Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-23 Thread Dan Harkins
On Wed, June 19, 2013 9:25 am, Melinda Shore wrote: On 6/19/13 8:12 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: On 6/19/13 10:00 AM, Melinda Shore wrote: On 6/19/13 7:56 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: Why do you believe that my opinions are unexamined? I have been thinking and reading about social,

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-23 Thread Randy Bush
there appears to be a problem with your mail system. mail which is clearly from the 1950s is appearing on the ietf list. somehow it has current dates, so something is header mashing. you may need help with your male system. randy

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-23 Thread Noel Chiappa
From: Randy Bush ra...@psg.com there appears to be a problem with your mail system. mail which is clearly from the 1950s is appearing on the ietf list. You're right about it having fallen through a time warp - but you got the sign wrong. It's from the future, not the past.

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-23 Thread Phillip Hallam-Baker
On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 1:36 AM, Dan Harkins dhark...@lounge.org wrote: On Tue, June 18, 2013 9:52 am, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: I am rather disappointed that there hasn't been any followup to the diversity discussion that took place at the plenary. I do applications and I do security

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-23 Thread Jorge Amodio
Yup he didn't apply the Y2K patch ... those missing bits ... -Jorge On Jun 23, 2013, at 7:27 AM, j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu (Noel Chiappa) wrote: From: Randy Bush ra...@psg.com there appears to be a problem with your mail system. mail which is clearly from the 1950s is appearing on the ietf

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-22 Thread Dan Harkins
On Tue, June 18, 2013 9:52 am, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: I am rather disappointed that there hasn't been any followup to the diversity discussion that took place at the plenary. I do applications and I do security and so having a diverse range of input is critical if the final product is

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-20 Thread Noel Chiappa
From: Doug Barton do...@dougbarton.us their work has been ignored and/or shouted down since it doesn't fit the narrative. The usual fate of those who care more about the data than the herd-meme of the moment. For a good example of this in action, those who are unfamiliar with the

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-20 Thread Scott Brim
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 3:12 AM, Noel Chiappa j...@mercury.lcs.mit.eduwrote: From: Doug Barton do...@dougbarton.us their work has been ignored and/or shouted down since it doesn't fit the narrative. The usual fate of those who care more about the data than the herd-meme of

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Aaron Yi DING
On 18/06/13 21:08, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: When I make a statement at the microphone and then have multiple people come to thank me afterwards for making that point I don't consider it pontificating. sorry, just point it out, sometimes you said it right, but that does not guarantee

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Phillip Hallam-Baker
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 2:13 AM, Aaron Yi DING yd...@cs.helsinki.fi wrote: On 18/06/13 21:08, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: When I make a statement at the microphone and then have multiple people come to thank me afterwards for making that point I don't consider it pontificating. sorry,

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Dave Cridland
Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: There is a real problem with accountability and transparency in the IETF constitution which was designed by a bunch of old boys to maintain control in their own hands. Peter is a member of the IETF establishment so of course he sees no structural problem. PSA's

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Aaron Yi DING
On 19/06/13 14:44, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 2:13 AM, Aaron Yi DING yd...@cs.helsinki.fi mailto:yd...@cs.helsinki.fi wrote: On 18/06/13 21:08, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: When I make a statement at the microphone and then have multiple people come to

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Dave Crocker
On 6/18/2013 7:23 PM, Arturo Servin wrote: We created an IETF-TF in LACNOG; Arturo, Many thanks for the summary of efforts within the region; they sound quite promising. Just to be clear, my question was specifically concerning the activity of the IAOC that Jari cited. That effort

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Dave Crocker
On 6/19/2013 5:35 AM, Dave Cridland wrote: Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: There is a real problem with accountability and transparency in the IETF constitution which was designed by a bunch of old boys to maintain control in their own hands. Peter is a member of the IETF establishment so of course

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Peter Saint-Andre
On 6/19/13 8:32 AM, Dave Crocker wrote: On 6/19/2013 5:35 AM, Dave Cridland wrote: Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: There is a real problem with accountability and transparency in the IETF constitution which was designed by a bunch of old boys to maintain control in their own hands. Peter is a

