[KI-LC] Group "Join" Form

[Roger Martin]

I have spent some time reviewing the "Groups Email Discussion List 
Policy" draft and have rewritten it in what I believe to be an easier to 
understand and more comprehensive format.

I have attached my draft which is based on the following comments and 
rationale:

   1. The Policy needs to address both (1) Joining a Group as a
      Participant and (2) Subscribing to a List as a Follower.  In the
      current draft these two concepts were intertwined and seemed to be
      fairly confusing.  I have attempted to split these two concepts
      out into separate sections to the extent possible.

   2. The introduction of the term "Contributor" is not needed since
      "Participant", which is already defined in the Bylaws, is
      sufficient.  I have deleted usage of "Contributor".  If we wish to
      differentiate between Participants who do and do not actually
      contribute postings to the Group List, then the term may be
      useful, but personally I do not believe we should be encouraging
      the concept of being a "passive" participant in a Group by not
      contributing anything.

   3. I propose that all Participants in a Group be automatically
      Subscribed to the Group List.  If a Member has additional
      representatives who join a Group then they may need to Subscribe,
      but in my opinion the roster of Participants in a Group should
      automatically be included on the Group List.  Likewise for the BoT
      and LC lists, those holding a seat on either body should be
      automatically subscribed to both Lists.

I have made other changes to the text as I rearranged it, but I did not 
intentionally change the meaning of the existing text except as outlined 
above.

I apologize that I do not have the document properly formatted, but I 
have run out of time and will be in an offsite meeting all day 
tomorrow.  As noted in an earlier email, I do not have edit permission 
on the online version of the document.  I am including it as a PDF and 
MSWORD file.

I am sending it in its current state for consideration and discussion as 
appropriate.

    ...rogerM



Roger Martin wrote:
> Since I do not have "edit" privileges to the "Groups Email Discussion 
> List Policy" and because I feel that these issues should be discussed 
> by the entire list, I was going to posting my recommended changes (and 
> rationale) to the LC and BoT lists in an email.
>
> However, after spending some time on rewriting the policy, I have 
> decided to draft a new version.
>
> One of the primary difficulties is that while the title of this draft 
> policy is "Groups Email Discussion List Policy", it actually also 
> includes, and to some degree confuses, the policy about joining a WG 
> or DG. 
>
> As a result, I am going to propose restructuring it and renaming it to 
> be "Policy for Joining Groups and Group Mailing Lists".
>
> I will post it for consideration as soon as I have completed the 
> redrafting of the document.
>
>     ....rogerM
>
>
>
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