On May 23, 2004 Renato Zambon wrote to All:

 MM> What are the thoughts of others for the future of this echo? Should
 MM> we throw it open to all to read and thus try and conduct any business
 MM> in the spotlight or should we keep it private?

RZ> Here my considerations: I don't agree these messages in ZCC are
RZ> subject to any privacy restrictions. IMO we must show as much
RZ> transparency as possible in any coordination activities, even to
RZ> dissipate distrust some people arise about the ZCC for example.

The problem was that we posted in here expecting that those messages would
¨be private. A number of messages contained personal stuff, not directly
¨related to the ZCC or Fidonet. I could well have posted email addresses,
¨home address, travel details, family details that I would not want indexed
¨by Google and viewable by the world for ever more.

Every committee needs a private work area where they can throw around ideas
¨without fear. The FTSC has a number of private echos for their working
¨groups. We also need a place to socialise now and then, to post a few
¨private messages about ourselves or our lives. It is easier to work with
¨people when you know a bit about them. But that is not going to happen if
¨some of us make all these messages available on the net for all to read.

Best wishes,
Malcolm

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