At 13:15 29-04-2013, Michael StJohns wrote:
Let me ask a couple of specific questions of you.
I think that these are good questions.
Who have you mentored in the past 5 years? Have they ended up as
working group chairs, or ADs or IAB members? Do they mostly
represent under-represented groups? How many of them were employed
by your employer (e.g. was this a work related task?)?
I don't mentor IETF participants as I consider everyone who does not
have a title as a peer. None of the peers I have interacted with
ended up as working group chair, Area Director or IAB member. I have
not given much thought about whether most of the peers I have
interacted with represent under-represented groups. My guess is that
it is a significant number.
During your time as an AD, how many women did you arm twist/recruit
specifically (or ask nicely) to take WG positions in your area (as
opposed to them coming to you or your co-AD)?
I do some things on behalf of the Applications Area directorate. At
the last IETF meeting I asked four women whether they would like to
do some reviews. There was one positive answer. There are people of
different ages. There are people who work for a range of vendors on
the directorate. There are a few people who work for
universities. There are people who come from different parts of the
world. The list of reviewers and the work they perform is published
on an IETF web site [1]. If anyone has questions about
under-represented groups in relation to the directorate please post a
message to this mailing list and I will reply.
Regards,
S. Moonesamy
1. http://trac.tools.ietf.org/area/app/trac/wiki/ApplicationsAreaDirectorate