"Marshall Eubanks" <tme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 18:08:45 +0200 > Simon Josefsson <jas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Brian E Carpenter <brc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >> > We propose that, for an initial period of 6 months, a member of >> > the community will be added to regular IESG meetings as a "recording >> > secretary" who will write narrative minutes of the discussions, >> > which will be posted publicly after IESG review for accuracy. >> >> Sounds useful to me. How about actually recording the discussion too? >> And publishing them as OGG or MP3. Editing out personnel discussion >> would still be possible. All for the sake of transparency and >> accountability. > > My experience is that recordings tend to shut some people up. My experience is that recordings tend to make people focus on facts, rather than trying to win a discussion or furthering their own agenda. If the IESG meetings are intended as service to the community, from experts, that seem to be a good thing. > Plus, if they exist, they are subject to subpoena. Is that a problem? Not purely a rhetorical question. Thanks, Simon _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf