Jared Mauch and Bron Gondwana have agreed to be the moderators of the new last-call@xxxxxxxx list. Many thanks to them for their willingness to take this on. Alissa > On Oct 3, 2019, at 12:36 PM, Barry Leiba <barryleiba@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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 >