You answered the question in PM, but I already knew that, because I already think that too.
However, I was clarifying for Mr. Spie. (Or at least, I assume so...)
The reason we keep it a secret OOC is because many people (and please, no one take offense here, because we are all guilty of this at some point) have a hard time keeping OOC information out of IC gaming.
Especially when it's supposed to be a big secret. Everyone just goes ahead and thinks, "Well, my character will be the only one who actually knows that secret." And then you have 75 people pretending their characters are the only ones that know an OOC secret which is supposed to be known by members only.
That's all for now.