Its not surprising that the arbcom would not like comments and be critical of a venue they do not control and cannot themselves silence critical comments about their decisions. I finf it unfortunate that an arb doesnt want to join the mailing list merely because some people here do not share the view that the arbcoms decisions are not all gold.
I do agree that there were some comments that are off topic but thats true of all the lists, not just this one.
You then generalized to the entire Arbitration Committee:
In the end, to me, if the arbs decide not to join this list because they fear discussion, then we probably dont need them anyway and if they are unwilling to listen or discuss issues pertaining to the project, including poor decisions made by them, then that makes my thought process all the more true.
I don't see my responding to this as somehow off-topic.
she as a drafting Arbitrator in the case, had a lot more to do with the end result in which 2 women were kicked out of the project and at least one male with a long history of abuse was allowed to stay.
I'm not sure how familiar you are with the process of drafting an arbitration case. When other drafters propose remedies that they think are reasonable and I disagree, I do not show that disagreement by removing the remedies from the draft. I show that by voting, just like any other arbitrator. The drafting arbitrators do not decide the outcome of a case; they draft initial remedies so that the larger Committee can reach a decision.
I'm not sure how any part of that means I should leave the list.