Sounds cool, but I want the entire thing to be recorded and uploaded to youtube, I don't like secretism and hidden bullshit, I want to see everything that is said there otherwise this feels Bilderberg Group bitcoin edition.
Ideally the entire event should be streamed live. I also want to see Roger Ver and other anti segwit and anti Core people debate the likes of Adam Back live and we'll see who is the most knowledgeable on bitcoin. Im tired of people talking shit on forums, let's see how they handle real life debate.
I understand the sentiment but that's just not realistic and will probably never happen in a group like this in any industry or space -- when people play to the media or a large audience like Reddit or Twitter quality of engagement goes WAY down and substance goes out the window.
There are also tons of things that make sense to talk about privately that are not appropriate to discuss publicly: hiring decisions, suspected scammers, issues with regulators etc -- people won't generally talk about these things in a public forum.
There will never be transparency of this type in this or any industry -- people will always grab each other at dinner or side meetings -- leaving only the superficial stuff for the cameras.
The US Congress has two full time dedicated news networks and five dozen reporters covering it...every word said on the floor is broadcast, archived and transcripted. Does that mean it's better? Not really. It's about the people and systems.
Overall, worked hard to invite people with a track record of helping this tech, understanding its roots and doing the right thing --- we can't record it, privacy has a valuable place in society, discussion and this industry IMHO