On Mar 10, 2013 2:05 PM, "Spencer Dawkins" <spencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 3/10/2013 2:50 PM, Scott Brim wrote:
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>> On 03/10/13 15:43, John Levine allegedly wrote:
>>>>
>>>> - Each of the confirming bodies (the ISOC Board for the IAB, the
>>>> IAB for the IESG, and the IESG for the IAOC) could make a
>>>> public statement at the beginning of each year's nominations
>>>> process that they will not confirm a slate unless it
>>>> contributes to increased diversity within the IETF leadership,
>>>> or it is accompanied by a detailed explanation of what
>>>> steps were taken to select a more diverse slate and why it was
>>>> not possible to do so.
>>>
>>>
>>> That sounds a lot like quotas. Let's not go there.
>>
>>
>> +1. We do not want to manage by ideology - consider how well that
>> serves political parties.
>
>
> Right.
>
> So is there anything you would like for the confirming bodies to say to Nomcom, that doesn't sound like quotas?
>
> Spencer
>
Generally this solution space is most elegantly handled by increasing the pool size from which selection is made. This generally involves actively recruiting under-represented groups to join the pool rather than directly manipulating a merit based selection process.
CB