What a concept. Irrespectively Yours, John > -----Original Message----- > From: ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Melinda Shore > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 9:52 AM > To: ietf@xxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration? > > On 4/29/13 1:11 AM, Stewart Bryant wrote: > > The other thing to remember is that whilst your proportional > estimates > > are likely to be correct, in a random process you will get long runs > > of "bias" that only average out in the long run. > > Right, although if "normal" statistical fluctuation gives us a long > period of woman-free leadership, somewhere in your long run we might > expect the same statistical fluctuation to deliver unto us a stretch in > which women are overrepresented in the leadership. > > Melinda > >