I struggle to engage in this debate because in general I'm not sure
how my voice helps advance the general discussion. But I do want to
make two points:
On 4/12/13 8:33 PM, Melinda Shore
wrote:
I think it's unintentional [...]
- As others have said there are many forms of bias in play,
which may require different forms of redress. I expect we can
be more successful in some areas than others.
- Let's be careful with using words like "unintentional". For
all we know there may be very good reasons that led to the
results of this year. This is not something I would expect to
come out of a NOMCOM report, by the way, due to their
confidentiality requirements. And there is where I think we are
most wrapped around the axle.
In any case, hard as it may be, we as a community have identified a
huge concern, and it would be regrettable if we didn't explore that
concern and try to find areas in which we could improve. I claim
that doing so will improve the IETF in the longer term.
Eliot
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