[Ambassadors] FAMSCO trac hidden for ambassadors (was Re: Yesterdays EMEA Ambassadors Meeting)

[Tristan Santore]

On 29/01/10 15:56, Max Spevack wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jan 2010, Mathieu Bridon wrote:
>
>    
>>> So IMO the information is not private, or it is so confidential that
>>> it shouldn't even be in trac. Confidential information can still be
>>> exchanged via email, FAMSCO is only a small number of people.
>>>        
>> In your list, the only information that I think is private are the
>> personal shipping address. But to me, the reason why it should not
>> appear in Trac is that it can change, especially for younger people
>> who tend to move a lot (going to university, then moving to another
>> city for a job, then changing appartment when they start earning a
>> little more money,...). So even if you let aside the privacy concerns,
>> it doesn't really make a lot of sense to be archiving it in Trac.
>>
>>      
>>> Last but not least: How many tickets are affected? I guess it is very
>>> a small percentage and the large majority is info that concerns all
>>> ambassadors.
>>>        
>> The problem is that if you want to open it now, you'd have to read
>> *all* tickets to see if there are some personal data that need to be
>> removed. So you can't count the number of tickets affected, you have
>> to count the total number of tickets.
>>
>> Anyway, consider that as a huge +1 for opening the FAmSCo Trac. Having
>> the links to tickets in reports but being unable to read them is
>> frustrating, especially if you're directly concerned by the ticket.
>> And think about it as a way for us of the plebs to get to know better
>> what FAmSCo is doing :)
>>      
> Honestly, I think that we can open the FAMSCO trac instance up.  I was
> worried about confidential information when we first set it up, but I
> think time has shown that it isn't really an issue.
>
> /me adds a vote on this to the agenda for the next FAMSCO meeting.
>
> --Max
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Just make an email address for the people that deal with funds, so that 
receipt that contains credit card numbers etc.. are not displayed in the 
public. Of course bank details and even paypal info should not be 
displayed either. Some people might also not like their name and address 
being displayed, for those people that are blessed with a more generic 
name. But opening the trac up sounds like a good idea, as it shows 
procedures and provides openness, i.e. by showing maybe what people 
spent on what, and what it was used for with links to pictures maybe, 
which helps the funds people to make a decision on reimbursement, but 
also shows others what can be done, and might give them ideas.

Regards,
Tristan

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