Should we create an Emeritus status for prior AB/TAG/BoD members

In w3c/w3process#688, @chaals mentioned the following:

However, I think there are better mechanisms available than ensuring some people get to hang around when the membership have hanged their mind about what they are looking for.

As an ex-member of the AB, and a member of W3C, I'm perfectly able to provide my input - whether asked for it or not. And like others in that position, I do so. Groups can, and sometimes does, ask specific people outside the group for input, if they feel it would be helpful.

This echoes a different conversation about giving AB and TAG members access to the w3c-ac-forum@ mailing list after their term is over even if they aren't an AC Rep.

So here's my suggestion: what if we created some kind of emeritus status for past AB, TAG, and BoD members, with full access to w3c-ac-forum@ and member-only GitHub repos, perhaps with an additional dedicated mailing list, and with a sense that they're providing in exchange some form of custody of institutional memory and can act as a resource for current governing bodies in exchange?

Start by reviewing the discussion in w3c/w3process#688 and the proposal in this issue, including the suggested mailing-list and repository access. Done means reaching agreement on the emeritus role, its privileges and responsibilities, then documenting the resulting process change.