[Lnc-business] APRC

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

Okay, I have a few questions.  First of all, I am very grateful to have
been appointed to that Committee as I am enjoying it very much and keeps me
on my toes.

My question though has to do with its secrecy.  Now that I have
participated a bit to have a grasp of what it is that we do, I am not sure
I understand the justification for its deliberations and discussions to be
secret.

In reviewing the Policy Manual it categorizes the discussions as sounding
in employer-employee confidentiality, but I don't see how that is the broad
case.  I can imagine a situation in which that might arise, but why make
the whole thing secret for a circumstance that would be rare... which seems
to me to be like making all LNC meetings secret because a legal matter
might come up.... instead we wall off the truly confidential matters.

I am not saying I am opposed to it being secret, but I am saying that I am
not sure I understand the necessity and justification and would like to
know what it is.  I believe in openness and transparency to the extent
possible that will not actively harm the organization.

Realistically there are probably two oddballs like me in the whole Party
that would actually read the whole thing.  But that shouldn't stop us from
removing the veil from things that do not need to be.  And I think secrecy
policies should be re-evaluated regularly.

-- 
In Liberty,
Caryn Ann Harlos
Region 1 Representative
(Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming,
Washington)
Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
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