>> would be wrong. The idea here is that applying _punitive_ action (such >> as removal from a position) retroactively is not "fair," > > Oh, for heaven's sake. This is nothing to do with punishment. This > is a straightforward administrative problem. Turning this into an > opportunity to exercise a heavyweight and in fact punitive process > would be an injustice. If the IETF has wound itself into such > bureaucratic knots that we can't just make an exceptional decision in > exceptional circumstances, we are in much worse trouble than I > thought. > > A +1 +(much more than 1, actually)