Re: Future Handling of Blue Sheets

[Melinda Shore <[e-mail]>]

On 4/23/12 6:58 AM, Scott O Bradner wrote:
> see rfc 2418 - they are to keep a record as who is taking part in a WG's activities
> keeping track of attendees is a basic part of any standards development organization's process

The tension here appears to be between transparency of process and an
individual right to privacy.  I think that the IETF has a considerable
stake in the former, not just because of the frequency with which some
little pisher or other threatens to sue over what they perceive to be
trust/collusion issues, but because openness is an IETF institutional
value.  I think it should continue to be.  I understand the privacy
issues (although I won't necessary lump them as an instance of revealing
PII) but tend to think that the information being revealed is pretty
sparse and the privacy concerns here probably aren't substantial enough
to counterbalance the organizational interest in keeping processes as
open as possible.

Melinda