Lifetime study group

[Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d]

On 27/10/15 3:45 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
>
> Following a number of discussions with Walter regarding lifetime
> management for class objects, we've had a small epiphany: we need to
> frame collaboration better. Let me explain.
>
> There are a number of very good folks here with type system-y stuff:
> Timon, Amaury, Michel, and more. For all I know each of them is better
> than I could be. In the past Walter and I would show DIP74 and people
> would point out mistakes and insufficiencies in it. That was suboptimal;
> it has put potential collaborators in a contrarian, negative position.
> Instead, we should co-opt our talented contributors to do positive work,
> not spend time countering inferior work.
>
> For what I know Amaury is working alone on a DIP regarding ownership
> types. That's great, but I think we could do even better by helping a
> more collaborative environment.
>
> So by this I'm asking folks' participation to a study group on object
> lifetime. Walter and I believe we must make reference counting for
> classes work, and that Rust-style schemes are too complex for their own
> good. But we're very willing to be convinced otherwise.
>
> Normally we'd be holding this on the forum, but as we all know, forum
> discussions tend to meander a lot and lose focus. For that reason,
> please write me email about joining a mailing list dedicated to
> discussions on object lifetime - a study group. The outcome should be a
> DIP that moves forward safe lifetime management for D.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrei

Is it possible to have a read only interface/receiving?
Because I'm interested in the content, but not enough knowledge to 
actually talk about it.