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Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:33:29 +0100
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Subject: Re: [Proposal] Guidelines for list conduct policy
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On 18 June 2012 13:30, RGB ES <rgb.mldc@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2012/6/18 Rob Weir <robweir@apache.org>:
>>> =A0 1.
>>>
>>> =A0 What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas:
>>> =A0 Anything you read in the private list is by default a private PPMC
>>> =A0 affair and not to be spoken of, or copied to other people who are n=
ot in
>>> =A0 the PPMC. =A0If you think about it, most topic threads probably sho=
uld be in
>>> =A0 the public lists, except choosing committers and PPMC members, and =
a very
>>> =A0 few others.
>>> =A0 In fact, all email lists or email conversations have this aspect of
>>> =A0 privacy. Even if there are 23000 subscribers on the list, it is ass=
umed
>>> =A0 that privacy will be maintained and a list member's name and locati=
on will
>>> =A0 not be published in a newspaper or some other public venue where pe=
rsonal
>>> =A0 privacy is not expected.
>>
>> I like it. =A0You write well, with style. =A0But I do wonder if "What
>> happens in Vegas..." is well understood outside of the USA? =A0Of
>> course, everyone should watch "The Hangover" ;-)
>
> The phrase is clear from context... but not by itself. At least not for m=
e.

I think the phrase may give the wrong impression. I assumed it was
akin to "don't broadcast what happens on a stag night" but having done
an internet search I see it's perhaps not quite the same.

Nevertheless, I suggest a change to something less culturally biased
and with less likelihood of misinterpretation.