SM wrote: > > Ted Lemon wrote: > > > >So in fact you don't need to put some percentage of white males on > >the IESG, the IAB or the IAOC to make me happy. I want people on > >these bodies who feel strongly about open standards, rough consensus > >and running code. That's the kool-aid I have drunk, and I Me 2! > > Thomas Narten mentioned that: "we have the tendency to pick the > people we know and trust, which is understandable". How many IAB > members feel strongly about open standards, rough consensus and > running code? To know the answer I would have to actually know the > IAB members. I believe there is a problem for human beings that with more "choice" the "picks" may get worse, based on an evolutionary cognitive limit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_number http://www.cracked.com/article_14990_what-monkeysphere.html -Martin