Unless the sobpeonas pose a substantial burden to the secretariat, I
would prefer that we do not throw away history. These are public
meetings, after all.
Eliot
On 7/30/09 4:03 PM, Samuel Weiler wrote:
> [Sorry for the possible duplicate; my posting from last night hasn't
> appeared yet.]
>
> During the plenary yesterday, it came out that the IETF has retained
> the working group attendance sheets ("blue sheets") from previous
> meetings, and those are occasionally the subject of subpoenas.
>
> In the interest of minimizing IETF overhead and reducing legal risks
> to individual participants, I'd like to see those old records
> destroyed. And, though there appeared to be a variety of opinions, it
> sounded like I wasn't alone in this.
>
> The reason typically given for the attendance lists is planning
> meeting room capacity. That purpose could easily be accomplished with
> a headcount or by counting the number of names on the attendee list
> then immediately destroying the list. Most of us aren't
> mathematicians by training: we should be able to count the number of
> people in the room.
>
> What harms would come from destroying those old records and/or not
> collecting such details in the future? And how widespread is the
> support for destroying them?
>
> -- Sam
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