On 4/23/12 6:58 AM, Scott O Bradner wrote:
see rfc 2418 - they are to keep a record as who is taking part in a WG's activities keeping track of attendees is a basic part of any standards development organization's process
The tension here appears to be between transparency of process and an individual right to privacy. I think that the IETF has a considerable stake in the former, not just because of the frequency with which some little pisher or other threatens to sue over what they perceive to be trust/collusion issues, but because openness is an IETF institutional value. I think it should continue to be. I understand the privacy issues (although I won't necessary lump them as an instance of revealing PII) but tend to think that the information being revealed is pretty sparse and the privacy concerns here probably aren't substantial enough to counterbalance the organizational interest in keeping processes as open as possible. Melinda