<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Hi Adam<div><div>
<br><div><div>On Aug 29, 2014, at 6:54 AM, Adam <<a href="mailto:ajp@glocom.ac.jp">ajp@glocom.ac.jp</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Anyone have a link to the SO/AC leadership mail archive?<br></blockquote></div><br></div></div><div>I have suggested on the list that it should be publicly archived and got no response.<div><br></div><div>Bill</div></div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">William Drake <<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Re: Archive Question Regarding SO-AC Mailing List</b><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">August 8, 2014 at 9:56:44 AM GMT+2<br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Robert Hoggarth <<a href="mailto:robert.hoggarth@icann.org">robert.hoggarth@icann.org</a>></span></div><br><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Hi Rob<div><br></div><div>Thanks for your swift reply. Yes, things can get lost to the shifting sands of ICANN history….</div><div><br></div><div>My personal view would be that there’s no reason for the list to not be publicly archived. For us, it would allow searching back to previous messages/threads when desired to reconstruct not only the background of current discussions and decisions, but also to see what previous groups of chairs may have done that could be relevant. I use list archives in these manners all the time, and find the lack of that option here a bit frustrating. And for the community, it would provide transparency and accountability, always good things that we advocate elsewhere. In the event there is a particular decision that is really sensitive and needs to be worked out privately before something comes to the list, constructing a Cc like this works fine.</div><div><br></div><div>When I was on the GNSO Council I pushed for opening up our meetings via webcast and Adobe and the result has hardly been a massive number of observers or disruptions. But for those addictive personalities who want to know what their elected reps are up to, it has been a good thing. I would expect the same would apply here.</div><div><br></div><div>Would indeed be good to hear from others.</div><div><br></div><div>Bill</div></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>