Seems like consensus for this topic is to keep list public. Thank you all for your comments. On Mon, 2006-07-10 at 20:34 +0200, David Neary wrote: > Hi, > > Baris Cicek wrote: > > Today Behdad asked about why private list like membership-committee > > mailing list is public. > > > > We're using this list for asking information about applications, and > > even though vast majority of the responses are positive, there can be > > negative ones as well. > > > > For that reason, it's not good to make them public which might affect > > honest responses from reference people. My own opinion is to keep dialog > > about applications to be private. But I would like to know if there're > > some concerns related with decision. > > > > Any applicant whom his/her application is denied can easily ask the > > reason, and we can show it. Even with private list, we can keep > > transparency. > > I feel strongly that the membership list should be public. Applications, > and the reasons for their rejection, should be visible to all. > > The reference mails can perhaps go off-list, but honestly I can't think > why that might happen - in general, if you're replying it's to give a > good reference, and if the reference would be bad, you don't reply. > > Cheers, > Dave. >
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