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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I agree with Chris. We may want to mine the existing list to make sure there are not things that should be kept private. The vote and tiebreak is a good example. I also agree there should be a private list, the use of which should be discouraged, but which can be used for sensitive topics (as well as for legal advice that is only for board eyes).<BR>
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-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: Chris Holmes<BR>
To: board@board.osgeo.org<BR>
Sent: Mon Mar 06 19:41:43 2006<BR>
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Board] board.osgeo.org visibility<BR>
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Frank Warmerdam wrote:<BR>
> Folks,<BR>
><BR>
> I asked Gary Sherman to test what can be seen by non-board members,<BR>
> and it seems that non-board members cannot read the board mailing list<BR>
> archives, even though they are logged in as regular members of the web<BR>
> site.<BR>
> My understanding was that we wanted the board list visible to members, but<BR>
> not to be mined by google and other spiders. That is, to be protected<BR>
> behind a membership/login wall, but not restricted to board members.<BR>
><BR>
> I would add that when Gary goes to the <A HREF="http://board.osgeo.org">http://board.osgeo.org</A> web site<BR>
> it seems to log him out, and he has to login back in when he returns to<BR>
> osgeo.org.<BR>
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> So, my first question is to the board, and it is are we willing to make<BR>
> the mailing list archive, "documents and files" and other artifacts on<BR>
> the board.osgeo.org web site visible to all members of the web site.<BR>
+1. With one caveat - Laura sent the board list the results of the<BR>
member elections, which has who got what votes. We might want to keep<BR>
that private? It doesn't say who vote for what, but does say how many<BR>
votes each person got. Our discussion about breaking the tie could also<BR>
be considered sensitive, though I personally would be fine with it being<BR>
open.<BR>
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We also should consider a board-private list, for sensitive topic<BR>
discussions that we can't make public. Ideally this will be minimal,<BR>
that one could see how many messages are on it, and safely conclude that<BR>
the majority of the boards activities are taking place in the open.<BR>
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Chris<BR>
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> The second question is to WebCom, and it is can we fix it so that<BR>
> the "login" problem goes away, and so that the board mailing list isn't<BR>
> visible to folks who aren't logged in to osgeo.org, but it is visible<BR>
> to anyone who is logged in.<BR>
><BR>
> Best regards,<BR>
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Chris Holmes<BR>
The Open Planning Project<BR>
thoughts at: <A HREF="http://cholmes.wordpress.com">http://cholmes.wordpress.com</A><BR>
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