Policy-Discussion

["Etienne Ruedin" <eruedin AT cacert.org>]

Dear policy group


3. Transparency
3.1. Public performance and documentation
Cabinet has to perform its business in public. There should not be a private
mailing list or the like.


I know why this point is here. I also appreciate Eve's commitment to
transparency. Nevertheless, I dare to put a question mark here.

The following e-mails I sent in the last days and weeks on board-private (the
closed list of CAcert Inc.'s committee): Please complete the agenda. X, did
you write that e-mail? Y, do you prefer Wednesday or Thursday? Who wrote the
second half of the minutes - please put into the wiki.

This leads, in my opinion, to two possibilities: either cabinet 'spam' a
public list full of irrelevant trivialities for the readers - or the cabinet
members write to their private e-mail addresses, which can not even be traced
by a later Cabinet (as it can be done by board-private actually).

And what about topics that are at a moment "secret" but can become public some
days or weeks later? (reasons: security, personnal matters (HR), preparations
of negotiations)?

A solution could be restrictions instead prohibition?


Best regards
Etienne