[gnso-rds-pdp-wg] Update to RDS PDP polling process

[DANIEL NANGHAKA]

Awesome. This is great.

Daniel K.
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Nanghaka Daniel K.
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On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 8:34 AM, Stephanie Perrin <
stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca> wrote:

> Great news!  Thanks
> Stephanie Perrin
>
>
> On 2017-02-01 00:30, Lisa Phifer wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> Based on the additional input received on the mailing list, the leadership
> team further considered WG member arguments for and against changing our
> polling process to publish WG member name in future poll results.
>
> While these concerns were originally raised in the context of a request
> for raw data, the dialog has evolved into a debate about whether WG member
> name should be published to promote transparency and accountability in WG
> proceedings. Some WG members have indicated they prefer to participate in
> polls anonymously, but the majority of WG members appear to prefer poll
> responses be explicitly associated with WG member names. Absent a
> compelling argument for anonymity, the leadership team has concluded that
> the following process change should be applied to future polls.
>
> From here onwards, our polls will no longer collect IP addresses from
> respondents. However, WG member names will be both collected and included
> in published poll results. The timestamps that are generated when responses
> are submitted will also appear in published poll results. It will be
> clearly stated in all future polls that, by submitting a response, you are
> granting permission for your entire response – including WG member name and
> response timestamp – to be included in poll results.
>
> As previously indicated, poll results will henceforth be made available to
> the WG in two forms: A Survey Monkey-generated summary and an exported XLS
> file. However, with the above changes, it will no longer be necessary to
> delete columns from the XLS file (or process that export in any other way)
> prior to posting.
>
> While some WG members may not be fully comfortable with inclusion of WG
> names and timestamps in future poll results, the leadership team believes
> this decision reflects the majority desire for complete transparency in all
> WG deliberations– including these informal polls – and aligns with the GNSO
> Working Group Guidelines principles of transparency and accountability. As
> stated previously, member responses to these informal polls are assumed to
> be provided in their individual capacity and not as representative of any
> groups to which they belong.
>
> As always, any WG member who disagrees with the leadership team’s decision
> is welcome to post a counter-argument to this list, but we hope that this
> approach represents a fair balance between the different viewpoints
> expressed and allows us to return our focus to the substance of our
> deliberations.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Lisa
>
>
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