--On Monday, 02 February, 2004 10:39 +0000 Tim Chown <tjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Here's one interesting story on why it would be nice to be able to opt out of having your name published as being away from home for a week:
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1137316
But that article is about "vacation" messages, not about lists of prospective attendees at meetings. Since some people who register don't show up, using the meeting list could be a poor bet for burglars. But...
I think opt-out is the way to go. If people are concerned about how "open" the IETF is they are welcome to come along or join a list :)
Were opt-out to be permitted on this basis, it would still be reasonable for IETF to publish the list of people who actually attended, perhaps with the minutes or even the day after the meeting closed. It seems to me that --unless one develops theories about would-be burglars engaging in a good deal of data mining (in which case, suppressing registration lists won't help much) -- there is almost no argument for suppressing the list of people who attended a standards meeting, and many reasons for not doing so.
john