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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 31/10/13 22:37, John Curran wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:DDDA06A2-904C-4452-97A5-98ED60BC9EF8@istaff.org"
type="cite">
As long as the folks on a closed CS-oriented mailing list remember
to come back with
a proposal to the community at large, it's not much different than
if it were developed
as a strawman position via a flurry of private emails among
interested folks.</blockquote>
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Yes, and this is exactly the approach that, I think, everybody here
who has been proposing a closed working group list has.<br>
<br>
Since feelings are strong on both sides of this issue, we should all
try to be flexible. I, myself, am in the openness "camp", but am
willing to be flexible on this.<br>
<br>
Accordingly Deborah has been compiling a list of options and we
expect to post those soon with a recommendation about an acceptable
compromise.<br>
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