[At-Large] ALS lists - why no public archive?

[Bret Fausett]

> I'm obviously not explaining 
> myself very well.

Ok, I think I'm getting closer to what you're seeking. Are you asking for
list archives of the individual At Large Structures? For example, I'm a
member of an accredited ALS called "Web405," consisting primarily of
Internet professionals in Southern California. You can subscribe to the list
easily (see http://www.web405.org/ ) but a long time ago, Web405 members
agreed to "No public archiving of Web405 messages." (see
http://www.web405.org/guidelines.html ) We've recently talked about new TLDs
generally and .XXX specifically, but we have no public archives...by express
choice so we're not haunted by our out-dated opinions years from now in
Google searches. This strikes me as a reasonable choice for a group of
people to make.

If you're looking for a publicly archived list of respresentatives from the
various ALSs to talk specifically about ICANN policy, then I think you're
talking about the RALO lists which, to the best of my knowledge, are
publicly archived. (see http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo )

      -- Bret