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Re: On diversity in the NomCom

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Wed, 15 July 2020 21:10 UTC

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Subject: Re: On diversity in the NomCom
To: Rob Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com>
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From: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
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On 15-Jul-20 20:51, Rob Sayre wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 1:57 PM Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com <mailto:brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Nevertheless, the fact is that big
>     companies can (and do) send more people, and provide more sponsorship
>     (such as hosting meetings, and funding Area Directors), than small
>     companies. If they didn't get something back for that, they would
>     complain, or simply withdraw their resources.
> 
> 
> This seems like one of those things that might not "return to normal".
> 
> IETF work seems to be proceeding fine without people flying long distances to sit in a hotel conference room and look at their laptops.

That doesn't change my argument that big companies are more able than small companies to donate resources to the IETF. Whether those resources come out of the travel budget is a detail.

   Brian

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