From: Jinghong Li <jli@AMSC01.ENGR.UDAYTON.EDU>
Subject:      The Openness of IFCSS Council - re: An Biweekly Unofficial (#10)
Reply-To: Jinghong Li <jli@AMSC01.ENGR.UDAYTON.EDU>
Organization: Indiana University
Date:         Mon, 27 Jul 1992 12:51:21 EDT
Comments: cc: jli@amsc01.BITNET

          Clarification on the Openness of IFCSS Council


To everyone who has read  "An unofficial bi-weekly report (#10)",


In the mentioned "unofficial report" by Eddie Chen, it is charged
that a violation of Council Bylaw has been made regarding the
currently on going Council Email Conference.

As a china-net reader and a member of this Council, I would like to
make a clarification to the public:

    The charge is not correct and is based wrong assumptions.

Because:

1. This email conference is called by following the current Council
   Bylaw, Eddie Chen should have seen all the records.

2. It is not a closed meeting.  It is never intended to "be hiden"
   from the the public.  As you may have noticed from Eddie Chen's
   own "report", the Council Email Network is open to the general
   public.  Anyone who is interested could sign on/off the net
   through listserv automatically at anytime.  This has been known
   to the public long before the on going email conference.

   Eddie Chen is not on china-net - as I know, so he might missed
   the above information.  Well, hopefull he will be able to read this
   mail from talk.politics.china.  If he does not even read that net,
   I really don't what shall count as to "notify the public" according
   to his standards.

3. Although the Council Bylaw makes no sepcific requirement on whether
   or not to "announce to the public", the current Council made the
   meeting now to the public anyway.  The openness of the council net
   helps to inform those who are interested.  CND news US regional
   network has long been a reader of this network.

4. I do not know which "Charter" or "Bylaw" Eddie Chen was talking about
   when he charged the email conference is

     "an apperant violation of the IFCSS Charter which requires such
      meeting and its agenda being made public prior to its happening".

The only thing I can think of is a proposed resolution in the
3rd term Council - C3014.  However, if Eddie read the whole document
carefully, he would have noticed that this C3014 was "lay on table"
and has never been mentioned again - at least not yet.

Finally, a few words to Eddie Chen:

In this freedom of speech is up held as the most fundmental right of
a person, I respect your right to report "unofficially".  However,
while keeping up the great effort to inform the public, please also be
responsible, not only to the subject you report, but most importantly
to the readers.  Credibility comes from respect to facts.

Thanks for your attention.

Jinghong Li
U of Dayton
speaking for myself only
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Date:         Mon, 27 Jul 1992 00:50:34 -0400
From: lix@BUCRSB.BU.EDU
Subject:      Forward for Eddie: An unofficial bi-weekly report (#10)


		What Is Going on in IFCSS Council
		^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
	       An unofficial bi-weekly report (#10)
			     by
			 Eddie Cheng
		echeng@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu
			     for
		      July 1 -- July 26


*****  Editor's note:

	Long time no report!  :-)  As you can see this issue is not
exactly a biweekly.  For some technical reason I had been disconnected
from the new Council net for weeks.  It is not until the new Council
has passed a resolution that I realized my being "too dumb".  :-)  It
turns out that the new Council is already in the middle of an unannounced
email conference; an apperant violation of the IFCSS Charter, which
requires such meeting and its agenda being made public prior to its
happening.

	In any case, Council member Li Gang kindly supplied me with the
achives of the council net.  Digging into some 10,000 lines, this is
the best I can come out with.  So enjoy it anyway!  :-)
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