[Accountability-tf] Mail Subscription and TF membership - To comment until 31 January

Dear all,

On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 08:01:12PM +0100, Filiz Yilmaz wrote:

> Questions are:

obviously this is partly OBE given the "leaked" invitations.

> A. Should this mailing list be open to subscription of others who are
> not TF members?
> B. Should this mailing list be receiving posts from those who are not
> TF members?
> C. Should the archive of this mailing list be publicly published?

Yes to "C". I'm not sure about "A" and reluctant regarding "B".
What's the difference between "A" and "C"?  Just the real time
effect and the expectation towards "B".  With regard to "B", I'd
think that "observers" can be dealt with, but what is the difference
between an "active observer" (as determined by posting to the list) and
a "TF member"?

> D. Do we want to keep accepting new members to the TF as they show interest?
> E. If we want to have a cut-off date for accepting new members what
> date should that be?

Openness is great, but the downside of large numbers of participants
(of varying status) is decreasing individual responsibility and
increasing logistics challenges.  We might not have crossed the
line, yet, so I'd not strictly say "no" to "D", but we need "E"
and a size limit.

Thanks,
  Peter