On Mar 10, 2013 2:05 PM, "Spencer Dawkins" <spen...@wonderhamster.org> wrote: > > On 3/10/2013 2:50 PM, Scott Brim wrote: >> >> On 03/10/13 15:43, John Levine allegedly wrote: >>>> >>>> - Each of the confirming bodies (the ISOC Board for the IAB, the >>>> IAB for the IESG, and the IESG for the IAOC) could make a >>>> public statement at the beginning of each year's nominations >>>> process that they will not confirm a slate unless it >>>> contributes to increased diversity within the IETF leadership, >>>> or it is accompanied by a detailed explanation of what >>>> steps were taken to select a more diverse slate and why it was >>>> not possible to do so. >>> >>> >>> That sounds a lot like quotas. Let's not go there. >> >> >> +1. We do not want to manage by ideology - consider how well that >> serves political parties. > > > Right. > > So is there anything you would like for the confirming bodies to say to Nomcom, that doesn't sound like quotas? > > Spencer >
Generally this solution space is most elegantly handled by increasing the pool size from which selection is made. This generally involves actively recruiting under-represented groups to join the pool rather than directly manipulating a merit based selection process. CB
