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.ben...@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 <mich...@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 sl...@. >> 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 >> > > > > -- > Walter Bender > Sugar Labs > http://www.sugarlabs.org > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep