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Rebecca and colleagues, I'm finding it difficult to respond to the question of having the archives available because we have so little experience with the operation of the committee via the list. I know (based on my experience with other lists) that having the archives available via the Web will be VERY useful and will eliminate the need for each of us to keep copies of all the various proposals. I think (based on the meeting last week) that, as we deal with the proposals that will come to us, we're unlikely to comment on them in ways that would embarrass us if the comments were public (i.e. none of us is going to say "that's the stupidest idea I've ever heard of"). The remaining question in my mind is whether having our votes on proposals (that is, our individual votes associated with our names) be public is of any concern? --Glenn Glenn Patton OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. 6565 Frantz Rd. Dublin OH 43017-3395 Phone: +1.800.848.5878, ext. 6371 or +1.614.764.6371 Fax: +1.614.718.7187 Email: mailto:[log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Rebecca S. Guenther [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 11:54 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: List archives To ISO 639 Joint Advisory Committee: I mentioned at our meeting that we could make the archives of this list available so that we can go back and review previous discussions. This is done by using a Web interface to the messages that are archived monthly by the Listserv software. It would allow you to browse the message by month. For an example see: http://lcweb.loc.gov/cgi-bin/lwgate/USMARC/archives However, the software does not allow for the archives to be restricted, other than restricting it to Library of Congress users, which obviously won't work for our list. We can sort of hide the archives by not linking to the files from elsewhere or giving out the URL, but anyone could find out the URL if they wanted to and then access them. So the question is: Do you want these archives available to the committee even though anyone potentially can see them? I suppose the biggest issue is discussion on specific proposals and voting. I would like to get some feedback from our committee, so please respond to this message. Note that if you do send a message to this list, you will not receive a copy of that message unless you change your options as follows: Send mail to: [log in to unmask] with text: set isojac repro Do not use ANY other text in the message. The default for the list is NOT to receive copies of your own messages, but you can change that if you want as above. Rebecca ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^ Rebecca S. Guenther ^^ ^^ Senior Networking and Standards Specialist ^^ ^^ Network Development and MARC Standards Office ^^ ^^ 1st and Independence Ave. SE ^^ ^^ Library of Congress ^^ ^^ Washington, DC 20540-4402 ^^ ^^ (202) 707-5092 (voice) (202) 707-0115 (FAX) ^^ ^^ [log in to unmask] ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^