I was getting ready to send a note that basically said I give up when I saw this post from Randy. Thanks Randy.
Then a friend posted this TED talk and it landed in my facebook feed. It gives me hope that there are a few men out there who might get the issue. I personally would love to see the IETF consult someone like this speaker.
I have found this whole thread discouraging and I felt the need to say something. This TED talk pretty much sums it up.
Thanks!
---Cathy
On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Randy Bush <randy@xxxxxxx> wrote:
you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
-- bob dylan
we do not need measurements to know the ietf is embarrassingly
non-diverse. it is derived from and embedded in an embarrassingly
non-diverse culture.
we need to do what we can to remedy this. progress not perfection is
our goal.
measurement may be useful to see if we are having effect and/or what
things have effect (meeting locales, size of cookies, ...).
we should be asking the minorities and those struggling to particiate
what we can do to help.
randy