[195780] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: 2017 NANOG Elections General Information
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Bush)
Fri Sep 15 06:52:43 2017
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Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:03:31 +0900
From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
To: Dave Temkin <dave@temk.in>
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> So how do we fix it?
since bussing is out, you're left with affirmative action :)
ask the ripe women, a strong group, how they got women to be willing to
server on the board
ask the ietf women, a strong group, how they got women to be willing to
server in the iesg
apnic has a star woman on the execcom, ask her
this is most strongly an american disease. nanog has encouraged and
supported a frat boy ego parade and beauty contest. try the ietf
nomcomm approach, but with zero white boys on the nomcomm.
btw, one trick is getting more then one diverse player, so the one is
not a martian and has peer support
s/women/diversity/
q: how many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb
a: one, but the light bulb has to want to change