AB, Is it true that you are really Professor Irwin Corey?
Irrespectively Yours, John > -----Original Message----- > From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of > Abdussalam Baryun > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 9:51 PM > To: ietf > Subject: Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration? > > >> My own feeling is that if we were to find that the numbers supported > >> the notion that there's bias present in the system we probably > >> couldn't do anything about it without tearing the organization > apart, > >> so, > > > > Is there a way to increase #countries #small companies #women etc? Be > > it about the participants or the leadership. Could we set a goal that > > we'll increase some aspect every year, 2014 to be better than 2013? > > > > IMO we can do many thing about it, if we discuss these issues into an > I-D. > - There is a way to increase #women when they decide together as a > group what is missing, and what should be done, > - There is a way to increase #small companies when they are > accepted/involved in IETF WGs documents. If individuals are encouraged > then SMEs will be as well, > - There is a way to increase #countries/states when each have their > accepted access to the IETF WG system. > > I may suggest that each WG system to not only have two chairs, but also > 5 administrated participants (for each continent, they may give chance > to SMEs access and new I-Ds) that should look into the > implementation/running-code of the IETF WG standards in real life. > They can look into countries/states challenges/involvement in such work > of the WG, to be documented if available. Countries will only increase- > in/use IETF if their SMEs are using IETF systems. Now it seems that > there are influences/directions from the industry/countries to IETF > WGs' work but not seen/clear to others. > > For women, I think there must be at least 10% of women in the IETF > leadership, as we should not ignore that many research/SMEs in industry > are directed by women. They should publish an I-D related if they are > interested. Is IETF still directed by men or both? > > AB