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Dave Crocker
On 6/19/2013 8:08 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: On 6/19/13 8:32 AM, Dave Crocker wrote: On 6/19/2013 5:35 AM, Dave Cridland wrote: Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: There is a real problem with accountability and transparency in the IETF constitution which was designed by a bunch of old boys to

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Peter Saint-Andre
On 6/19/13 6:35 AM, Dave Cridland wrote: Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: There is a real problem with accountability and transparency in the IETF constitution which was designed by a bunch of old boys to maintain control in their own hands. Peter is a member of the IETF establishment so of course

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Abdussalam Baryun
Commenting is already an action taken, so we thank who made effort to bring the points forward. I always add my comments even though I had given no title. However, thoes folks that have been given titles by the IETF I think they should do actions more regarding this diversity issue as

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Peter Saint-Andre
On 6/19/13 9:15 AM, Dave Crocker wrote: On 6/19/2013 8:08 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: On 6/19/13 8:32 AM, Dave Crocker wrote: On 6/19/2013 5:35 AM, Dave Cridland wrote: Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: There is a real problem with accountability and transparency in the IETF constitution which

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Melinda Shore
On 6/19/13 7:16 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: Actually I see lots of structural problems -- I just happen to be of the mindset that working from the bottom up is the only sustainable model for change. Don't know about that one. In the US, at least, legal mandates have typically led social

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Brian Haberman
On 6/19/13 11:08 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: My point, poorly expressed though it was, is that it's not productive for us all to wait from word on high before taking positive action. Members of the IESG, IAB, IOAC, or any other official body are just folks who are temporarily serving the

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Peter Saint-Andre
On 6/19/13 9:22 AM, Melinda Shore wrote: On 6/19/13 7:16 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: Actually I see lots of structural problems -- I just happen to be of the mindset that working from the bottom up is the only sustainable model for change. Don't know about that one. In the US, at least,

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Melinda Shore
On 6/19/13 7:26 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: On 6/19/13 9:22 AM, Melinda Shore wrote: Don't know about that one. In the US, at least, legal mandates have typically led social change, at least when it comes to civil rights, etc. That's a topic for the ietf-philosophy discussion list,

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Peter Saint-Andre
On 6/19/13 9:26 AM, Brian Haberman wrote: On 6/19/13 11:08 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: My point, poorly expressed though it was, is that it's not productive for us all to wait from word on high before taking positive action. Members of the IESG, IAB, IOAC, or any other official body are

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Phillip Hallam-Baker
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Melinda Shore melinda.sh...@gmail.comwrote: On 6/19/13 7:16 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: Actually I see lots of structural problems -- I just happen to be of the mindset that working from the bottom up is the only sustainable model for change. Don't know

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Brian Haberman
On 6/19/13 11:31 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: On 6/19/13 9:26 AM, Brian Haberman wrote: On 6/19/13 11:08 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: My point, poorly expressed though it was, is that it's not productive for us all to wait from word on high before taking positive action. Members of the IESG,

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Abdussalam Baryun
I think all need mentoring. It is a both way learning for top and down levels. So maybe newcomer can be mentoring to management of what is a newcomer like these days :-) AB

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Hector Santos
It is one thing to follow this practice of, for lack of a better word, ignorance, for yourself but to advocate it as a whole for the rest of the community to follow is probably not the optimal path when addressing the diversity conflicts. Everyone has a motive and interest in what they do,

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Peter Saint-Andre
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 6/19/13 9:29 AM, Melinda Shore wrote: On 6/19/13 7:26 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: On 6/19/13 9:22 AM, Melinda Shore wrote: Don't know about that one. In the US, at least, legal mandates have typically led social change, at least when it

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Peter Saint-Andre
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 6/19/13 9:36 AM, Brian Haberman wrote: On 6/19/13 11:31 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: On 6/19/13 9:26 AM, Brian Haberman wrote: On 6/19/13 11:08 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: My point, poorly expressed though it was, is that it's not

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Melinda Shore
On 6/19/13 7:56 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: Why do you believe that my opinions are unexamined? I have been thinking and reading about social, cultural, and personal change for a very long time. You made an assertion that's at least a little ahistorical, you used it to support an argument

