That makes sense, thanks. Lincoln Baxter III http://ocpsoft.com http://scrumshark.com Keep it simple. On Nov 13, 2009 4:35 PM, "Ed Burns" <Ed.Burns(a)sun.com&gt; wrote: lincolnbaxter(a)gmail.com&gt; said: LB> "Maybe JBoss doesn't want an exclusively private list as one of the list LB> options, but I know Sun does. I'll leave it for other EG members to LB> respond" LB> Where does this leave people like me? Do you have a gigantic revenue stream that is impacted by decisions regarding your company's interaction with JCP? What I'm talking about here is stuff that lawyers tend to be interested in. Here's the guideline we've been using with jsr-314-open since it started. When you sit down to write an email to the EG, write to jsr-314-open unless any of the following are true: 1. your employer's lawyers are likely to be interested in what you say 2. you want to share only with official EG members. This might be when you want to share product plans that are not yet public knowledge. If any of the above are true, write to jsr-314-eg. We need to have this private option when writing to the list. Ed -- | ed.burns(a)sun.com | office: 408 884 9519 OR x31640 | homepage: | http://ridingthe...