John, As I understand it, the meeting-specific mailing lists are used either mostly or exclusively for "chatting" about stuff at the meeting that is most relevant to folks at the meeting. Stuff like network/power/room issues, potential social activities, etc. If folks that are not at the meeting want to read stuff like that, and it's possible for them to do so, great. But why jump through hoops on either side to make that possible? These lists are not - AFAIK - intended for "meeting participation" anywhere near as much as they are for meeting logisitics. -- Eric -----Original Message----- From: ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John C Klensin Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 2:26 PM To: Tim Chown; Jari Arkko Cc: ietf@xxxxxxxx list Subject: Re: Remote participants access to Meeting Mailing Lists was Re: BOF posters in the welcome reception --On Wednesday, July 24, 2013 17:46 +0100 Tim Chown <tjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I see no reason why the 87attendees@xxxxxxxx list shouldn't be open to > remote participants. Is that not the case already? We should be doing > all we can to encourage participation. It is already. It is a bit hard to find, but it is there and open. >... Unfortunately 87all@xxxxxxxx --the "announce" version of the list-- is where the really important things, like schedule changes, show up. And, at least as far as I can tell, there is no way for a non-registrant to get on that list. >... best, john