Openness Issues for EC Reflector

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Openness Issues for EC Reflector

• Author

Matthew Sherman 1st Vice Chair, IEEE 802 BAE
Systems - CINR Matthew.Sherman_at_BAESystems.com
Date March 14th, 2005
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Why this topic

• In PP revisions contemplated openness of EC
  reflector has been raised as issue
• Telecons
• Lengths of electronic ballots
• Outside comments on PP revisions, etc
• A number of suggestions have been made to improve
  openness

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Mechanisms for Improved Openness

• Leave things as is
• Archive access to reflector traffic
• Open current EC reflector to observers
• Is this even possible?
• Separate reflector for rules changes and other
  issues
• Separate observer reflector with forwarding from
  current reflector
• Posting on website

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Straw Poll Should we persue?

• Leave things as is ______
• Archive access to reflector traffic
• Open current EC reflector to observers ______
• Is this even possible?
• Separate reflector for rules changes etc. ______
• Separate observer reflector (forwarding) ______
• Posting on website ______