[bestbits] New private list private at lists.bestbits.net

[Marianne Franklin]

Dear Jeremy

Could you please be more specific as to why there is a need to go private here?

I have subscribed but on so doing I have also generated yet another list for my inbox! There are several lists up and running the predate Best Bits and also feed in and out of Best Bits. Unless this is a specific working group task that requires some off list comms then I am still unclear as to why all this energy is being expended going private.

Do not get me wrong here, the work achieved on the letter has been exemplary, thanks to the leadership but also, let us not forget, the ability for people on all lists to multi-task, deal with their email traffic in ways that work for then, and also respond in the multiple roles we all play in real life.

Openness and transparency have their downside but short of vetting everyone who signs up, or intervenes, or reads without comments we have to be on the side of inclusiveness and diversity in the long run. The IRP Charter and Ten Principles, the APC internet rights are human rights campaign, and all those preceding and accompanying these initiatives are all basing themselves on the argument that secrecy is a tool wielded by the powerful against those with less power.

It is a fundamental principle of equality surely online too? Openness and transparency are what we are fighting for, no?

best
MF

From: bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net [mailto:bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net] On Behalf Of Jeremy Malcolm
Sent: 14 June 2013 04:48
To: Best Bits
Subject: [bestbits] New private list private at lists.bestbits.net

I have just created a private Best Bits list for civil society participants only, without public archives.  This is not intended as a replacement for the main list, as there are several participants who have strong views about in general being as open as we can be, and by and large I'm one of those.  But there are also times when discretion is required, and the private list may be useful for those times.

Nobody is being automatically subscribed to the private list.  If you do wish to do so, you can request subscription here:

http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/subscribe/private

Subscription requests will be vetted by the moderator, which is currently me, and if I am in doubt (eg. because I don't know who you are), then I will consult with the steering committee (or until that exists, on the main list) first.
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