<div dir="ltr"><div>So, I must admit that I am a novice regarding this particular email tool. For instance, I was not certain whether to 'Reply All', or just 'Reply', because I was not certain of the distinction.</div><div><br></div><div>Technical issues aside, I thought it might be appropriate here to deliver a message regarding my personal views surrounding open communication generally, as well as my thoughts regarding this project.</div><div><br></div><div>Generally, I prefer, if I am unusually patient or thoughtful, to only say those things that I would have no hesitation publishing. I find that if I consider my thoughts and feelings only, I might say or do anything. But, if I consider to whom I am speaking, I might be more patient and thoughtful about my utterances or actions.</div><div><br></div><div>More disturbingly, I find that I am particularly more candid, okay direct to the point of cruelty, the better I know the person to whom I am speaking. And so, I might not be so patient and thoughtful, if I know you quite well.</div><div><br></div><div style="direction:ltr">And therein lies the private versus public communication dichotomy for me. Indeed, I wish for those closest to me to know exactly how I feel viscerally, and at any given moment, not for any clarity, but rather for my own selfish reasons, reasonable or not. That defines my private communications, for better or for worse. But in my public communications, indeed wherein I am speaking to those with whom I am not as familiar, I am much more circumspect regarding my views on any particular matter. Not because I wish to deceive the listener, but rather I prefer to have my message heard rather than discarded summarily.</div><div style="direction:ltr"><br></div><div style>So, what are private or secret meetings for? Letting go of restraint and thoughtfulness? Unbridled free thought? Just saying what one feels without consideration of an other? Perhaps such an environment is necessary from time to time, that is, to just let oneself go. Regeneration from compassion fatigue.</div><div style="direction:ltr"><br></div><div style>So, my concern, with respect to the private/public issue of our communications regarding CAVO, comes down to one question: Is our policy regarding this issue advancing the cause of the voter or not?</div><div style><br></div><div style>I believe that if we were to air our dirty laundry, so to speak, in every detail, i.e., refrain from patience and thoughtfulness and then publish that outcome in every instance, may be doing a disservice to the voter. Because, I believe, that at times, thoughtfulness and patience is not always exhibited, and therefore things may be written that are regrettable and indeed reflect negatively on our efforts. We do not want to have our work dismissed summarily.</div><div style><br></div><div style>That being said, I like the notion of being thoughtful and patient every time I wish to convey a thought to another, in our CAVO organization in particular. And, I believe that the voter would appreciate the fruits of an open and honest dialog regarding our efforts to develop an <i>open</i> source system on their behalf.</div><div style><br></div><div style>Additionally, private emails regarding any CAVO developments probably impede the speed and efficiency of communication, particularly in the beginning, requiring more meetings of our group for updates.</div><div style><br></div><div style>I will, for my part, use the group tool for all my communications regarding CAVO, and would encourage all the members to do the same...that is assuming I am even doing correctly right now...</div><div style><br></div><div style>Thank you,<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Tim Mayer</div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 9:37 AM, Lawrence Rosen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lrosen@rosenlaw.com" target="_blank">lrosen@rosenlaw.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">David is correct below. Proper etiquette on such online lists is sometimes a difficult skill learned over time. I fail at it too often, sometimes by being too brusque or critical in front of too many people at once. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The formal rule I personally like everyone to follow is at <a href="http://www.chathamhouse.org/about/chatham-house-rule" target="_blank">http://www.chathamhouse.org/about/chatham-house-rule</a>. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Apache projects have both public lists (like cavo@) and smaller private lists where only some folks ("members") can participate. It is a continual battle to force Apache project teams to stop using private lists for anything other than management-related, contractual or legal issues. Even Apache open source project team elections are held on public lists. :-) All lists are archived.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thanks again to <a href="http://opensource.org" target="_blank">opensource.org</a> for making this resource available to CAVO. We will slowly convert our CAVO participants to use it comfortably and politely.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">/Larry<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> David RR Webber (XML) [mailto:<a href="mailto:david@drrw.info" target="_blank">david@drrw.info</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 15, 2015 9:07 AM<br><b>To:</b> CAVO<span class=""><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [CAVO] Open Source for use in public elections<u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div></div><span class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Larry,<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Understood. However - private email is that - unless the person so indicates that you may distribute their correspondence.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">I certainly take affront when someone sends me an obviously targeted email and then Cc:'s a public mailing list - or the reverse - what was clearly a private note for someone's personal edification - then being forwarded publicly.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Everyone can use their judgement as to what is appropriate.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Having said that - I get the overall point - this is a collaboration service - and the more we share information - the better in terms of facilitating the overall work and achieving the broader objectives.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">David<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:6.0pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">-------- Original Message --------<br>Subject: Re: [CAVO] Open Source for use in public elections<br>From: "Lawrence Rosen" <<a href="mailto:lrosen@rosenlaw.com" target="_blank">lrosen@rosenlaw.com</a>><br>Date: Wed, April 15, 2015 11:46 am<br>To: <<a href="mailto:cavo@opensource.org" target="_blank">cavo@opensource.org</a>><u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">[I'm moving this email to cavo@]</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-left:.5in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-left:.5in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">David Webber wrote:<br>> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Clearly when dealing with external entities - it is certainly not good business practice to Cc: a mailing list!</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Not so clearly.... Several states including California have open meetings laws relating to public government-related activities. Elections and voting systems are certainly that!</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">I'm sensitive to "political sensitivity" only in the context of open source software development. And quite frankly, having listened to some of these CAVO discussions over the past several months, it was the private parts that burned me up the most as being unnecessarily confidential and thus useless to the rest of us!</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Let's learn to be open! Or at least, let's talk to each other openly about what it really means to be open source. That's why I'm here. What are you here for?</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">/Larry</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center"></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">_______________________________________________<br>CAVO mailing list<br><a href="mailto:CAVO@opensource.org" target="_blank">CAVO@opensource.org</a><br><a href="http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cavo" target="_blank">http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cavo</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></blockquote></span></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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