RE: [atlarge-discuss] Membership List

[Joanna Lane <jo-uk@rcn.com>]

Danny wrote:
> Members should have the
> > right to know who their fellow members are and how to contact
> them -- this should
> > be public knowledge.
> >
Jan wrote:
> Right about the panel, wrong about the members.

I agree with Jan. There is a difference between ordinary members, who are
private citizens, and Panelists, who have been elected to represent the
interests of those private citizens in public.

Joanna

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan Siren [mailto:sirenj@earthlink.net]
> Sent: 10 June 2003 09:41
> To: atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de
> Subject: Re: [atlarge-discuss] Membership List
>
>
> DannyYounger@cs.com wrote:
>
> ...
>
> >
> > The icannatlarge membership list, by contrast, provides only a
> member name
> > and the general locality in which the member lives or works.
> >
>
> I truly don't get your point, Danny.  I belong to, among other
> organizations,
> Amnesty International USA and the International Dark-Sky
> Association, which
> are not just debating societies, but which exist to accomplish
> goals in the
> real world.  Like this organization.  It isn't necessary that those other
> groups publish their membership lists; it is adequate for me that
> they have
> made public their officers and boards.
>
> > Perhaps you like working in an environment where you can't even directly
> > correspond with an elected panelist because their contact details are
> > non-disclosed, but I think that this is a lousy way to work.
> Members should have the
> > right to know who their fellow members are and how to contact
> them -- this should
> > be public knowledge.
> >
>
> Right about the panel, wrong about the members.
>
>
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