RE: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Moriarty, Kathleen
...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 12:00 PM To: Peter Saint-Andre Cc: ietf@ietf.org Subject: Re: IETF Diversity On 6/19/13 7:56 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: Why do you believe that my opinions are unexamined? I have been thinking and reading about social, cultural, and personal change

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Peter Saint-Andre
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 6/19/13 10:00 AM, Melinda Shore wrote: On 6/19/13 7:56 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: Why do you believe that my opinions are unexamined? I have been thinking and reading about social, cultural, and personal change for a very long time. You

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Melinda Shore
On 6/19/13 8:12 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: On 6/19/13 10:00 AM, Melinda Shore wrote: On 6/19/13 7:56 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: Why do you believe that my opinions are unexamined? I have been thinking and reading about social, cultural, and personal change for a very long time. You

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Peter Saint-Andre
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 6/19/13 10:25 AM, Melinda Shore wrote: On 6/19/13 8:12 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: On 6/19/13 10:00 AM, Melinda Shore wrote: On 6/19/13 7:56 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: Why do you believe that my opinions are unexamined? I have been thinking

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Ted Lemon
On Jun 19, 2013, at 11:22 AM, Melinda Shore melinda.sh...@gmail.com wrote: Don't know about that one. In the US, at least, legal mandates have typically led social change, at least when it comes to civil rights, etc. Yup. First the Civil Rights act, then Selma... ;)

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Noel Chiappa
From: Melinda Shore melinda.sh...@gmail.com it's likely that for a few cycles nomcoms will try to be sensitive to the question of the underrepresentation of women and then it will be back to business as usual ... It's unusual for people to voluntarily surrender their

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Doug Barton
On 06/19/2013 09:45 AM, Ted Lemon wrote: On Jun 19, 2013, at 11:22 AM, Melinda Shore melinda.sh...@gmail.com wrote: Don't know about that one. In the US, at least, legal mandates have typically led social change, at least when it comes to civil rights, etc. Yup. First the Civil Rights act,

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Melinda Shore
On 6/19/13 10:03 AM, Doug Barton wrote: Short version, if everyone does what they can to encourage diverse participation, we won't need legislation to fix the problem. I'd like it if that were true but I don't think it is. For example, the majority of academic librarians are women (one

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Doug Barton
On 06/19/2013 11:11 AM, Melinda Shore wrote: On 6/19/13 10:03 AM, Doug Barton wrote: Short version, if everyone does what they can to encourage diverse participation, we won't need legislation to fix the problem. I'd like it if that were true but I don't think it is. For example, the

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Melinda Shore
On 6/19/13 10:16 AM, Doug Barton wrote: It's not clear to me how this example relates to the IETF. Even in fields in which the overwhelming majority of practitioners, the majority of people in leadership or management positions are men. Everybody's got good intentions - I'd be very surprised if

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Dave Crocker
On 6/19/2013 11:31 AM, Melinda Shore wrote: Even in fields in which the overwhelming majority of practitioners, the majority of people in leadership or management positions are men. Everybody's got good intentions indeed, almost everyone claims that they are a better than average driver.

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Aaron Yi DING
On 19/06/13 21:16, Doug Barton wrote: On 06/19/2013 11:11 AM, Melinda Shore wrote: On 6/19/13 10:03 AM, Doug Barton wrote: Short version, if everyone does what they can to encourage diverse participation, we won't need legislation to fix the problem. I'd like it if that were true but I don't

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Doug Barton
On 06/19/2013 11:40 AM, Aaron Yi DING wrote: On 19/06/13 21:16, Doug Barton wrote: On 06/19/2013 11:11 AM, Melinda Shore wrote: On 6/19/13 10:03 AM, Doug Barton wrote: Short version, if everyone does what they can to encourage diverse participation, we won't need legislation to fix the

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Peter Saint-Andre
On 6/19/13 1:12 PM, Doug Barton wrote: On 06/19/2013 11:40 AM, Aaron Yi DING wrote: On 19/06/13 21:16, Doug Barton wrote: On 06/19/2013 11:11 AM, Melinda Shore wrote: On 6/19/13 10:03 AM, Doug Barton wrote: Short version, if everyone does what they can to encourage diverse participation, we

