I strongly support transparency of ALAC discussions. Letting members of the public read and participate in the discussions helps to educate them and us about the issues, and it's part of the outreach ALAC owes the at-large public. Transparency in ALAC's work helps me as board liaison to encourage the Board to be more open in its communications. We also speak with a stronger voice to the board when ALAC communications are backed by an open archive of the discussions that led to decision. Thanks, --Wendy Robert Guerra wrote:
I've repeatedly been raising the issue - that in fact the ALAC internal list should be for confidential matters, while all discussions (especially policy) should take place on the more open and transparent public at-large list.
Any support on this matter would be most welcome.
-- Wendy Seltzer -- wendy@seltzer.org Visiting Professor, Northeastern University School of Law Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html http://www.chillingeffects.org/ https://www.torproject.org/