--On Monday, 02 February, 2004 10:39 +0000 Tim Chown
<tjc(_at_)ecs(_dot_)soton(_dot_)ac(_dot_)uk> wrote:
Here's one interesting story on why it would be nice to be
able to opt out of having your name published as being away
from home for a week:
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1137316
But that article is about "vacation" messages, not about lists
of prospective attendees at meetings. Since some people who
register don't show up, using the meeting list could be a poor
bet for burglars. But...
I think opt-out is the way to go. If people are concerned
about how "open" the IETF is they are welcome to come along or
join a list :)
Were opt-out to be permitted on this basis, it would still be
reasonable for IETF to publish the list of people who actually
attended, perhaps with the minutes or even the day after the
meeting closed. It seems to me that --unless one develops
theories about would-be burglars engaging in a good deal of data
mining (in which case, suppressing registration lists won't help
much) -- there is almost no argument for suppressing the list of
people who attended a standards meeting, and many reasons for
not doing so.
john