Re: TC visibility section question

[Terry Allen <tallen@sonic.net>]

Lauren wrote:
| Well, since Terry, Debbie, Robin and Karl would all be kicked off the ER
| TC mailing list (amongst others) if we do this - what do you think?
| 
| Lauren
| 
| Karl Best wrote:
| > 
| > Given the limitations of the mail service that we are using, I don't have an
| > easy way to allow only a certain subset of subscribers to post to a list.
| > The choices I have available are a) only subscribers may post to the list,
| > and b) anyone can post. (There *is* an option to only allow a subset of
| > subscribers to post, but maintaining that separate list takes a lot of
| > work.) What I need to enforce is that only full-fledged TC members are
| > subscribed to the TC discussion list. Non-TC-members, which may include
| > OASIS members, may not be subscribed to the discussion list, but must avail
| > themselves of the list archives and the comment list to participate.
| > 
| > Given this, I will need to work with the various TC chairs to determine who
| > the actual TC members are, and kick everyone else off the lists. In some
| > cases, e.g. DSML, a majority of list subscribers, including some of the most
| > active participants, are non-members, and this will cause a considerable
| > disruption to the committee work. But we've either got to a) bite the bullet
| > and do it officially, or b) relax the rules and say that anyone can
| > participate in the discussions but only members can vote.

I happened to miss the first meeting of the ER TC.  So (as I gather,
I haven't checked) I'm not a member until I attend some more 
meetings.  I think the reasonable way to handle this is not to
kick me off the list, but for me to refrain from posting to it,
and for Lauren to reprove me if I do.

I take Karl's point about software support for what we've specified in
the process, but we may be able to find workarounds.  I sure don't
want to have to consult TC archives every day (pull) rather than
receive email (push), because it's part of my job to monitor TCs
that I'm not a member of (such as CIQ and the apparently dormant
TPAML).  And that's part of the reason the company I work for is
a member of OASIS.

regards, Terry