On Thu, May 26, 2016 5:11 pm, Fernando Gont wrote: > On 05/26/2016 02:44 PM, Margaret Cullen wrote: [snip] >> 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? Amen and a +1. Among the social justice crowd there seems to be a selective definition of "diversity". A good mix of people that might be underrepresented by "regular attendees" can still be "diverse". And I would claim that BA qualified. I would also like to suggest that the ability of certain members to bring their family on a vacation that coincides with an IETF should not be a governing factor in venue selection. Many people like to launder a business trip into a family vacation (myself included!) but that's not why the IETF exists and it should have no bearing on where we meet. Dan.