Re: 'Geek' image scares women away from tech industry ? The Register

[Melinda Shore <[e-mail]>]

On 5/1/12 9:24 AM, John C Klensin wrote:
> I'm pretty pessimistic about trying
> to use the IETF to get ahead of the industrial / work
> environment situation.

Me too, and I'm pretty sure that that's the real issue, anyway.
But still, I do think that if supporting diversity is a cultural
value at the IETF (and do I have a more concrete description of
what that means?  No, I do not) it's something that participants
can take home with them, and that's a positive thing.

> I do think we should be more aggressive about leadership
> development activities, not just with occasional newcomers
> orientations but by making more mentoring opportunities
> available to relative newcomers (of both genders).

Me, too.

Melinda