On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 4 Sep 2011 10:45:31 -0400 > Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I don't think discussions about how the project is run is something >> that we should be doing in private. Discussing such matters, even if >> strong opinions are raised, is the essence of transparency. Remember, >> controversial is not the same as confidential. In Apache projects we >> discuss non-confidential matters openly. > > As far as I recollect, the "private discussions" referred to were those > concerned with moderation decisions, which decisions were reviewed by the > volunteers on a private channel on the Forum. >
Your information is incomplete then. Earlier in the thread Terry said that there were ongoing discussions in the private forum that paralleled this discussion. I assume you are aware of that thread? > There are three private channels open to me on the > http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/ as a Volunteer - Delete Topics, > which is a holding channel to permit undeleting of a posting (held for three > days), EN Forum issues and "Server - Site Governance". In these two latter > channels suggestions or queries were channeled to Terry concerning code > alteration and other technical matters, and governance queries were raised, > as, for example, review of suspicious activity of a given poster, or > reconsideration of the actions of a moderator. All other discussions take > place in public. > > -- > Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> >
