Hi Toerless,
At 02:20 PM 26-09-2018, Toerless Eckert wrote:
work ? Which of the inclusion factors really need to be considered
because we do not see natural diversity for it, and can it really be
effective ? How much does the capability to communicate in english
come into play - written?//verbal? ? etc. pp.
I find it useful, in an entity I am affiliated with, if there are
people who can communicate in languages other than English. If the
IETF was working on internationalization and I was asked to work on
that, I would try to get people from other countries to help
out. The reason is that, in my short experience, that is useful to
produce results.
I always have problems looking at boilerplate text about inclusion,
because to me it sounds like the promise to to explicitly do
something good - without ever stating what exactly that is, why it is
needed and why it can be efficient and effective.
I agree that the usual statements are not convincing when they aren't
any metrics. Let's take the example of an organization operating in
a community where harassment might be an issue. The organization
could publish statistics as indicators about the extent of the issue
and to assess whether its policies in relation to that issue are effective.
Regards,
S. Moonesamy
