diff --git a/ietf/liaisons/forms.py b/ietf/liaisons/forms.py
index b2849dc48..413cc38ad 100644
--- a/ietf/liaisons/forms.py
+++ b/ietf/liaisons/forms.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class LiaisonForm(forms.ModelForm):
     replyto = forms.CharField(label=u'Reply to')
     organization = forms.ChoiceField()
     to_poc = forms.CharField(widget=ReadOnlyWidget, label="POC", required=False)
-    cc1 = forms.CharField(widget=ReadOnlyWidget, label="CC", required=False)
+    cc1 = forms.CharField(widget=forms.Textarea, label="CC", required=False, help_text='Please insert one email address per line')
     purpose_text = forms.CharField(widget=forms.Textarea, label='Other purpose')
     deadline_date = forms.DateField(label='Deadline')
     title = forms.CharField(label=u'Title')
@@ -171,10 +171,30 @@ class LiaisonForm(forms.ModelForm):
     def get_poc(self, organization):
         return ', '.join([i.email()[1] for i in organization.get_poc()])
 
+    def clean_cc1(self):
+        value = self.cleaned_data.get('cc1', '')
+        result = []
+        errors = []
+        for address in value.split('\n'):
+            address = address.strip();
+            if not address:
+                continue
+            try:
+                self.check_email(address)
+            except forms.ValidationError:
+                errors.append(address)
+            result.append(address)
+        if errors:
+            raise forms.ValidationError('Invalid email addresses: %s' % ', '.join(errors))
+        return ','.join(result)
+
     def get_cc(self, from_entity, to_entity):
-        persons = to_entity.get_cc(self.person)
-        persons += from_entity.get_from_cc(self.person)
-        return ', '.join(['%s <%s>' % i.email() for i in persons])
+        #Old automatic Cc code, now we retrive it from cleaned_data
+        #persons = to_entity.get_cc(self.person)
+        #persons += from_entity.get_from_cc(self.person)
+        #return ', '.join(['%s <%s>' % i.email() for i in persons])
+        cc = self.cleaned_data.get('cc1', '')
+        return cc
 
     def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
         liaison = super(LiaisonForm, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/static/js/liaisons.js b/static/js/liaisons.js
index 720912536..bdf154511 100644
--- a/static/js/liaisons.js
+++ b/static/js/liaisons.js
@@ -150,11 +150,15 @@
                 config.info_update_url = confcontainer.find('.info_update_url').text();
             };
 
-            var render_mails_into = function(container, person_list) {
+            var render_mails_into = function(container, person_list, as_html) {
                 var html='';
 
                 $.each(person_list, function(index, person) {
-                    html += person[0] + ' &lt;<a href="mailto:'+person[1]+'">'+person[1]+'</a>&gt;<br />';
+                    if (as_html) {
+                        html += person[0] + ' &lt;<a href="mailto:'+person[1]+'">'+person[1]+'</a>&gt;<br />';
+                    } else {
+                        html += person[0] + ' &lt;'+person[1]+'&gt;\n';
+                    }
                 });
                 container.html(html);
             };
@@ -204,7 +208,7 @@
                 updateReplyTo();
             };
 
-            var updateInfo = function() {
+            var updateInfo = function(first_time) {
                 var entity = organization;
                 var to_entity = from;
                 var url = config.info_update_url;
@@ -218,8 +222,10 @@
                            from_entity_id: to_entity.val()},
                     success: function(response){
                         if (!response.error) {
-                            render_mails_into(cc, response.cc);
-                            render_mails_into(poc, response.poc);
+                            if (!first_time || !cc.text()) {
+                                render_mails_into(cc, response.cc, false);
+                            }
+                            render_mails_into(poc, response.poc, true);
                             toggleApproval(response.needs_approval);
                             checkPostOnly(response.post_only);
                             userSelect(response.full_list);
@@ -317,10 +323,10 @@
                 return false;
             };
 
-            var checkFrom = function() {
+            var checkFrom = function(first_time) {
                 var reduce_options = form.find('.reducedToOptions');
                 if (!reduce_options.length) {
-                    updateInfo();
+                    updateInfo(first_time);
                     return;
                 }
                 var to_select = organization;
@@ -341,13 +347,13 @@
                     to_select.find('optgroup').show();
                     to_select.find('option').show();
                 }
-                updateInfo();
+                updateInfo(first_time);
             };
 
             var initTriggers = function() {
-                organization.change(updateInfo);
+                organization.change(function() {updateInfo(false);});
                 organization.change(checkOtherSDO);
-                from.change(checkFrom);
+                from.change(function() {checkFrom(false);});
                 reply.keyup(updateFrom);
                 purpose.change(updatePurpose);
                 cancel.click(cancelForm);
@@ -357,7 +363,7 @@
 
             var updateOnInit = function() {
                 updateFrom();
-                checkFrom();
+                checkFrom(true);
                 updatePurpose();
                 checkOtherSDO();
             };