Hi Rob
Thanks for your swift reply. Yes, things can get lost to the shifting sands of ICANN history….
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.
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.
Would indeed be good to hear from others.
Bill