[At-Large] ALS lists - why no public archive?

Perhaps I'm missing something, but looking around the ALAC site information about ALS is pretty lacking. Particularly, why aren't the ALS mailing lists archives visible to non-members? If ALS exist to support "individual Internet users' informed participation in ICANN..." etc etc, how can they do this if the ALS lists are closed, if we can't see how policy is made, with what degree of support, who was involved. What are the ALS doing? Not suggesting ALS lists should be open to non ALS members, but if their recommendations, and "bottom up" policy represented by ALAC in ICANN is to be taken seriously, then there should be transparency. Thanks, Adam