+1
On Jul 7, 2011 11:45 AM, "Rob Weir" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
