"VANCE,JEFF (HP-Cupertino,ex1)" wrote:
...
> This is the first board I have participated in, so I don't
> know how representative it is, but I believe there are
> closed sessions with many boards where the public is not
> allowed to know what was discussed.  The OpenMPE board
> has public minutes, but I agree with Chuck that, reading
> only the public minutes it is not unreasonable to feel
> that you, the OpenMPE community, are being left out of
> some important discussions, decisions, dialogs, trade-offs,
> etc.
...

When the RTAC (Real-Time Advisory Council) worked with HP we were
under similar rules.  We had formal non-disclosure agreements which
constrained some of our activities, but overall it wasn't a problem.
At the end of the process we felt that much had been gained from the
time and effort that we invested in the process.

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