On Saturday 14 February 2004 11:09 am, David Friedland wrote:
The arbitration committee has mostly decided that
there will be private
deliberation to some extent for cases brought before the committee.
Bleh. And who is watching the watchers? I still want to see a commital to make
public _all_ arbitrator discussion. The only semi-cogent argument I have
encountered for not making the discussion public is that people would try to
influence the arbitrators. Firstly, it is still possible for people to
attempt to influence them without seeing the discussions. Secondly, if the
discussions are made public after the ruling, the argument is invalidated.
Now, is the arbitration committee going to release its discussion or not?
Within which timeframe? And why should the arbitration committee decide
whether or not they are subject to public oversight?
Best,
Sascha Noyes
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