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Title : An IETF with Much Diversity and Professional Conduct
Authors : Dave Crocker
Narelle Clark
Filename : draft-crocker-diversity-conduct-05.txt
Pages : 18
Date : 2015-06-14
Abstract:
The process of producing today's Internet technologies, through a
culture of open participation and diverse collaboration has proved
strikingly efficient and effective, and it is distinctive among
standards organizations. For its early years, participation in the
IETF and its antecedent was almost entirely composed of a small group
of well-funded, American, white, male technicians, demonstrating a
distinctive and challenging group dynamic, both in management and in
personal interactions. In the case of the IETF, interaction style
can often contain singularly aggressive behavior, often including
singularly hostile tone and content. Groups with greater diversity
make better decisions. Obtaining meaningful diversity requires more
than generic good will and statements of principle. Many different
behaviors can serve to reduce participant diversity or participation
diversity. This document discusses IETF participation, in terms of
the nature of diversity and practical issues that can increase or
decrease it. The document represents the authors' assessments and
recommendations, following general discussions of the issues in the
IETF.
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