Please take me off this list. I have asked to be taken off for months. > On May 26, 2016, at 8:11 PM, Fernando Gont <fgont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 05/26/2016 02:44 PM, Margaret Cullen wrote: >> >> You seem to be advocating for an IETF that meets all over the world, >> while people who are unwilling to travel to those places for reasons >> of safety or ethics would stay home and participate remotely. While >> there might be some (as yet unquantified, see below) advantage to >> that approach, it would have the _hugely unfortunate effect_ that the >> most privileged people in the world (rich, white, U.S./European, >> straight men) might be the only ones who are willing/able to attend >> every meeting in person. Given that our leadership selection process >> depends on in-person attendance, both as a way to select nomcom >> members and as a requirement for leadership positions, that would run >> counter to our efforts to make the IETF a more diverse organization >> across many lines. > > Maybe what run counters making the IETF a more diverse organization is > the requirement to attend meetings in person in the first place? > > > >> Also, while I enjoy our World Tour as much as the next girl, the >> meeting in Buenos Aires had very poor attendance from regular >> attendees, and this made it harder to get work done, IMO. > > So this sounds like there's some form of diversity that is desirable, > and others that aren't (e.g., geographic diversity)? e.g., why don't you > see this "world tour" (which for a BA-resident wasn't actually a tour in > the first place) as something that goes in favor of diversity? Or is it > just that only some forms/expressions of diversity are desirable? > > Thanks, > -- > Fernando Gont > SI6 Networks > e-mail: fgont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > PGP Fingerprint: 6666 31C6 D484 63B2 8FB1 E3C4 AE25 0D55 1D4E 7492 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Recentattendees mailing list > Recentattendees@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/recentattendees