>getting informed

this seems as though it is a multipart question, but.

as to AWADmail Issue 171, this appears on the surface to be something only accessible to those who subscribe to the AWAD service. you may, however, read it offline (as it were) by linking here:
http://wordsmith.org/awad/awadmail.html

as to *who is being talked about, you have to know that erstwhile stalwart wwh, aka Dr. Bill, is the William Hunt identified in Issue 171.


edit: I see my answer has been somewhat OBE, but at least I seem to have covered enough bases. :)