[foundation-board] Guidelines for redacting the Board minutes

Rufus Pollock rufus.pollock at okfn.org
Wed Mar 16 12:51:45 UTC 2011


Just realized this was off list (as was Becky's response).

Rufus

On 16 March 2011 12:51, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
> On 11 March 2011 14:56, Becky Hogge <becky.hogge at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 9 March 2011 16:42, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
>>> I'm happy. Only change may be around 'libellous' (suggests we
>>> regularly say libellous things -- perhaps phrase as; "redact specific
>>> opinions offered on other groups or persons unless specifically
>>> requested for these to be included" (purpose - so people can speak
>>> freely without worrying about upsetting people ...)
>>
>> Can you be clearer what you mean by "unless specifically requested for
>> these to be included"? Requested by who?
>>
>> I'm not sure I share your concern that talking about libel makes it
>> sound like we are routinely libellous. In terms of risk to an
>> organisation, libel is probably the most serious issue around
>> publishing anything in the UK today, so I would think people would
>> expect us to be thinking about it, not judge us for thinking about it.
>
> OK. Both you and Jo have raised issues with my suggested changes so
> happy to go with original. We should also post about these to
> okfn-discuss when we release to get feedback.
>
> Rufus
>



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