Re: administrivia: new/missing/former ADs

[John C Klensin <[e-mail]>]

--On Friday, February 18, 2011 10:00 -0700 Peter Saint-Andre
<[e-mail]> wrote:

> In addition, the current list of subscribers appears to
> include a number of people who are no longer actively serving
> in IETF roles that would necessitate their involvement (Ted
> Hardie, Harald Alvestrand, Patrik Fältström). I don't know
> if we have a policy about who is and is not allowed onto this
> list, but perhaps it's fine for them to still be subscribed if
> they don't mind the occasional email traffic.

The historical policy has been that people who have been on the
list because of earlier roles but who

	-- are willing to continue  and
	
	-- may contribute useful contemporary or historical
	perspective

are left on it.   One way of looking at the reason involves
noticing that we really don't have a vast surplus of talent and
perspective in the areas that overlap between the IETF and W3C.

Of course, that policy can be changed if it makes sense to those
most actively involved.  But, since you implicitly asked the
question about what the policy is/was, that is the answer.

    john