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Yoav Nir
On Jun 19, 2013, at 10:12 PM, Doug Barton do...@dougbarton.us wrote: On 19/06/13 18:33, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: Academia is still one of the worst environments for discrimination. They don't have formal barriers as in the past but the informal barriers are steep. Relating to

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Doug Barton
On 06/19/2013 12:14 PM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: On 6/19/13 1:12 PM, Doug Barton wrote: We can point to all kinds of examples that are outside the IETF of where various biases exist. It's not at all clear that the existence of those problems elsewhere corresponds to any actual problem within

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Doug Barton
On 06/19/2013 11:31 AM, Melinda Shore wrote: On 6/19/13 10:16 AM, Doug Barton wrote: It's not clear to me how this example relates to the IETF. Even in fields in which the overwhelming majority of practitioners, the majority of people in leadership or management positions are men. So again,

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Peter Saint-Andre
On 6/19/13 1:27 PM, Doug Barton wrote: On 06/19/2013 12:14 PM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: On 6/19/13 1:12 PM, Doug Barton wrote: We can point to all kinds of examples that are outside the IETF of where various biases exist. It's not at all clear that the existence of those problems elsewhere

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Yoav Nir
On Jun 19, 2013, at 6:26 PM, Brian Haberman br...@innovationslab.net wrote: To help facilitate the mentoring aspect, there will be a call soon for volunteers to act as mentors for newcomers (starting with IETF 87). Once the web page for the mentoring program with all the information is up,

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Doug Barton
On 06/19/2013 12:21 PM, Yoav Nir wrote: On Jun 19, 2013, at 10:12 PM, Doug Barton do...@dougbarton.us wrote: We can point to all kinds of examples that are outside the IETF of where various biases exist. It's not at all clear that the existence of those problems elsewhere corresponds to

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Aaron Yi DING
On 19/06/13 22:56, Yoav Nir wrote: On Jun 19, 2013, at 6:26 PM, Brian Haberman br...@innovationslab.net wrote: To help facilitate the mentoring aspect, there will be a call soon for volunteers to act as mentors for newcomers (starting with IETF 87). Once the web page for the mentoring

Re: [IETF] Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Warren Kumari
On Jun 19, 2013, at 2:35 PM, Dave Crocker d...@dcrocker.net wrote: On 6/19/2013 11:31 AM, Melinda Shore wrote: Even in fields in which the overwhelming majority of practitioners, the majority of people in leadership or management positions are men. Everybody's got good intentions

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Pete Resnick
On 6/19/13 2:47 PM, Doug Barton wrote: On 06/19/2013 11:31 AM, Melinda Shore wrote: Even in fields in which the overwhelming majority of practitioners, the majority of people in leadership or management positions are men. So again, it's not at all clear how that relates to the IETF (given

Re: IETF Diversity vs. White Male ??

2013-06-19 Thread Fred Baker (fred)
On Jun 19, 2013, at 3:57 PM, Aaron Yi DING yd...@cs.helsinki.fi wrote: Well, if the dominant ones later being replaced by other groups, do we need to revamp again? What will be the end? I'm told that white babies are now a minority of the population in the US.

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Doug Barton
On 06/19/2013 05:09 PM, Pete Resnick wrote: On 6/19/13 2:47 PM, Doug Barton wrote: On 06/19/2013 11:31 AM, Melinda Shore wrote: Even in fields in which the overwhelming majority of practitioners, the majority of people in leadership or management positions are men. So again, it's not at all

RE: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread GT RAMIREZ, Medel G.
AM To: Melinda Shore; Peter Saint-Andre Cc: ietf@ietf.org Subject: RE: IETF Diversity A little earlier in the thread, ways to improve things came up. I presented at an international conference in Bangkok this week on the subject area covered by MILE. While the focus was intended to be more on how

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Moriarty, Kathleen
[mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Moriarty, Kathleen Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 12:11 AM To: Melinda Shore; Peter Saint-Andre Cc: ietf@ietf.org Subject: RE: IETF Diversity A little earlier in the thread, ways to improve things came up. I presented at an international conference

