Thanks, Alain.  I hadn't been aware, good to know.

Dan



At 10:06 PM -0500 1/20/13, Alain Berranger wrote:
>NPOC-Voice and NPOC-Executive Committee email discussions are open to all
>via <http://npoc.org/>http://npoc.org/ .
>
>1) The NPOC listserve public archives are located at:
>
><http://forum.icann.org/lists/npoc-voice/>http://forum.icann.org/lists/npoc-voice/
>
>2) The NPOC - Executive Committee listserve public archives are located at:
>
><http://forum.icann.org/lists/npoc/>http://forum.icann.org/lists/npoc/
>
>3) We publish our very modest financial statements, also
>at <http://npoc.org/>http://npoc.org/
>
>4) For the last two months, i.e. since ICANN has provided the service, our
>monthly call audios and transcripts are also available at
><http://npoc.org/>http://npoc.org/
>
>I think this is as transparent as it gets...
>
>Cheers, Alain
>
>
>On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 8:38 PM, Dan Krimm
><<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>At 5:02 PM +0100 1/20/13, William Drake wrote:
>>Second, we've reached agreement in the EC and EPT (uh oh, new acronyms
>
>>coming·.sorry) on establishing a new ncuc members listserv (double sorry).
>
>> As you probably know, from 2003 - 2010 the present listserv was
>
>><mailto:<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]><mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask],
>>then
>
>>with the formation of NCSG and NPOC it became NCSG-NCUC-DISCUSS@ and
>>finally [log in to unmask]  Many folks thought we should have a single
>>listserv to discuss GNSO/ICANN matters and that there wasn't a need for a
>>NCUC-specific list.  However, when NCUC people did need to communicate
>>with each other (as in this message) there's been nowhere else to do it,
>>and some NPOC folks have objected to constituency-related traffic on the
>>shared list.  Fair enough, and now that we're hoping NCUC will be getting
>>more active on intra-organizational matters, there's really no getting
>>around having a separate list, as NPOC does.  So in the next few weeks
>>we'll be setting this up, and will be back to you about the details of the
>>transition.
>
>Curious as to whether we will continue to keep this list open to public
>observation (my default assumption is yes).  I haven't checked recently,
>but does NPOC keep their "internal" communications private to members only?
>Is there any reason for NCUC to do something similar, as long as NCSG
>remains public?  Is it time for NCUC to operate "in a back room" or do we
>all feel comfortable operating completely in public where anyone can view
>our internal deliberations?  What is the proper role of transparency in the
>ICANN policy-making hierarchy?  (And actually, is NPOC violating any
>transparency rules if it indeed carries on policy deliberations that are
>not open to  public observation?)
>
>Dan
>
>
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