I see no harm in including these type of question as optional. Personally I do not care if it were mandatory but I think that the most sensible thing to do is to add it as optional. It would be also good to see the complete set of questions. So, I support. Regards, as On 4/11/13 12:11 PM, Ray Pelletier wrote: > All > > The IETF is concerned about diversity. As good engineers, we would like > to attempt to measure diversity while working on addressing and increasing > it. To that end, we are considering adding some possibly sensitive > questions to the registration process, for example, gender. Of course, > they need not be answered and would be clearly labeled as optional. > > The IAOC would like to hear from the community on this proposal. It plans to > make a decision on its 18 April call in order to make the changes in time for the > Berlin registration and will consider all input received by 17 April. > > Thanks for your feedback. > > Ray > IAD >