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Randy Presuhn
Hi - It seems as though participants in this thread are operating with different understandings of what constitutes institutional bias. A critical difference is whether *intent* is necessary for bias to exist. As I understand it, institutional bias can exist in the absence of ill intent, and

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-19 Thread Doug Barton
On 06/19/2013 10:13 PM, Randy Presuhn wrote: Hi - It seems as though participants in this thread are operating with different understandings of what constitutes institutional bias. A critical difference is whether *intent* is necessary for bias to exist. As I understand it, institutional bias

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-18 Thread Peter Saint-Andre
On 6/18/13 10:52 AM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: I am rather disappointed that there hasn't been any followup to the diversity discussion that took place at the plenary. Speak for yourself. Some of us are taking concrete actions (e.g., recruiting people for document shepherd and WG chair roles)

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-18 Thread Jari Arkko
Phillip, For the record, there have been several ongoing efforts. First, there is a diversity design team. We expect some results from them before IETF-87, lets deal with those when they come. Second, the IAOC has looked hard at the possibilities for reaching further out in the geographical

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-18 Thread Abdussalam Baryun
On 6/18/13, Phillip Hallam-Baker hal...@gmail.com wrote: I am rather disappointed that there hasn't been any followup to the diversity discussion that took place at the plenary. I thought there are some people following/working this up, and made some progress. However, I agree that I seen no

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-18 Thread Phillip Hallam-Baker
When I make a statement at the microphone and then have multiple people come to thank me afterwards for making that point I don't consider it pontificating. I do however consider your own response to be an example of the type of exclusionary behavior that I was talking about. Dismissing those

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-18 Thread Dave Crocker
On 6/18/2013 10:17 AM, Jari Arkko wrote: Second, the IAOC has looked hard at the possibilities for reaching further out in the geographical world Jari, The only action that's been cited has been holding a meeting in that region. A number of us have posted comments suggesting that this

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-18 Thread Peter Saint-Andre
On 6/18/13 12:08 PM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: When I make a statement at the microphone and then have multiple people come to thank me afterwards for making that point I don't consider it pontificating. I do however consider your own response to be an example of the type of exclusionary

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-18 Thread Stephen Farrell
On 06/18/2013 07:42 PM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: On 6/18/13 12:08 PM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: The issue was raised in the IETF plenary I would have expected mention of a followup mailing list to be made here on the ietf discussion list. Fair enough. Not quite. My local ietf@ietf.org

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-18 Thread Dave Crocker
The issue was raised in the IETF plenary I would have expected mention of a followup mailing list to be made here on the ietf discussion list. Fair enough. I'm probably misunderstanding something basic here, because I thought there already was/is a list established: Diversity open

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-18 Thread Suresh Krishnan
Hi Phil, On 06/18/2013 02:08 PM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: When I make a statement at the microphone and then have multiple people come to thank me afterwards for making that point I don't consider it pontificating. I do however consider your own response to be an example of the type of

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-18 Thread Phillip Hallam-Baker
I am getting my ietf@ietf.org on my gmail account. I have no filters that delete mail, no mails with 'ietf' in them in my spam folder and no copies of 80% of the mails to this list. On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Stephen Farrell stephen.farr...@cs.tcd.iewrote: On 06/18/2013 07:42 PM,

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-18 Thread David Morris
On Tue, 18 Jun 2013, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: I am getting my ietf@ietf.org on my gmail account. I have no filters that delete mail, no mails with 'ietf' in them in my spam folder and no copies of 80% of the mails to this list. That reads like you are missing 80% of the email

Re: IETF Diversity

2013-06-18 Thread Arturo Servin
Dave, We created an IETF-TF in LACNOG; as you we also think that only a meeting is not enough and along with ISOC, ccTLDs, LACNIC and other organizations we are trying to encourage and prepare more people to participate in the IETF by sending comments, reviewing documents and writing RFCs.

