On Apr 11, 2013, at 3:43 PM, SM <s...@resistor.net> wrote: > 12.5 % of IAOC voting members are female. > 0.1% of IAB members are female > 0 % of IESG members are female. > > Based on the above measurements the IAOC is more "diverse". The IAOC already > collects gender-related information. The other information requested in the > meeting registration form is strictly for meeting attendance purposes. The > sensitive questions referred to above have nothing to do with meeting > attendance.
With respect, this is sampling noise. 12.5% of 8 is 1. Don't get me wrong—it's great that we have some diversity on the IAOC, but I don't think anybody should be patting themselves on the back just yet! What diversity is the IAOC measuring?
