I struggle to engage in this debate because in general I'm not sure how
my voice helps advance the general discussion. But I do want to make
two points:
On 4/12/13 8:33 PM, Melinda Shore wrote:
I think it's unintentional [...]
1. As others have said there are many forms of bias in play, which may
require different forms of redress. I expect we can be more
successful in some areas than others.
2. Let's be careful with using words like "unintentional". For all we
know there may be very good reasons that led to the results of this
year. This is not something I would expect to come out of a NOMCOM
report, by the way, due to their confidentiality requirements. And
there is where I think we are most wrapped around the axle.
In any case, hard as it may be, we as a community have identified a huge
concern, and it would be regrettable if we didn't explore that concern
and try to find areas in which we could improve. I claim that doing so
will improve the IETF in the longer term.
Eliot