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-05-06 Thread CJ Aronson
I was getting ready to send a note that basically said I give up when I saw this post from Randy. Thanks Randy. Then a friend posted this TED talk and it landed in my facebook feed. It gives me hope that there are a few men out there who might get the issue. I personally would love to see the

Re: How does the IETF evolve to continue to be an effective, efficient, and relevant source of high quality Internet standards? Was: Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-30 Thread S Moonesamy
At 13:15 29-04-2013, Michael StJohns wrote: Let me ask a couple of specific questions of you. I think that these are good questions. Who have you mentored in the past 5 years? Have they ended up as working group chairs, or ADs or IAB members? Do they mostly represent under-represented

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-30 Thread Abdussalam Baryun
I was counting femal ADs. I ment no female names in the AD list apears (in my understandning I mybe wrong because in my culture some families name their memebrs with names that we cannot notice gender). As I am a remote participant I am not aware and may never notice difference. But I can refer

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-30 Thread t . p .
- Original Message - From: Margaret Wasserman m...@lilacglade.org To: t.p. daedu...@btconnect.com Cc: Dan Harkins dhark...@lounge.org; ietf@ietf.org Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 1:53 AM Hi Tom, On Apr 19, 2013, at 6:03 AM, t.p. daedu...@btconnect.com wrote: If we required the IETF to

Re: [IETF] Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-30 Thread t . p .
- Original Message - From: Warren Kumari war...@kumari.net To: Joe Abley jab...@hopcount.ca Cc: Sam Hartman hartmans-i...@mit.edu; ietf@ietf.org; stbry...@cisco.com Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 10:01 PM On Apr 29, 2013, at 4:55 PM, Joe Abley jab...@hopcount.ca wrote: On 2013-04-29, at

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-30 Thread Jari Arkko
I think the statistics are very interesting and we should continue developing them, but we should also not be driven by them. I'll repeat again what I've said before: I can see increasing both participation diversity and leadership diversity being useful for the IETF. We are limited by various

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-30 Thread Randy Bush
you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. -- bob dylan we do not need measurements to know the ietf is embarrassingly non-diverse. it is derived from and embedded in an embarrassingly non-diverse culture. we need to do what we can to remedy this. progress not perfection is

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-30 Thread David Meyer
On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Randy Bush ra...@psg.com wrote: you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. -- bob dylan we do not need measurements to know the ietf is embarrassingly non-diverse. it is derived from and embedded in an embarrassingly non-diverse culture.

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-30 Thread Ralph Droms
On Apr 30, 2013, at 4:53 PM 4/30/13, David Meyer d...@1-4-5.net wrote: On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Randy Bush ra...@psg.com wrote: you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. -- bob dylan we do not need measurements to know the ietf is embarrassingly

RE: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-29 Thread Christian Huitema
All of which is why we should limit our attempts to do numerical analysis for this topic, and worry far more about the basics, including such things as interaction (in)sensitivities, group tone and style, and observable misbehaviors, all of which are likely to produce biasing results.

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-29 Thread Stewart Bryant
On 29/04/2013 01:53, Margaret Wasserman wrote: Hi Tom, On Apr 19, 2013, at 6:03 AM, t.p. daedu...@btconnect.com wrote: If we required the IETF to reflect the diversity of people who are, e.g., IT network professionals, then the IETF would fall apart for lack of ability. […] If the ADs of the

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-29 Thread Stewart Bryant
On 29/04/2013 05:05, Michael StJohns wrote: At 08:53 PM 4/28/2013, Margaret Wasserman wrote: The question that people are asking is why the diversity of the IETF leadership doesn't reflect the diversity of _the IETF_. Let's consider for a moment that this may not actually be the correct

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-29 Thread Stewart Bryant
On 29/04/2013 06:57, Dave Crocker wrote: On 4/28/2013 10:52 PM, Christian Huitema wrote: Except that the IESG members select the wg chairs, which makes your baseline stastistic suspect; it's too easy for all sorts of biasing factors to sway the allocation of wg chair positions. Mike actually

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-29 Thread Dave Crocker
On 4/29/2013 2:15 AM, Stewart Bryant wrote: On 29/04/2013 06:57, Dave Crocker wrote: Exactly. Complicated processes, needing high quality data that gets complicated analysis, that we aren't well-enough trained to do well and aren't going to be doing. Dave Of all the social mixes you would

