On 5/10/12 9:32 AM, Martin Rex wrote:
There has never been a need to actively broadcast these massive amounts of personally identifiable information (PII), and I haven't seen any convincing rationale for doing it now.
To be honest, "I don't want to receive more spam" and "My boss might find out I skipped a session" are not reasons not to be open about who's participating in sessions, particularly as we drift towards a meetings/voting model. I understand sensitivity about broadcasting travel plans but in general some of the arguments being offered for being a less open organization with a less open process are drifting into "The FBI implanted a radio transmitter in my teeth" territory, and it seems to me that making blue sheets available after meetings does not reveal much PII beyond what's already available on the mailing lists. There's a serious question here about tradeoffs between privacy and openness. Openness is not just a core institutional value (although it is one - do not forget that), but it's also a defense against charges of collusion, which, unfortunately, we've been seeing. Melinda