On Thu, May 26, 2016 5:11 pm, Fernando Gont wrote:
On 05/26/2016 02:44 PM, Margaret Cullen wrote:
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Also, while I enjoy our World Tour as much as the next girl, the
meeting in Buenos Aires had very poor attendance from regular
attendees, and this made it harder to get work done, IMO.
So this sounds like there's some form of diversity that is desirable,
and others that aren't (e.g., geographic diversity)? e.g., why don't you
see this "world tour" (which for a BA-resident wasn't actually a tour in
the first place) as something that goes in favor of diversity? Or is it
just that only some forms/expressions of diversity are desirable?
Amen and a +1. Among the social justice crowd there seems to
be a selective definition of "diversity". A good mix of people
that might be underrepresented by "regular attendees" can still
be "diverse". And I would claim that BA qualified.
I would also like to suggest that the ability of certain members
to bring their family on a vacation that coincides with an IETF
should not be a governing factor in venue selection. Many people
like to launder a business trip into a family vacation (myself
included!) but that's not why the IETF exists and it should have
no bearing on where we meet.
Dan.