Re: OPES charter proposal again.

["James P. Salsman" <bovik at best.com>]

I hope that the latest attempt at the OPES charter is resoundingly 
rejected by the IESG.

If it is not, though, I would suggest these three special requirements 
for an OPES working group:

1. The Security Considerations section could be required to be placed 
at the front of all OPES drafts, following the legend, "This OPES 
working group publication is required to have a Security Considerations 
section that meets certain requirements [cite BCP].  Readers are 
encouraged to confirm for themselves that the Security Considerations
section requirements have been met."

2. Another section, "Ethics Considerations," could follow immediatly 
thereafter, and explore the ethical implications of the technology 
being described, in terms of privacy, disclosure and other terms of 
service requirments, and impacts upon common carrier feasability.

3. A third section, "Legal Considerations," could survey and cite the 
laws that could be inadvertently violated by careless implementation 
or use of the technology described, such as the U.S.'s Electronics 
Communications Privacy Act.

Cheers,
James