Hi - >From: Carsten Bormann <cabo@xxxxxxx> >Sent: Oct 20, 2015 12:35 PM >To: Bob Hinden <bob.hinden@xxxxxxxxx> >Cc: IETF <ietf@xxxxxxxx> >Subject: Re: 'retired' in Organization in xml for Internet Draft? > >Unless I missed a rather major political event, "retired" is not an >organization you can be affiliated with. Maybe I should put in >"married" there next time? (Can't put in "protestant", unfortunately.) Seems like another way of saying that participation by us older folks is unwelcome, as well as a way of discouraging participation by independent contributors. I prefer "retired" to "none" because the former is more effective at keeping the headhunters at bay. >[I remember vividly when someone who was between jobs created almost an >international incident at a DIN meeting -- she made a little joke and >filled in the organization field in the meeting roster with "housewife". That's a perfectly legitimate occupation, and treating it as a joke seems rather disrespectful of the people who find that as their calling. Randy