We've received some criticism from our Mentors for using the private list too eagerly. I'm certainly guilty in that. I think the key thing is that the private list is for discussing matters that require privacy, but that this does not include discussing procedures around privacy and confidentiality in general. This this message is, and should be, on the public list.
I'd like to make two proposals: 1) I'm going to add an FAQ item on the PPMC FAQ's section of the website, on the proper use of the ooo-private list. I'll invite you all to review and improve it. 2) I wonder whether it would be a good idea, at least while the PPMC is still growing and we're getting up to speed, for all notes to the ooo-private list to be prefaced by a sentence explaining why the private list is needed for that message. For example, "I am using the private list because this is account request email contains a members personal email address". Thinking out loud like this could help reinforce the proper use of that list, and would also make the reasons of any mistaken uses more obvious and correctable. -Rob