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-29 Thread John C Klensin
--On Monday, April 29, 2013 09:55 +0100 Stewart Bryant stbry...@cisco.com wrote: The question that people are asking is why the diversity of the IETF leadership doesn't reflect the diversity of _the IETF_. The evidence seems to be that human's are terrible at guessing statistics, and

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-29 Thread Dave Crocker
On 4/29/2013 9:38 AM, John C Klensin wrote: First, our having these discussions have, I believe, already increased sensitivities to the issues and maybe even how the community thinks about it. Actually, it probably hasn't. It has raised awareness that there are people who are sensitive to

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-29 Thread Melinda Shore
On 4/29/13 1:11 AM, Stewart Bryant wrote: The other thing to remember is that whilst your proportional estimates are likely to be correct, in a random process you will get long runs of bias that only average out in the long run. Right, although if normal statistical fluctuation gives us a

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-29 Thread John C Klensin
--On Monday, April 29, 2013 09:46 -0700 Dave Crocker d...@dcrocker.net wrote: On 4/29/2013 9:38 AM, John C Klensin wrote: First, our having these discussions have, I believe, already increased sensitivities to the issues and maybe even how the community thinks about it. Actually, it

RE: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-29 Thread John E Drake
What a concept. Irrespectively Yours, John -Original Message- From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Melinda Shore Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 9:52 AM To: ietf@ietf.org Subject: Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration? On 4/29/13 1

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-29 Thread Ted Lemon
On Apr 29, 2013, at 1:08 PM, John C Klensin john-i...@jck.com wrote: If raising awareness and sensitivity isn't enough to get people to think about and make decisions differently Statistical analysis shows that even when peoples' awareness is raised, biases continue to exist, not because the

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-29 Thread Lou Berger
Did anyone notice the NPR piece this AM? http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/04/29/178810467/blazing-the-trail-for-female-programmers Perhaps it's time for an IETF equivalent/chapter of http://railsbridge.org/, http://blackfounders.com/, http://wisecampaign.org.uk/, etc. ... Lou On

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-29 Thread Michael StJohns
At 01:38 PM 4/29/2013, Ted Lemon wrote: On Apr 29, 2013, at 1:08 PM, John C Klensin john-i...@jck.com wrote: If raising awareness and sensitivity isn't enough to get people to think about and make decisions differently Statistical analysis shows that even when peoples' awareness is raised,

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-29 Thread Michael StJohns
At 01:34 AM 4/29/2013, Dave Crocker wrote: On 4/28/2013 9:05 PM, Michael StJohns wrote: Let's consider for a moment that this may not actually be the correct question. Instead, consider Why the diversity of the IETF leadership doesn't reflect the diversity of the set of the IETF WG chairs? I

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-29 Thread Michael StJohns
At 01:57 AM 4/29/2013, Dave Crocker wrote: including such things as interaction (in)sensitivities, group tone and style, and observable misbehaviors, all of which are likely to produce biasing results. But in which direction? The same thing could be said of pushing personal or cultural biases

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-29 Thread Michael StJohns
At 12:51 PM 4/29/2013, Melinda Shore wrote: On 4/29/13 1:11 AM, Stewart Bryant wrote: The other thing to remember is that whilst your proportional estimates are likely to be correct, in a random process you will get long runs of bias that only average out in the long run. Right, although if

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-29 Thread Margaret Wasserman
Hi Mike, On Apr 29, 2013, at 3:15 PM, Michael StJohns mstjo...@comcast.net wrote: We have an IETF culture - like it or not. It changes over time, as the population changes. We can't and shouldn't expect to be able to change it by fiat, or to adopt as whole cloth a bias free culture (for

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-29 Thread Sam Hartman
For what it's worth, I'm not finding the current discussion is providing me useful information for making decisions. It doesn't really matter to me whether the problem is selection of WG chairs or selection of IAB/IESG/IAOC after WG chairs are selected. I think it is valuable to attempt to

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-29 Thread Stewart Bryant
On 29/04/2013 20:39, Sam Hartman wrote: For what it's worth, I'm not finding the current discussion is providing me useful information for making decisions. It doesn't really matter to me whether the problem is selection of WG chairs or selection of IAB/IESG/IAOC after WG chairs are selected.

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