[OSGeo-Board] board.osgeo.org visibility

[Rich Steele]

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). 


-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Holmes
To: board at board.osgeo.org
Sent: Mon Mar 06 19:41:43 2006
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Board] board.osgeo.org visibility



Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> I asked Gary Sherman to test what can be seen by non-board members,
> and it seems that non-board members cannot read the board mailing list
> archives, even though they are logged in as regular members of the web 
> site.
> My understanding was that we wanted the board list visible to members, but
> not to be mined by google and other spiders.  That is, to be protected
> behind a membership/login wall, but not restricted to board members.
> 
> I would add that when Gary goes to the http://board.osgeo.org web site
> it seems to log him out, and he has to login back in when he returns to
> osgeo.org.
> 
> So, my first question is to the board, and it is are we willing to make
> the mailing list archive, "documents and files" and other artifacts on
> the board.osgeo.org web site visible to all members of the web site.
+1.  With one caveat - Laura sent the board list the results of the 
member elections, which has who got what votes.  We might want to keep 
that private?  It doesn't say who vote for what, but does say how many 
votes each person got.  Our discussion about breaking the tie could also 
be considered sensitive, though I personally would be fine with it being 
open.

We also should consider a board-private list, for sensitive topic 
discussions that we can't make public.  Ideally this will be minimal, 
that one could see how many messages are on it, and safely conclude that 
the majority of the boards activities are taking place in the open.

Chris

> 
> The second question is to WebCom, and it is can we fix it so that
> the "login" problem goes away, and so that the board mailing list isn't
> visible to folks who aren't logged in to osgeo.org, but it is visible
> to anyone who is logged in.
> 
> Best regards,

-- 
Chris Holmes
The Open Planning Project
thoughts at: http://cholmes.wordpress.com

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