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RFC 7704
Title: An IETF with Much Diversity
and Professional Conduct
Author: D. Crocker, N. Clark
Status: Informational
Stream: Independent
Date: November 2015
Mailbox: dcrocker@bbiw.net,
narelle.clark@pavonis.com.au
Pages: 18
Characters: 41359
Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None
I-D Tag: draft-crocker-diversity-conduct-06.txt
URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7704
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17487/RFC7704
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. During the early years of the IETF and its
antecedent, participation 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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