On Mar 22, 2013, at 7:58 PM, Joe Touch <touch@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On 3/22/2013 4:43 AM, Margaret Wasserman wrote: > ... >> Granted, it may be that the list of _qualified_ candidates is less >> diverse than the set of all people who are willing to run. But, if so, >> that isn't because there aren't companies who are willing/able to > ^^^^^^^^^ >> support candidates.. > > If you define diversity as "many different *companies*", sure. > > There are organizations besides companies that used to participate in the IETF more. Joe, I was responding specifically to the assertion that we don't have more diversity in the I* (along various lines) because organizations are unwilling to sponsor those candidates for I* positions. The list of available candidates, as published by the nomcom, has been (for several years now) considerably more diverse than the people who are selected. There might be many valid reasons for that, including the possibility that the group of _qualified_ candidates is less diverse than the group of _available_ candidates, but the reason that we do not have more diversity on the I* is _not_ because we don't have a diverse pool of available candidates. Margaret