G. Matthew Rice wrote:
> You know, in one way LPI has gone back to the 'never expires'. The status
> flag is, to me, more of what it states; an _activity_ flag.
>
> Back when the policy was changed to 'expire in 10 years', what would have
> happened? I know that the system wasn't setup to do anything (the nice
> thing about a 10 year window to implement something ;)) but I'm guessing
> that the action would have been (something close to?) deletion.
Nope. According to what they told us then, the ACTIVE/INACTIVE flag came in
with the 10-year recertification thing. The explanation was then, and Evan
repeated this the other day, that the 10-year limit was the maximum that NOCA
would allow so that LPI could be certified. At the time 10 years sounded like
a reasonable approximation to eternity.
The recent policy change did two things:
- Shortened the recertification period to 5 years (from 10)
- Removed the grandfather clause that exempted certificates issued before
2004-09-01 from having to be recertified.
I don't know when the recommendation to recertify every two years was added
but it was not part of the original 10-year deal.
Anselm
(This is my personal opinion and not that of Linup Front GmbH.)
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