[KI-LC] [BoT] Revised DRAFT: Policy for Joining Groups and Group Discussion Lists
Brett McDowell
email at brettmcdowell.com
Thu Jul 2 11:13:51 PDT 2009
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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