We are constantly trying to avoid this modus operandi at ICANN and one of the reasons I joined NCUC/NCSG is because I thought it was an open space to exchange ideas, discuss and learn about policy, and with my participation I was trying also to contribute a little bit from the technical side since there is a big disconnect. No wonder why.
Avri, with all due respect and please don't take it personal, but since you brought the GNSO kool-aid here now I find myself listening to dialogs that I don't understand where have been initiated, since I didn't have the opportunity to participate in person at any of the ICANN meetings I feel excluded, and I have to spend a lot of time looking for documents that seem difficult to find by design, etc.
This is not good.
I'm for transcripts, and I'm against separate mailing lists unless we are talking about specific working groups where the list is open to anybody to subscribe and read.
My .02
Jorge