On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 1:17 AM, Donald Eastlake <d3e3e3(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com>
wrote:
the IETF has had a geographic diversity policy
for a long time, while other forms of diversity were represented
less/later.
No, the IETF has NOT had a geographic diversity policy for its
meetings for a long time.
Maybe we disagree on what the term geographic diversity means? To me, a
policy that says "we schedule meetings on three continents because that's
where our participants are" makes it easier for people from diverse
locations to participate, and thus is a policy intended to facilitate
geographic diversity.
If the policy changed so that all meetings were in Amsterdam (say, because
it's easy to reach from both Asia and America, has a better human rights
record than Asian countries and and has better gun control and easier visa
access than the US), that would be an example of a non-diversity policy.