Re: [Gendispatch] draft charter text: terminology-related WG

Dan Harkins <dharkins@lounge.org> Mon, 15 February 2021 22:52 UTC

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On 2/15/21 1:48 PM, Martin Thomson wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 12, 2021, at 07:39, Sean Turner wrote:
>> While opinions vary among IETF participants about this topic, there is
>> general agreement that the IETF community would benefit from
>> informational recommendations about using effective and inclusive
>> terminology in IETF documents.
> Hi Sean,
>
> Thanks for doing this.  The above statement sums it up pretty well.
>
> My suggestion is that we go ahead with the work with the charter verbatim.  There are a few people who would prefer to be obstructionist here

   You are ascribing motives to other people. Doing so destroys good faith
in the process here. Please stop.

   Dan.

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