[OpenID] Fwd: [OpenID Foundation] New Poll Opened

[Ben Laurie]

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 1:31 AM, SitG Admin
<sysadmin at shadowsinthegarden.com> wrote:
> To quickly clarify one detail before moving on to my main point, *I'm* not
> voting against the WG.
>
>> Wait! Isn't this supposed to be part of the WG itself? I'm not in favor of
>> popup windows at all, however I think the discussions and arguments should
>> go into the WG
>
> Does this mean that they shouldn't be permitted *outside* the WG?
>
> We're not much of a transparent community if we tell those who want to
> openly discuss something that, no, that's a restricted topic . . .
> "restricted" in that the OIDF has approved it as something to be worked on
> (!!) . . . they'll have to join the WG, which by the way means signing
> something, making the appropriate commitments, and meeting some
> preconditions.

On which note I can't see the wiki page describing this WG :-)

>
> If those who *are* outside the WG want to forward something from outside it
> to those inside, I'm fine with that (and this may be the best way of
> compromising between excluding those who can't join a WG and not missing out
> on their input), but let's not make "contributing to the community" a
> privilege.
>
> -Shade
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