On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 1:17 AM, Donald Eastlake <d3e3e3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> the IETF has had a geographic diversity policy
> for a long time, while other forms of diversity were represented less/later.
No, the IETF has NOT had a geographic diversity policy for its
meetings for a long time.
Maybe we disagree on what the term geographic diversity means? To me, a policy that says "we schedule meetings on three continents because that's where our participants are" makes it easier for people from diverse locations to participate, and thus is a policy intended to facilitate geographic diversity.
If the policy changed so that all meetings were in Amsterdam (say, because it's easy to reach from both Asia and America, has a better human rights record than Asian countries and and has better gun control and easier visa access than the US), that would be an example of a non-diversity policy.