Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

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On Apr 13, 2013, at 8:46 AM, Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> 
> On 04/13/2013 01:09 PM, Lou Berger wrote:
>> gender bias
> ...
>> "western white guys".
> 
> It may be that the latter phrase is a common term in
> north America, (I dunno) but fwiw it grates on me at
> least.
> 
> If the issue we're talking about relates to gender,

That's the question:

Optional question:
Check the block. Male/Female

Ray



> then I think sticking to that is better and figuring
> out how to make progress ought be doable even if
> dissecting past or current nomcom decisions is not. I
> really hope the design team folks succeed there since
> its quite possible, even if may take quite a while for
> success to be fully apparent.
> 
> If we're talking about many more kinds of diversity
> then that's a different discussion, and IMO English
> language fluency and funding are by far the most
> overwhelming sources of skew. Skin colour is (I hope,
> but also believe) far down the list so the "white"
> bit above appears from my perspective like name
> calling or something.
> 
> And of course I personally don't consider myself
> "western" but Irish. I've no clue if that makes a
> difference in this kind of discussion:-)
> 
> S.
> 
> 





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