John Plocher writes: > The important bit is that there *is* no normal mechanism for the ARCs > to have a truly private/secret discussion, so each such discussion is > handled as an exception - with knowledge up front that we are > intentionally bypassing our community's transparency expectations.
That's not too terribly far from the situation here. The "ogb-private" discussion is not purely private. Besides the fact that there are non-Sun people on the list (all of whom I trust to be effective whistle-blowers if the list really were used for some unclean purpose), the list is archived and has been made available to OGB members. The point is only to have a virtual hallway discussion among the OGB members. If the discussion ever turns to matters that need to be talked about in public, I expect the members to kick themselves into doing just that. Plus, the meetings are open, so if you feel the need to audit them to keep the members honest, please do so. If it were "really private," the email messages would self-destruct after reading, just like Bob Johnson's tape recordings. Hmm. Sounds like we've got the seed of a good 1-Apr-2008 RFC. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
