ideas that shouldn't be discussed in public yet to reach out to him. --david _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
