[KI-LC] [BoT] Revised DRAFT: Policy for Joining Groups and Group Discussion Lists
Brett McDowell
email at brettmcdowell.com
Thu Jul 2 11:55:45 PDT 2009
And I'd add to that... if someone attempts to post to the list and the
topic is appropriate/legitimate, I would hope/encourage the Chair to
forward it to community@ for a "real" discussion (not to mention
reaching out to that person and suggesting they actually join the
Group).
Brett McDowell | +1.413.652.1248 | http://info.brettmcdowell.com
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Lucy Lynch<lynch at isoc.org> wrote:
> +1 ,
>
> with this caveat, list administrators can and should forward
> on the the list any announcements that would be on interest.
> This should clearly be a forward (over the admin's email address)
> and not an approved posting over the original address.
>
> Lucy Lynch
> Director, Trust and Identity Initiatives
> Internet Society (ISOC )
>
> On Thu, 2 Jul 2009, Brett McDowell wrote:
>
>> Given all the issues I've noticed being raised in the development of this
>> policy, it's probably best to simply not allow any posting to the lists
>> from
>> non-participants in the group.
>> How do folks feel about tightening this up to that level?
>>
>> Brett McDowell | +1.413.652.1248 | http://info.brettmcdowell.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Joni Brennan <joni at ieee-isto.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Brett.
>>>
>>> I believe it would benefit us to develop operational policies (similar to
>>> what the LC has done) to explain the implications and responsibilities
>>> associated with the WG/DG Roles. This policy would answer questions like
>>> -
>>> When can I 'accept' a rejected message'?
>>>
>>> Also, as there is no DG Secretary role this item would fall under the DG
>>> Vice-chair or Chair responsibilties.
>>>
>>> Finally, we should consider putting a requested change in the LC queue to
>>> update the Operating Procedures to reflect this item under the
>>> appropriate
>>> role duties.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Joni
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Brett McDowell
>>> <email at brettmcdowell.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Here is what the MailMan software documentation says in this regard:
>>>>
>>>> *There are two ownership roles associated with each mailing list. The
>>>> **list
>>>> administrators** are the people who have ultimate control over all
>>>> parameters of this mailing list. They are able to change any list
>>>> configuration variable available through these administration web
>>>> pages.*
>>>>
>>>> *The **list moderators** have more limited permissions; they are not
>>>> able
>>>> to change any list configuration variable, but they are allowed to tend
>>>> to
>>>> pending administration requests, including approving or rejecting held
>>>> subscription requests, and disposing of held postings. Of course, the
>>>> **list
>>>> administrators** can also tend to pending requests.*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Brett McDowell | +1.413.652.1248 | http://info.brettmcdowell.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Roger Martin
>>>> <roger.martin at corp.aol.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm out of my field when it comes to mail list administration and
>>>>> standard terminology
>>>>>
>>>>> Would anyone on this thread care to enlighten me (us).
>>>>>
>>>>> Do we need to define those terms?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ....roger M
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> J. Trent Adams wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Roger -
>>>>>
>>>>> In order to avoid any misunderstandings, would it make sense to define
>>>>> "Moderate" and "Administer"?
>>>>>
>>>>> - Trent
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Roger Martin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Joni,
>>>>>
>>>>> I had a conversation with Brett about this issue because I was not
>>>>> understanding the motivations for proposing this change.
>>>>>
>>>>> Based on that discussion, I understand the motivation for this change
>>>>> to be that:
>>>>>
>>>>> * Staff will administer all Lists, but there is a valid concern
>>>>> that a requirement to have Staff moderate all Lists will be a
>>>>> significant burden on Staff resources.
>>>>>
>>>>> * We can configure each List so any email received from a
>>>>> non-Participant gets an auto-reply that says "You do not have
>>>>> permission to post to this List. To do so, you must sign the
>>>>> Participation Agreement for this Group." (or something similar)
>>>>>
>>>>> * It may be helpful for the leadership of a Group to know (1) who
>>>>> joins and who leaves a list as an Observer, and (2) who attempts
>>>>> to post as an Observer. As a result, you proposed that a member
>>>>> of the Group Leadership (Group secretary) be assigned moderator
>>>>> status in order to be able to track this.
>>>>>
>>>>> Under the Kantara Initiative Bylaws, a Group is not required to have a
>>>>> secretary. However, the Bylaws do state that when "a WG does not have
>>>>> a secretary it is the responsibility of the Chair to ensure that those
>>>>> duties."
>>>>>
>>>>> Given the above, I believe the following changes will be sufficient to
>>>>> achieve what you are proposing:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Reword the first bullet in Section (5) to read:
>>>>> * All Lists are administered by Staff and moderated by the
>>>>> secretary of the Group to which the List is associated.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. Delete the sixth bullet in section (5)
>>>>> * Group Lists are not moderated.
>>>>>
>>>>> ...rogerM
>>>>>
>>>>> Joni Brennan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Roger,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have drafted the suggested addition below:
>>>>>
>>>>> Section 5
>>>>> * All Lists are administered and moderated by the Staff. In addition
>>>>> to the Staff moderator, each list will be moderated by the Secretary
>>>>> officer responsible for that list's associated group. The Secretary
>>>>> moderator function provides an additional layer of operational
>>>>> information to the officers of each group.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please feel free to word smith my suggestion as you may see fit.
>>>>> Also, as an FYI to the group, we did find the bug causing Rogers edit
>>>>> access woes and have resolved the issue.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>> Joni
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Roger Martin
>>>>> <roger.martin at corp.aol.com <mailto:roger.martin at corp.aol.com>
>>>>> <roger.martin at corp.aol.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have attached the revised draft of the "Policy for Joining
>>>>> Groups and Group Discussion Lists" based on the discussions of
>>>>> the past two days. I still don't have edit permission on the
>>>>> wiki page, but will post the new draft there when I do.
>>>>>
>>>>> Additional Discussion:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Joni posted a proposal to one officer from each WG and DG a a
>>>>> moderator of any Lists associated with that WG or DG. It's not
>>>>> clear from the email discussion what the resolution of this
>>>>> proposal is. As a result I did not make any changes to the
>>>>> text. If we need to make that change, would someone please post
>>>>> the specific text changes to be made?
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. Are there any further edits needed before we move to adopt
>>>>> this as a Kantara Initiative policy?
>>>>>
>>>>> ...rogerM
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> --
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