On 4/6/16 6:19 PM, Dave Crocker wrote:
Anything less specific leaves too much to interpretation, which guarantees that similar errors will recur.
The situation in Singapore goes well beyond being vaguely homophobic, to actively criminalizing the families of some IETF participants. This is not simply a matter of same-sex marriage not being legal there, or of the country lacking anti-discrimination laws. I am not surprised that any given person might not be familiar with the situation in Singapore and/or did not think to check out the human rights situation, but I am quite surprised that that was the case with a fair-sized blob of people. I do think that having broader diversity among various bodies would make a terrific difference but from my own experience I tend to think the economics of the situation make that rather more difficult than loading up the I* committees with people who share a number of demographic traits. Melinda