On Oct 26, 2012, at 3:11 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: > On 26/10/2012 02:22, Richard Barnes wrote: >>>> 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) > > What he said. Common sense should prevail. We can fix *this* tiny gap in > our procedures in due course, but we will need to apply common sense again > the next time we find a tiny gap. I also agree. The existence of an inappropriate tool (the recall process) should not prevent us from doing the right thing here. Margaret