Re: [Gendispatch] New Version Notification for draft-knodel-nomcom-gender-representation-00.txt

[Vittorio Bertola <[e-mail]>]

 

> Il 21/11/2023 13:02 CET Mallory Knodel <mknodel=[e-mail]> ha scritto:
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> Hi all,
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> A short draft to consider in the selection of nomcom voting volunteers to ensure minimum gender representation, available here and copied below:
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I'm all in favour, but perhaps it is due time to have a discourse on Nomcom diversity in general, and not just in terms of gender. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the only diversity provision in RFC8713 at this point in time is about employers. There are several other factors that could and should be taken into consideration, such as industry sector / area, and geography, to start with.
 
ICANN's Nomcom, for example, has provisions that ensure that there is at least one member from each of their five geographic regions, and is built to include all of ICANN's stakeholders, including various business groups. The ISOC Nomcom does not have mandatory diversity checks, but the charter says that it must represent "the broad range of members of the Internet community" and there is always care in ensuring gender and geographic diversity. The IETF is an outlier in this as well, and perhaps it could bring its Nomcom a bit more in line with modern Internet governance practices.

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