Andy Linton wrote:
I'm simply talking about the fact that the InternetNZ position on this is only visible to members. Why can't it be public? Why can't most of InternetNZ's web site be public given the decision at the AGM to adopt a policy of openness wherever possible? What can InternetNZ have said about this issue that can't be in the public arena?
Oh, I see - sorry about the snapiness of the original response, I hadn't quite figured your angle. I guess the issue relating to members vs public are: 1. That there needs to be a benefit for members, otherwise we wouldn't have any. That would mean that *everything* InternetNZ does would be funded by .nz nameholders (sticks chin out for Peter Mott's sake :-) ), and the Society *would* be run by an exclusive little group. 2. A seperate debate could occur as to whether or not reading endless tomes of data are in fact a "benefit".... 3. In the past, we have seen instances of the media picking up on topics being debated by InternetNZ members and claiming that these items are InternetNZ resolutions / policies or whatever. So I guess until some things sit comfortably with InternetNZ as a whole, they sometimes tend to remain available to members only. So its really not an issue of secret squirrel stuff, more a question of timliness. But I don't think any of this is a debate that should be occurring in this forum, it probably should return to its more technical fundaments, so I will butt out. Keith Davidson - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog