Thanks, everyone, for your comments, which the IESG has taken into consideration. Most of you who commented did so in support of the creation of a separate last-call mailing list. We've also noted the comments expressing concern, and we will watch for negative effects such as those mentioned, and will keep track of what happens with subscriptions on both this list and that one. The new mailing list, <last-call@xxxxxxxx>, should be created today or tomorrow, and all those currently subscribed to <ietf@xxxxxxxx> will be automatically subscribed to the new list. We ask everyone to wait a bit for discussions to shift and to see what things look like with the new setup before deciding to unsubscribe from either list. Of course, everyone is free to choose whether to remain subscribed to both, just one, or neither. We now have to get the tooling tweaked before we actually make the shift, so let's give that a couple of weeks. I'm posting a target date now of 18 October, but that could change as we see exactly what changes have to be made (and tested). After the switch, you'll still see last-call announcements on <ietf-announce@xxxxxxxx>, and those announcements will say that last-call comments should go to <last-call@xxxxxxxx> (and will have the reply-to field set accordingly). Please watch for that, and post comments to the appropriate list. And watch this space for updates. Barry
