On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 10:46:08AM -0800, Patrick Greenwell wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Kent Crispin wrote:
>
> > The for sure right answer is that ORSC should be treated like
> > everyone else. That probably means that ORSC should not be talking
> > to DoC.
>
> Have you considered asking to speak with the DoC Kent?
No, because it is an obviously untenable position. NTIA doesn't have
the resources to have a private telecon (with or without
transcriptions) with anyone who asks.
In other words, I don't ask, because it's obviously unfair, and I
assumed that NTIA would not do obviously unfair things.
In fact, I don't have any problems with private meetings (or private
mailing lists) per se -- I believe that private consultation is
absolutely necessary for progress. But it amuses me to point out
hypocrisy, and I do it by mirroring the same intolerance.
I thought what I was doing would be obvious, but apparently I was too
subtle. Just so everyone knows exactly where I am coming from -- I
don't have any problem with Mikki Barry going off and drafting bylaws
privately, or with there being a private "bwg-n-friends" list, just
as I think it is perfectly acceptable for there to be a closed
"participants" list, and just as I think it is perfectly acceptable
for there to be a private mailing list for people drafting the
current document. You need a quiet work space, and people need to
confer. That's fine.
But private telecons with a government regulator -- that starts to
get a little worrisome.
--
Kent Crispin, PAB Chair "Do good, and you'll be
[EMAIL PROTECTED] lonesome." -- Mark Twain
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