[arch-d] Updates on IAB mailing lists

[Tommy Pauly <[e-mail]>]

Hello architecture-discuss,

We’d like to share a few updates about IAB mailing lists, and solicit the community’s feedback on some new text.

First, Tommy Pauly will be joining Stephen Farrell on the (existing, but rarely employed) sergeants-at-arms team to help moderate the list.

Second, we’d like to clarify the sergeants-at-arms roles for the lists. The current description on https://www.iab.org/iab-mailing-lists/ <https://www.iab.org/iab-mailing-lists/> does mention that the lists use a sergeant-at-arms model for moderation, but does not describe what this role entails. It also does not specify if this role applies to all of the lists on the page, such as program lists.

We’re proposing adding the following text to https://www.iab.org/iab-mailing-lists/ <https://www.iab.org/iab-mailing-lists/>, largely based on the IETF list SAA. We’d love to hear feedback on this approach!

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IAB mailing lists have sergeants-at-arms, whose role is ensure there are no inappropriate postings. Inappropriate postings consist of: spam and bulk e-mail; announcements of conferences or activities that are not sponsored or endorsed by the Internet Society, the IETF, or the IAB; unprofessional commentary, regardless of subject; and discussion of subjects unrelated to IAB policy, programs, activities, or technical concerns.

The sergeants-at-arms are empowered to restrict posting by a person or of a thread when the content is inappropriate and represents a pattern of abuse. Complaints regarding a decision should be referred to the IAB chair.

The current sergeants-at-arms for “[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>” are Stephen Farrell and Tommy Pauly. For program-specific lists, the program chairs act as moderators. The "[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>” list is moderated by the Temporary RFC Series Project Manager.

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Third, we have many lists that are enumerated on the website that are for closed programs or past workshops. We checked the activity on these lists, and we believe that we can close the following lists. Any further discussion on these topics is welcome on architecture-discuss.

- [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>
- [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>
- [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>
- [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>
- [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>
- [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>
- [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>
- [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>
- [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>
- [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>

The remaining lists will be:

- [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>
- [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>
- [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>
- [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>

Best,
Tommy Pauly, on behalf of the IAB