On Tue 23/Oct/2012 01:49:41 +0200 The IAOC wrote: > > We have tried to contact Marshall over this time period [...] > > We think this process was not intended to be used when a sitting IAOC, > IESG, or IAB member vacates his/her position. We believe that the > intended use of this process was for determining whether a member > should leave a position who is unwilling to leave and who has harmed > the IETF. That is clearly not the case in this situation, to the > contrary, we would have preferred Marshall to continue. It doesn't > seem appropriate in this case, or when an member is unable to > participate due to illness or death. We seem to be missing a keepalive option, to be applicable to IETF communities at large. AFAIK, Linkedin and Facebook are not better in this respect.